[Sca-cooks] Cries of London

[Martin G. Diehl]

kingstaste at mindspring.com wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure where the Street Cries thread started, 

About 7 messages along in the "OT mail question" when 
Stefan observed that he had preloaded the Florilegium 
with solutions to our SPAM issue in his punishments-msg 
file.  

In my response to M'Lord Stefan, I nudged it a little 
further along when I asked if they had SPAM (unwanted 
messages) in period 

    ... and Lo! 

	... an OT thread was redeemed and became On Topic.  

> but I thought some might be interested to read a 
> Renaissance shopping list in the form of a song :)
> Christianna
> 
> Thomas Morley <../literature/courtmusicians.html>  

Uuummmm, sorry but my browser didn't understand that '../' 
part, could you say that again, but perhaps just a little 
bit more slowly?  <g> 

> took the equivalent of a Renaissance tape recording of 
> the market in a piece that is made up of the cries.*  

Thanks ... 

> The words are:

... Wonderful.  

[snip]

Here is another kind of 'recipe', 

"Thrice tosse these Oaken ashes in the ayre", 
by Thomas Campion; 
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/oakenash.htm 

If you or anyone you know has an interest in either 

	Middle English literature (1350-1485) or 
	http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/

	Sixteenth Century Renaissance English Literature 
	(1485-1603)
	http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/

I suggest a visit to Luminarium ... with 35 authors 
represented
http://www.luminarium.org/ 

As an example, 

Elizabeth I
"Speech to the Troops at Tilbury" 

Which begins, 

	My loving people,

	We have been persuaded by some that are careful 
	of our safety, to take heed how we commit our 
	selves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery; 
	but I assure you I do not desire to live to 
	distrust my faithful and loving people. 

And also some words that speak even to our own time, 

	I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble 
	woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, 
	and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn 
	that ... or any prince of Europe, should dare to 
	invade the borders of my realm; 

Vincenzo

-- 
Martin G. Diehl 

"Thou plenty hast, yet me dost scant"
--John Dowland (1562-1626); "The First Booke of Songs"; 1597. 

So much wisdom and knowledge -- so little time and bandwidth. 

Reality: That which remains after you stop thinking about it. 
--inspired by P. K. Dick

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