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The history of the violin, and other instruments played on with the bow from …, 1864
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1Lydgate is given, where the following instruments are named,—
2"Harpys, fythels, and eke rotys,
3Wel accordyng with her notys,
4Lutys, rubibis, and geterns,
5More for estatys than taverns:
6Orguys, cytolys, monacordys."
8Here we have the word fythel introduced. Gower says,—
9"He taught her, till she was certene
10Of harpe, citole, and of riote,
11With many a tewne, and many a note."
13And Chaucer's "frere,"—
14"_________ Certainly he had a merry note,
15Wel coude he singe and plain on a rote."
17Very long before the time of these latter examples the rote had received various modifications and improvements in form, and the bow had been introduced. M. de Cousse-maker has given the figure of a rote or crwth of the eleventh century, with three strings, and played on with a clumsy bow (Fig. 4). This has quite the character of the old crwth, and the method of using the fingers is shown. Another, given by him from the Cathedral of Amiens, of the thirteenth century, with six strings, has also many of the distinctive
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