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- noun Obsolete spelling of
music .
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Examples
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And it was greatly suspected so to be, because alwayes when Cuyne came forth out of the tent, he had a noyse of musicke, and was bowed vnto, or honoured with faire wands, hauing purple wooll vpon the tops of them, and that, so long as he remained abroad: which seruice was performed to none of the other Dukes.
The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004
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We stoode before him, and he sate maiestically, hauing musicke and dauncing in his presence.
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When the houre re come, and the Tables covered by the Ponds side: we need not question their dyet and dainties, infinite Birds sweetly singing about them, as no musicke in the world could be more pleasing; beside calme windes, fanning their faces from the neighbouring hilles (free from flyes, or the least annoyance) made
The Decameron 2004
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Alas, she is hardly (as yet) out of her childish yeeres, and Children have many desires farre differing from ours: the singing of Birdes is rare musicke to them, and chiefly the Nightingale; whose sweete notes will provoke them to rest, when neither Art or Physicke can do it.
The Decameron 2004
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[Their custome of drinking at the sound of musicke.]
The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004
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Hee delighteth not greatly in hawking, hunting, or any other pastime, nor in hearing instruments or musicke, but setteth all his whole delight vpon two things: First, to serue God, as vndoubtedly he is very deuoute in his religion, and the second, howe to subdue and conquere his enemies.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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We stoode before him, and he sate maiestically, hauing musicke and dauncing in his presence.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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[Their custome of drinking at the sound of musicke.]
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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There be diuers found amongst them that be minstrels, and can play vpon the lute, who with their delectable musicke ensnare and take both fowles and fishes.
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And it was greatly suspected so to be, because alwayes when Cuyne came forth out of the tent, he had a noyse of musicke, and was bowed vnto, or honoured with faire wands, hauing purple wooll vpon the tops of them, and that, so long as he remained abroad: which seruice was performed to none of the other Dukes.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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