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# A Group of Noble Dames/Preface

PREFACE
THE pedigrees of our county families, arranged in diagrams on the pages of county histories, mostly appear at first sight to be as barren of any touch of nature as a table of logarithms. But given a clue—the faintest tradition of what went on behind the scenes, and this dryness as of dust may be transformed into a palpitating drama. More, the careful comparison of dates alone—that of birth with marriage, of marriage with death, of one marriage, birth, or death with a kindred marriage, birth, or death—will often effect the same transformation, and anybody practised in raising images from such genealogies finds himself unconsciously filling into the framework the motives, passions, and personal qualities which would appear to be the single explanation possible of some extraordinary conjunction in times, events, and personages that occasionally marks these reticent family records.
Out of such pedigrees and supplementary material most of the following stories have arisen and taken shape.
I would make this preface an opportunity of expressing my sense of the courtesy and kindness of several bright-eyed Noble Dames yet in the flesh, who, since the first publication of these tales in periodicals, six or seven years ago, have given me interesting comments and conjectures on such of the narratives as they have recognized to be connected with their own families, residences, or traditions; in which they have shown a truly philosophic absence of prejudice in their regard of those incidents whose relation has tended more distinctly to dramatize than to eulogize their ancestors. The outlines they have also given of other singular events in their family histories for use in a second “Group of Noble Dames,” will, I fear, never reach the printing-press through me; but I shall store them up in memory of my informants’ good nature.
T. H.
June 1896.
# A Guide to Health

A GUIDE TO HEALTH
BY
MAHATMA GANDHI
Translated from the Hindi
BY
A. RAMA IYER, M.A.
1921
S. GANESAN., PUBLISHER, TRIPLICANE . . . . MADRAS, S.E.
CONTENTS :
| Page |||
| Translator's Note | Translator's Note | vii |
| Introduction | Introduction | 1 |
| Part I : General |||
| Chap. I. | The Meaning of Health | 9 |
| Chap. II. | The Human Body | 11 |
| Chap. III. | Air | 14 |
| Chap. IV. | Water | 25 |
| Chap. V. | Food | 29 |
| Chap. VI. | How much and how many times should we eat? | 55 |
| Chap. VII. | Exercise | 59 |
| Chap. VIII. | Dress | 64 |
| Chap. IX. | Sexual Relations | 69 |
| Part II: Some Simple Treatments |||
| Chap. I. | Air Treatment | 83 |
| Chap. II. | Water Cure | 86 |
| Chap. III. | The Use of Earth | 95 |
| Chap. IV. | Fever and its Cures | 98 |
| Chap. V. | Constipation, Dysentery, etc. | 101 ​ |
| Chap. VI. | Contagious Diseases: Small-pox | 104 |
| Chap. VII. | Other Contagious Diseases | 112 |
| Chap. VIII. | Maternity and Child-Birth | 117 |
| Chap. IX. | Care of Child | 121 |
| Chap. X. | Accidents—Drowning | 127 |
| Chap. XI. | Accidents—Burns and Scalds | 130 |
| Chap. XII. | Accidents—Snake Bite | 132 |
| Chap. XIII. | Accidents—Scorpion-sting, etc. | 140 |
| Chap. XIV. | Conclusion | 142 |
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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Potbury, John Moon

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​POTBURY. (Commander, 1844.)
John Moon Potbury died at the commencement of 1848.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1805, as Second- cl. Vol., on board the Acasta 40, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, under whom he fought in the action off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806. Between Dec. in the latter year and July, 1808, he served on the Plymouth station, part of the time as Midshipman, in the Porcupine 24, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, in another ship, the name of which has escaped us, and in the El Firme, Capt. Wells. He was next, from June, 1810, to March, 1811, employed in the North Sea on board the Christian VII. 80; and in May, 1812, he joined the Namur 74, stationed at first on the coast of North America, and then in the West Indies; where, prior to his return to England in April, 1817, we find him serving for two years and 10 months in the Emulous 16, Capt. Rich. John Lewin, Shark sloop, Electra 14, Capt. R. J. Lewin, Emulous again, Capt. Thos. Wren Carter, a second time in the Shark, Capt. Hunter, Pique 36, Capt. Jas. Haldane Tait, Salisbury 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John Erskine Douglas, and Primrose 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott. In May, 1822, until within a few weeks of which period he had been further employed, on Home service, in the Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, Northumberland 74, Capt. Sir Michael Seymour, and, for two years and five months as Admiralty Midshipman, in the Lee and Redwing sloops, Capts. Stewart Blacker and Hon. Geo. Rolle Walpole Trefusis, he was appointed, in the capacity last mentioned, to the Alligator 28, Capt. Thos. Alexander, fitting for the East Indies. Being there confirmed a Lieutenant 22 Oct. 1823 – six months and 17 days after he had been ordered to act as such – in the Tees 26, Capt. Thos. Coe, he was afforded an opportunity, both in that vessel and in the Liffey 50, commanded by the same officer, of ​participating in the hostilities against the King of Ava. His appointments, after he left the Liffey, were – 24 April, 1827, to the Cadmus 10, Capts. Chas. Gordon and Sir Thos. Raikes Trigge Thompson, on the South American station, whence he returned in May, 1830 – 26 Jan. 1831, to the command of the Nimble schooner, at Jamaica, where he was superseded in Feb. 1833 – 13 Nov. 1835, to the Flamer steamer, which vessel, deducting a few months in 1836, he commanded for three years and a half on the Home and North America and West India stations – 10 Aug. 1841, to the command of the Spy brigantine, at Sheerness – and 22 Dec. following to the San Josef 110, Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Sam. Pym, Admiral-Superintendent at Devonport. On 16 Sept. 1844 he was advanced to the rank of Commander. His last appointment was, 30 March, 1847, to the Growler steam-sloop of 280 horse-power.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Poulden, Richard

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​POULDEN. (Rear-Admiral of the Red, 1840. f-p., 28; h-p., 41.)
Richard Poulden died 16 March, 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 July, 1776, as Captain’s Servant, on board the Hector 74, Capt. Sir John Hamilton, on the Home station, where he continued employed as Midshipman in the Cambridge 74, Capt. Francis John Hartwell, and Diligente sloop, Capt. Anthony Hunt, until transferred, in Oct. 1780, to the Barfleur 90, fitting for the flag of Sir Sam. Hood, under whom, on arriving in the West Indies, he fought in a partial action with the Comte de Grasse 29 April, 1781. On 8 Jan. 1782 he was nominated, by the officer last mentioned, Acting-Lieutenant of the Alfred 74, Capts. Bain, Barber, and Thos. Dumaresq; to which ship the Admiralty confirmed him, 12 Feb. 1783. He returned to England in the following July, and was subsequently appointed, on the Home and Mediterranean stations – in March, 1788, to the Thorn sloop, Capts. W. Taylor and John Woodley – 27 Sept. 1791 and 11 Feb. 1793, to the Spitfire and Nemesis, both commanded by Capt. Woodley – in Sept. of the latter year, to the Alcide 74, successive flag-ship of Admirals Robt. Linzee and Philip Cosby, under the former of whom he co-operated in the reduction of Corsica – and 21 Jan. 1795, to the Irresistible 74, Capts. John Leigh Douglas and Rich. Grindall, part of Lord Bridport’s fleet in the action off the Ile de Groix. On that occasion, Capt. Grindall having been wounded, the charge of the ship devolved upon Mr. Poulden; whose promotion to the rank of Commander was in consequence effected by a commission bearing date 29 of flie same month, June, 1795. In the ensuing Oct. he was sent as Principal Agent for Transports to the river Elbe, for the purpose of embarking the foreign corps, with which he afterwards acoompadied Sir Hugh Cloberry Christian to the West Indies. Being next, in Nov. 1797, appointed to the Calcutta 24, Capt. Poulden was present in that ship, again in the capacity of Principal Transport Agent, at the reduction of the island of Minorca, where he remained, in charge of the dockyard at Port Mahon, until the arrival of Commissioner Coffin. Quitting the Calcutta in Aug. 1799, he assumed command, 12 March, 1801, of the Alkmaar 50; in which ship we find him, until Sept. 1802, employed on the Home, Baltic, and West India stations. Having attained Post rank 29 April in the latter year, he was afterwards appointed – 23 March, 1803, to the Superintendence of the Rendezvous for seamen at Whitby, in Yorkshire – 19 Sept. 1805, to the Sea Fencible service – and, 14 July, 1810, to the office of Principal Agent for Transports at Lisbon, where he remained until April, 1815. He became a Rear-Admiral on the Retired List 10 Jan. 1837; and on the Active 17 Aug. 1840.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Postle, Charles James

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​POSTLE. (Commander, 1845.)
Charles James Postle passed his examination in 1831; and on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 6 July, 1836, was appointed Additional of the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley on the Mediterranean station, where he next, 7 Jan. and 1 Nov. 1837, joined the Bellerophon 80 and Portland 52, Capts. Sam. Jackson and David Price. His succeeding appointments were – 4 Aug. 1838, to the Pilot 16, Capt. Geo. Ramsay, on the North America and West India station, where he was superseded in Aug. 1839 20 April, 1840, for a few months, to the Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir David Dunn, again in the Mediterranean – 30 July, 1841, to the Coast Guard – and, 12 Jan, 1842 and 6 Oct. 1843, to the command of the Lizard and Flamer steam-vessels, the former of which was run down and sunk by the French steamer Véloce 24 July, 1843. Preparatory to his return to England Lieut. Postle had the gratification, in Dec. 1845, of receiving a most complimentary and flattering address, signed by the Chairman, Deputy- Chairman, and members of the Exchange Committee of Gibraltar, expressive of the deep sense they entertained of the numerous obligations they owed him for the prompt and efiicient manner in which he had at all times, both in the Lizard and Flamer, rendered protection to the trade of the place; and of their admiration of the spirited manner in which he had, when occasion offered, exacted a proper respect for the British flag. The humane and devoted nature of the exertions he afforded, in the course of the same month, to the crew of the French steamer Pepin, wrecked between Azamoor and Mazagan, on the coast of Barhary, had the effect of eliciting a glowing letter of thanks as well from the Consul-General for France in Morocco as from the Consul of France at Gibraltar. The King of the French, too, being desirous of publicly testifying his appreciation of the noble conduct exhibited by Lieut. Postle, expressed his intention of conferring upon him the Cross of the Legion of Honour. The regulations of the British service, however, not permitting him to accept it,’ His Majesty presented him instead with a pair of valuable pistols, appropriately inscribed. He was promoted to the rank of Commander 12 Dec. 1845; and has been employed since 15 Aug. 1846 as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard at Dundalk, where, on 28 Jan. 1846, he again found means of rendering himself conspicuous by the services he performed on the occasion of the wreck of the cutter Lord Nelson, the owners of which, Messrs. Horsfall and Sons, of Liverpool, presented him with a silver box of great intrinsic value and of exquisite workmanship. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Potts, John

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​POTTS. (Lieut., 1808. f-p., 13; h-p., 34.)
John Potts died in 1847.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Oct. 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Assistance 50, Capt. Rich. Lee in which ship (he had attained the rating of Midshipman) he was wrecked between Dunkerque and Gravelines 29 March, 1802. Joining next, in March, 1803, the Conqueror 74, Capts. Thos. Louis and Israel Pellew, he served, under the latter officer, in Nelson’s pursuit of the combined squadrons to the West Indies and back, and at the battle of Trafalgar. On 7 May, 1808, a few days after his removal to the Hibernia 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Cotton at Lisbon, he was made Lieutenant into the Eclipse sloop; and in that vessel, commanded in succession by Capts. Geo. Adey Creyke, Thos. Ball Sulivan, Geo. Henderson, and Henry Lynne, he was employed, on the Channel, East and West India, and Cape of Good Hope stations, until July, 1814. He remained thenceforward on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Portman, Wyndham Berkeley

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​PORTMAN. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Wyndham Berkeley Portman, born 4 June, 1804, is third son of Edw. Berkeley Portman, Esq., of Bryanston, co. Dorset, and Orchard Portman, co. Somerset, by Lucy, daughter of the Rev. Thos. Whitby, of Creswell Hall, Staffordshire; and brother of the present Lord Portman.
This officer entered the Navy 7 Aug. 1817; passed his examination in 1823; and was made Lieutenant, 26 Jan. 1826, into the Brisk 10, Capt. Hon. Wm. Anson, on the Mediterranean station; where we find him, in 1827-8, serving in the Talbot 28, Capt. Hon. Fred. Noel. Since the year last mentioned he has been on half-pay.
He married, in Oct. 1829, Sarah, only daughter of Thos. Thornhill, Esq., of Riddlesworth Hall, co. Norfolk, by whom he has issue.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Poulett, George

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​POULETT. (Rear-Admiral op the Red, 1841. f-p., 13; h-p., 37.)
The Honourable George Poulett, born 10 May, 1786, is second son of John, fourth Earl Poulett, by Sophia, daughter and heir of Admiral Sir Geo. Pocock, K.B. He is brother of the present Earl Poulett; and brother-in-law of the Duke of Cleveland. His youngest brother, William, an Ensign in the 4th Foot, died in 1812.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Aug. 1797, as A.B., on board the Princess Augusta yacht, Capt. Riou, lying in the River Thames; served in the Channel as Midshipman, from Nov. 1798 until April, 1802, in the San Fiorenzo 36, Capts. Sir Harry Burrard Neale and Chas. Wm. Paterson, and Malta 80, Capt. Albemarle Bertie; and from July in the latter year until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 3 April, 1804, cruized on the Downs station, the latter part of the time in the Lark sloop. He was present in the San Fiorenzo, and in company with the Amelia 38, at the defeat, by those ships, of three heavy French frigates and a gun-vessel, after a warm action of an hour and 55 minutes, fought within the jaws of one of the enemy’s ports, 9 April, 1799; and also, 2 July following, in an attack made by Rear-Admiral Chas. Morice Pole on a Spanish squadron lying in Aix Roads. Mr. Poulett’s appointments, in the capacity of Lieutenant, were – 16 July, 1804, to the Monmouth 64, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell at North Yarmouth – and, in March and June, 1805, to the Valorous and Royal Sovereign, Capts. Geo. Nicholas Hardinge and Sir Harry Burrard Neale, employed in the Downs and off Weymouth. He attained the rank of Commander 12 Oct. 1805; was appointed, 14 Jan. 1806, to the Orestes sloop, in the North Sea; acquired Post-rank 31 July following; was employed from 14 Nov. 1807, until 16 April, 1810, on the Home station, in the Quebec 32; and, on 24 July, 1827, became Flag-Captain, in the Prince Regent 120, to Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, where he remained until July, 1830. He was advanced to his present rank 23 Nov. 1841.
From Aug. 1830 uutil his attainment of Flag-rank, the Rear-Admiral acted as a Naval Aide-de-Camp to his late and her present Majesty. He had been previously appointed Receiver-General of the Land and Assessed Taxes in Somersetshire. He married, 9 Dec. 1811, Catherine Sophia, eldest daughter of Sir Geo. Dallas, Bart., by whom, who died 11 April, 1831, he has issue three sons – the eldest, George, a Lieutenant in the 54th Regt.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Powell, Caesar Cottrell

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​POWELL. (Lieutenant, 1838.)
Caesar Cottrell Powell is fourth son of the late John Folliott Powell, Esq., at one time of Sandy Brook, co. Derby, and afterwards of Leamington, co. Warwick, by Frances, eldest daughter of Chas. Arnett, Esq., of the Low, in Cheshire, and of Toft, co. Stafford, niece of Sir Joseph Scott, Bart., of Great Barr. The Lieutenant is first-cousin of the present Henry Folliott Powell, Esq., of Brandlesome Hall, co. Lancaster; and a near connexion of ​Capt. Wm. Burnaby Greene, R.N., and Lieut. John Wainwright, R.N. His grand-uncle, John Powell, an officer in the R.N., died 15 Jan. 1789.
This officer entered the Navy 14 Sept. 1824; passed his examination in 1830; and obtained his commission 28 June, 1838. His appointments have since been – 17 Aug. 1838, to the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams Sandom, with whom he served on the Lakes of Canada until the early part of 1842 – 29 Nov. 1842, as First-Lieutenant, to the Frolic 16, Capt. Wm. Alex. Willis, fitting for the Brazilian station, where he was superseded at the end of 1843 – and, 24 March, 1846, in a similar capacity, to the Belleisle troop-ship, Capt. John Kingsome, now employed on particular service. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Porter, Thomas

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​PORTER. (Commander, 1822. f-p., 15; h-p., 25.)
Thomas Porter entered the Navy, 14 Nov. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pompée 74, Capt. Rich. Dacres, attached to the Channel fleet; removed, in Jan. 1808, to the Eclipse sloop, Capt. Geo. Adey Creyke, employed on the Lisbon, West India, and Home stations; served from June, 1810, to Feb. 1813 in the Armada 74, Capts. Adam Mackenzie, John Ferris Devonshire, and Chas. Grant, in the North Sea and Mediterranean; then joined the Hibernia 120, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith off Toulon; and on 27 July, 1814, was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant. His succeeding appointments were – 7 Sept. 1814, to the Crescent 38, Capt. John Quilliam, in the West Indies – 29 Sept. 1815, to the Tyrian 10, Capt. Augustus Baldwin, in the Channel – 5 Sept. 1817, after nearly 12 months of half-pay, to the Andromache 44, Capt. Wm. Henry Shirreff, fitting for South America – and, 10 May 1821, to the Superb 78, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy on that station. On 26 Aug. 1822 he was made Commander into the Alacrity sloop, in which vessel, in July, 1823, he returned to England with 1,000,000 dollars. He has not been since afloat. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Porter, William

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​PORTER. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 10; h-p., 33.)
William Porter entered the Navy, in Nov. 1804, as li.M., on board the Monarch 74, Capt. John Clarke Searle, bearing the flag of Lord Keith in the Downs. From Feb. 1805 until Feb. 1810 he served in the Channel, Baltic, and North Sea, chiefly in the capacity of Midshipman, in the Constant 12, Lieutenant-Commander John Stokes; he then joined the Nautilus 18, Capt. Thos. Dench, attached to the force in the Mediterranean; and in March, 1813, after a servitude of two years on that and the Home stations, part of the time as Second Master, in the San Josef 110, and Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ships of Sir Chas. Cotton and Lord Keith, was again placed under the orders of Lieut. Stokes in the. Constant. From the following April until confirmed in his present rank 10 Aug. 1814, he was a second time employed, as Master’s Mate and Acting Lieutenant, in the San Josef, under the flag, in the Mediterranean, of Sir Rich. King. Subsequently to Feb. 1820 he held an appointment in the Water Guard.
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Vol 3

volume originally published 1883; this four volume edition published in 1900 with corriegenda and addenda in an appendix at the end of Volume Four. New articles from the appendix have been interpolated in the alphabetic sequence.

## Front Matter

* Title page
* List of contributors

## Articles

* Planché to Prick Song
* Priest to Ravenscroft
* Ravina to Richter
* Ricordi to Rousselot
* Rovedino to Saynète
* Scala, La to Scotch Snap
* Scotch Symphony to Siége de Corinthe, Le
* Siege of Rochelle, The to Sostinuto
* Sostinente Pianoforte to Stradivari
* Strakosch to Sumer is icumen in
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Vol 4

volume originally published 1889; this four volume edition published in 1900 with corriegenda and addenda in an appendix at the end of Volume Four. New articles from the appendix have been interpolated in the alphabetic sequence.

## Front Matter

* Title page
* Preface
* List of contributors

## Articles

* Sumer is icumen in to Tenoroon
* Tenor Violin to Torvaldo e Dorliska
* Tosi, Pier to Turca, Alla
* Turco in Italia, Il to Vesperale
* Vespers to Vorausnahme
* Vorhalt to Westminster
* Westmoreland to Zerr
* Zerrahn to Zwischenspiel
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Volkmann, Friedrich

​VOLKMANN, Friedrich Robert, born April 6, 1815, at Lommatsch in Saxony. His father, cantor and schoolmaster of the town, taught the boy music, with such effect that by the time he was twelve he took the services in church. He then had instruction from Friebel, the 'Town musician,' in violin and cello, and from Anacker, music-director of the Seminary at Freyberg. In 1836 he went to Leipzig, to study systematically, and made the acquaintance of C. F. Becker, and also of Schumann, who exercised great influence on him; in 1839 he published his first work, 'Phantasiebilder in Leipzig.' His next step was to visit Prague and enter on the career of teacher and composer. From 1854 to 1858 he resided at Vienna, but ended by taking up his permanent quarters in Pesth, where his principal works have been composed. These comprise 2 Symphonies, in D minor (op. 44), and B♭ (op. 53), a Festival overture in F (op. 50), 2 Serenades for Strings, ops. 62, 63; Concertos for Cello in A minor (op. 33), and PF. in C (op. 42); 2 PF. trios in F (op. 3), and B♭ minor (op. 5); String Quartets in A minor and G minor (op. 9), in G major (op. 14), in E minor (op. 34), in C minor (op. 35), and in E♭ (op. 37), and many works for piano, both 4 hands and solo. His vocal compositions are also numerous:—2 Masses for male voices (op. 28, 29); 3 sacred songs for mixed choir (op. 38); old German hymn for 2 choirs of male voices (op. 64); 'Sappho,' dramatic scene for soprano solo and orchestra (op. 49); 'An die Nacht,' for alto solo and orchestra; songs for solo voice and piano, etc. The overture to his 'Music to Shakespeare's Richard the Third' (op. 73), was performed at the Crystal Palace Oct. 30, 1875—the Scotch air "The Campbells are coming' being introduced as 'an old English war-song.' A later composition is a 'Schlummerlied' for harp, clarinet and horn, which is mentioned as op. 76 in Hofmeister's List for 1883.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Vollweiler, G. J.

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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Volte

​VOLTE, a kind of ancient dance, in three-time, so called from the figure containing many turns (volti). Thoinot Arbeau, in his 'Orchesographie' gives the following air of a Volte.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Volti

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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Volksthümliches Lied

​VOLKSTHÜMLICHES LIED. For the explanation of this term see Song, pp. 621–5. To the examples there cited another very good one may be added, taken from a sketch-book of Beethoven's of 1815 and 1816, and remarkable for freshness, melody, and fitness to the words.
The words of the song are by J. M. Miller. It is entitled 'Die, Zufriedenheit,' and has been set also by Mozart and C. G. Neefe.
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