Excerpt from Venus and Adonis: A Masque Another sign used for some sort of shake is (y). It is frequently met with in ms. Music of the period more generally accompanied by dots (y or X). I have not seen an explanation of this sign showing exactly which of the numerous kinds of shake in use at the time is intended; but perhaps this is a matter of -no great importance, so long as some kind of shake is introduced. The time-signatures in this edition are those employed in the mss. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.