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Cambridge, in the feventeenth century, of quaint and An¬ 
gular memory, publifhed in folio, 1676, a treatife, enti¬ 
tled “ Mufick’s Monument; or, a Remembrance of the belt 
practical Mufick, both Divine and Civil, that has ever 
been known in the World ;” a work that mull not be for¬ 
gotten among the curiofities of this period. It is impof- 
fible to defcribe the ftyle of this original book by any 
choice or arrangement of words, but the author’s own. 
The work is divided into three parts. The firk treats of 
pfalm-finging and cathedral mufic ; the fecond, of the 
noble lute, “ now made eafy, and all its occult, locked-up, 
fecrets, plainly laid open ; lliowing a general way of pro¬ 
curing invention and playing voluntarily upon the lute, viol, 
or any other inkrument, with two pretty devices, See. In 
the third part the generous viol, in its rightefi ufc, is treated 
upon ; with fome curious obfervations, never before han¬ 
dled, concerning it, and mufic in general.” In pfalm- 
finging the author recommends ■ Jhor'tfquart even-and uni¬ 
form ay res ; and is “bold to fay that many of our old 
pfalm-tunes are fo excellently good, that art cannot mend 
them or make them better.” In {peaking of the difnculty 
of ringing in tune, even with a good voice, he obferves, 
that “ with an unfkilful-inharmonious-coarfe-grained-harfii- 
voice, it is impollible. ’Tis fad to hear what whining , tol- 
ing, yelling, or fcreelting, there is in our country congrega¬ 
tions, where, if there be no organ to compel them to har- 
monical unity, the people feem affrighted or dikrafled.” 
The liberal ufe of compounds by the ingenious maker 
Mace gives his language a very Grecian appearance. He 
doubts not but that there are “many rational-ingenious- 
well compofed-willing-good-ChriJlians, who would gladly lerve 
God aright, if poifibly they knew but how and there¬ 
fore he advifes the purchafe of an organ of thirty, forty, 
fifty, or fixty, pounds j and then, “ the clerk to learn to 
pulfe or firike, the pfalm-tunes, which he offers himfelf to 
teach for thirty or forty {hillings ; and the clerk afterwards 
may inftruft all the boys in the parifh for a {hilling or two 
a>piece to perform the bufinefs as well as himfelf. And 
thus, by little and little, the parifh will fwarm or abound 
with organilts.” 
The lute and viol are Mace’s favourite inkruments, 
concerning the effects of which, and, indeed, of mufic in 
general, he is a great rapturift. On the lute, though “ he 
had cccafon to break both his arms, by reafon of which he 
could not make the nerve-fhake well nor ftrong ; yet, by a 
certain motion of his arm, he had gained fuch a contentive- 
Jhake, that his fcholars alked him frequently how they 
ffiould do to get the like ?” 
We fhall not attempt to recreate our readers with more 
extracts from this matchlefs, though not fcaree, book ; 
but recommend its perufal to all who have tafte for ex- 
cefiive fimplicity and quaintnefs, and can extract pleafure 
from the fincere and undiffembled happinefs of an author, 
who, with exalted notions of his fubje£t and abilities, 
ditclofes to his reader every inward working of felf-appro- 
bation in as undifguifed a manner, as if he were com¬ 
muning with himfelf in all the plenitude of mental com¬ 
fort and privacy. We {hall, however, prefent fuch rea¬ 
ders with an advertifement from good maker Mace, that 
was written on his arrival in London, 1690, fourteen years 
after the publication of his book. We found it in the 
Britifli Mufeum, N° 5936, in a colle&ion of title-pages, 
devices, and advertifements. 
To all Lovers of the bejl Sort of Mvfick. 
Men fay the times are krange-’tis true: 
’Caufe, many krange things hap to be. 
Let it not then feem krange fo you 
That here one krange thing more you fee. 
“ That is, in Devereux-court, next the Grecian coffee- 
houfe, at the Temple back-gate, there is a deaf perfon 
teacheth mufic to perfection ; who, by reafon of his great 
age, v. 77> > s come to town, with his whole kock of rich 
muficclfurniture, v. inkruments and books, to put off, to 
wtiomioever delighti in fuch choice tilings ; for he has no- 
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thing light or vain, but all fubjlantial and folid music. 
Some particulars do here follow : 
“1. There is a late-invented organ, which (for pri¬ 
vate ufe) excels all other falhioned organs whatever; and 
for which, fubkantial-artificial reafons will be given ; and 
(for its beauty) it rnay become a nobleman’s dining-room, 
a. There belongs to it a pair of fair, large-fized, confort- 
viols, chiefly fitted and ftiited for That, or confort ufe; 
and 'tis a great pity they fiou/d be parted. 3. There is a pe¬ 
dal harpftcon (the abfolute belt fort of conjort harpficons that 
has been invented ;) there being in it more than twenty 
varieties, mok of them to come in with the foot of the 
player, without the leak hindrance of play ; (exceedingly 
pleafant.) And; 4. Is a fingle harfficon. 5. A new-in¬ 
vented inflrumenr, called a ay phone, v. a double lute-, it is 
both theorbo and French-lute complete ; and as eafy to play 
upon as any other lute. 6. Several other theorbos, lutes, 
and viols, very good. 7. Great ftore of choice collections 
of the works of the moji famous compofers, that have lived 
in thefe lak hundred years, as Latin, Englifh, Italian, and 
fome French. 8. There is the publifher’s own Mufick's 
Monument ; fome few copies thereof he has kill by him to 
put off; it being a fubferibed book, and not expofed to 
common fide. All thefe will be fold at very eafy rates, 
for the reafons aforefaid ; and becaufe (indeed) he cannot 
Hay in town longer than four months (exactly.”) 
He farther adds, “ If any be delirous to partake of his 
experimental lkill in this high-noble-art, during his llay in 
town, he is ready to aflilt them ; and (haply) they may 
obtain that from him, which they may not meet withal 
elfewhere. He teacheth thefe five things, v. the theorbo , 
the French-lute, and the viol, in all their excellent ways and 
ufes ; as alfo compoflion, together with the knack of pro- 
curinginvention toyoungcompofers,(the general and greatek: 
difficulty they meet withal ;) this Iaft thing not being at¬ 
tempted by any author (as he knows of), yet may be done ; 
though fome has been lo wife (or otherwife) to contradict 
it; Sed experientia docuit. Any of thefe rive things may 
be learned fo underltandingly, in this little time he kay3 
(by fuch general rules as he gives, together with Mufick's 
Monument, written principally to fuch purrpofes), as that any 
aptly inclined, may (for the future) teach themfelves 
without any other help.” 
MA'CE-ALE, f Ale fpiced with mace.—I preferibed 
him a draught of mace-ale, with hopes to difpofe him to 
relt. Wifeman's Surgery. 
, MA'CE-BEARER, f. One who carries the mace be¬ 
fore perfons in authority.—I was placed at a quadrangu¬ 
lar table, oppofite to the mace-bearer. Spectator. 
MA'CE-GREFF, f [machecarius, Lat.] One that buys 
kolen goods, particularly flelh, knowing it to be kolen. 
Britton, c. 29. 
MA'CE-PROOF, adj. Secure againfl arrek.—You {hall 
come up to the face of a ferjeant, and be mace-proof. Shir¬ 
ley's Bird in a Cage. 
MACE'DA, a town of Spain, in the province of Ga¬ 
licia : five miles fouth-eak of Santiago. 
MACE'DO, a fon of Ofiris, who had a {hare in the di- 
vine honours which were paid to his father. He was re- 
prefented clothed in a wolf’s Ikin, for which reafon the 
Egyptians held that animal in great veneration.—A man 
who gave his name to Macedonia. Some fuppofed him to 
be the fame as the fon or general of Ofiris. 
MAC'EDO (Francifco de Santo Agokino.) Few per¬ 
fons have palfed a more laborious life of literature, and 
none a more ufelefs one, than this remarkable man. He 
was born at Coimbra in 1596, and foon difeovered prema¬ 
ture and extraordinary proofs of memory and imitation. 
At the age of eleven he could repeat the whole dEneid ; 
and compofed good Latin verfes before he had learnt the 
rules of profody ; a thing lefs extraordinary than his bio¬ 
graphers reprefent it. After having profeffed among the 
Jefuits, he quitted the company, in order, as it is laid, to 
exculpate himfelf from fome alleged crime. The circum- 
Itance is not farther explained; but it is clear that no im- 
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