A History of Music: book III. The decline of paganism and the dark ages. book IV. The middle ages, the Arabians, and troubadoursTrübner & Company, 1887 - Music |
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Page 109 - GLORY be to God on high, and on earth peace, good will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty.
Page 109 - CHRIST; O LORD GOD, LAMB of GOD, SON of the FATHER, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.
Page 492 - Tutbury, who is, or for the time shall be, to apprehend and arrest all the minstrels in our said honour and franchise that refuse to do the service and minstrelsy as appertain to them to do from ancient times at Tutbury aforesaid yearly, on the days of the assumption of Our Lady, giving and granting to the said king of the minstrels for the time being full power and commandment to make them reasonably to justify, and to constrain them to do their services and minstrelsies in manner as belongeth to...
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Page 513 - Almamon, who gave away four-fifths of the income of a province, a sum of two millions four hundred thousand gold dinars, before he drew his foot from the stirrup. At the nuptials of the same prince, a thousand pearls of the largest size were showered on the head of the bride, and a lottery of lands and houses displayed the capricious bounty of fortune.
Page 492 - Tutbury aforesaid yearly, on the days of the assumption of Our Lady, giving and granting to the said king of the minstrels for the time being full power and commandment to make them reasonably to justify, and to constrain them to do their services and minstrelsies in manner as belongeth to them, and as it hath been there and of ancient times accustomed. In witness of which thing we have caused these our letters to be made patent.
Page 477 - I can throw knives into the air, and catch them without cutting my fingers. I can do dodges with string, most extraordinary and amusing. I can balance chairs and make tables dance. I can throw a somersault, and walk on my head.
Page 515 - Your prayers," he said to the people of Mecca, " if music form a part of them, will end but in piping and hand-clapping.
Page 492 - John, by the grace of God, King of Castile " and Leon, Duke of Lancaster, to all them who " shall see, or hear these our letters, greeting : — " Know ye, we have ordained, constituted, and " assigned to our well-beloved the King of the
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