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DALLAM'S TRAVELS.
played a song of 5 partes twyse over. In the tope of the
orgon, being 16 foute hie, did stande a holly bushe full of
blacke birds and thrushis, which at the end of the musick
did singe and shake theire wynges. Divers other motions
thare was which the Grand Sinyor wondered at. Than the
Grand Sinyor asked the Coppagawe1 yf it would ever doo the
lyke againe. He answered that it would doo the lyke againc
at the next houre. Cothe he : I will se that. In the meane
time, the Coppagaw, being a wyse man, and doubted
whether I hade so appoynted it or no, for he knew that it
would goo of it selfe but 4 times in 24 houres, so he cam
unto me, for I did stand under the house sid, wheare
I myghte heare the orgon goo, and he asked me yf it
would goo againe at the end of the nexte houre ; but
I tould him that it would not, for I did thinke the Grand
Sinyor would not have stayed so longe by it; but yf it
would please him, that when the clocke had strouk he
would tuche a litle pin with his finger, which before I had
shewed him, it would goo at any time. Than he sayde
that he would be as good as his worde to the Grand Sinyor.
When the clocke began to strick againe, the Coppagaw
went and stood by it; and when the clocke had stroukc
23, he tuched that pinn, and it did the lyke as it did
before. Than the Grand Sinyor sayed it was good. He
satt verrie neare vnto it, ryghte before the Keaes (keys),
wheare a man should playe on it by hande. He asked
whye those keaes did move when the orgon wcnte and
nothinge did tuche them. He Tould him that by those
thinges it myghte be played on at any time. Than the
Grande Sinyor asked him yf he did know any man that
could playe on it. He sayd no, but he that came with it
coulde, and he is heare without the dore. Fetche him
hethcr, cothe the Grand Sinyor, and lett me se how he
Gatekeeper.
DALLAM'S TRAVELS.
played a song of 5 partes twyse over. In the tope of the
orgon, being 16 foute hie, did stande a holly bushe full of
blacke birds and thrushis, which at the end of the musick
did singe and shake theire wynges. Divers other motions
thare was which the Grand Sinyor wondered at. Than the
Grand Sinyor asked the Coppagawe1 yf it would ever doo the
lyke againe. He answered that it would doo the lyke againc
at the next houre. Cothe he : I will se that. In the meane
time, the Coppagaw, being a wyse man, and doubted
whether I hade so appoynted it or no, for he knew that it
would goo of it selfe but 4 times in 24 houres, so he cam
unto me, for I did stand under the house sid, wheare
I myghte heare the orgon goo, and he asked me yf it
would goo againe at the end of the nexte houre ; but
I tould him that it would not, for I did thinke the Grand
Sinyor would not have stayed so longe by it; but yf it
would please him, that when the clocke had strouk he
would tuche a litle pin with his finger, which before I had
shewed him, it would goo at any time. Than he sayde
that he would be as good as his worde to the Grand Sinyor.
When the clocke began to strick againe, the Coppagaw
went and stood by it; and when the clocke had stroukc
23, he tuched that pinn, and it did the lyke as it did
before. Than the Grand Sinyor sayed it was good. He
satt verrie neare vnto it, ryghte before the Keaes (keys),
wheare a man should playe on it by hande. He asked
whye those keaes did move when the orgon wcnte and
nothinge did tuche them. He Tould him that by those
thinges it myghte be played on at any time. Than the
Grande Sinyor asked him yf he did know any man that
could playe on it. He sayd no, but he that came with it
coulde, and he is heare without the dore. Fetche him
hethcr, cothe the Grand Sinyor, and lett me se how he
Gatekeeper.