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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1884
15 lines. Read by computer on 28 September 2026. Printed page 395. See the scan on archive.org.
1SECTION XV.
2Anecdotes and Miscellanea connected with the Violin.
4"The squire, in state, rode on before,
5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6The trophy-Fiddle, and the case
7Plac'd on his shoulder, like a mace."
9HUDIBRAS AND THE CHAMPION CROWDERO.
11THE important part played by the renowned Champion Crowdero in Butler's inimitable satire has never failed to give keen enjoyment to all lovers of wit and humour. This being so, his exploits should be doubly appreciated by the votaries of the Fiddle, since it was he who valiantly defended the cause of Fiddling against the attacks of Hudibras—
13"When civil fury first grew high,
14And men fell out, they knew not why;
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