Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing - Wherein is laid down plain and easie Rules for Ringing all - sorts of Plain Changes by Fabian Stedman;Richard Duckworth
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A. Persii Sat. V. Disce: sed ira cadat naso, rugosaque sanna, LONDON, Printed for _F.S._ and are to be Sold by _Tho. Archer_, at his Shop under the _Dyal_ of St. _Dunstan's Church_ in _Fleet-street_, 1671. TO THE NOBLE SOCIETY OF COLLEDGE-YOUTHS. GENTLEMEN, I have seen a Treatise intituled, _de Tintinnabulis_--that is, of little Bells, the Language Latin, but pen'd by a _Dutchman_, being a Discourse of striking tunes on little Bells with traps under the feet, with several Books on several Instruments of Music, and Tunes prick't for the same; Then considering that the Well-wishers to either of them, took great pains to make plain the use of them, I thought it worth a Dayes labour, to write something on this Art or Science, that the Rules thereof might not be lost and obscured to some, as the _Chronicles_ before _William_ the Conqueror, being given only by Tradition from Father to Son. Wherefore I humbly intreat you favourably to accept this small Treatise, as a foundation |
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