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Dryden and Lee's The Duke of Guise , Act v, where after four or five sets 'the scene draws, behind it a traverse'. We then have the Duke's assassination he shrieks out some four lines and dies, whereon 'the traverse is drawn'. The traverse was merely a pair of curtains on a rod. All the grooves were in use for the scenes already set. p. 422 Harpsicals.
A common corruption of harpsicords on the analogy of virginals. The two 4tos, 1687 and 1688, and the 1711 edition all read 'harpsicals'. 1724 gives 'Harpsicords'. p. 435 Ebula. The Ebelus was a jewel of great price bestowed upon Gonzales by Irdonozur.
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