_Per._ The worst of all her scholars, my good lord.
The next quotation is also of 'morning music,' but with a different
object--not a lady, but a soldier, and of a somewhat rough and ready
kind, to judge by the Clown's critical remarks.
The passage seems to indicate the use of Bagpipes; for 'they speak
in the _nose_' (see _Merchant_ IV, i, 48), and are called
_wind_-instruments, and are mentioned under the name 'pipes' in the
last two lines. Moreover, there is the remark of the Clown,
represented here by stars, which is terribly appropriate to that
instrument.
_Othello_ III, i. Cassio brings musicians to salute Othello.
_Cass._ Masters, _play here_; I will content your pains:
Something that's brief; and bid "Good morrow, general."
[_Music._]
_Enter Clown._
_Clo._ Why, masters, _have your instruments been in Naples_,
that they _speak i' the nose_ thus?
_1 Mus._ How, sir, how?
_Clo._ Are these, I pray you, called _wind_-instruments?
_1 Mus._ Ay, marry, are they, sir.
* * * * *
_Clo._ ... masters, here's money for you; and _the general
so likes your music_, that _he desires you_, for love's
sake, _to make no more noise with it_.
_1 Mus._ Well, sir, we will not.
_Clo._ If you have _any music that may not be heard_, to't
again; but, as they say, to _hear_ music the general does
not greatly care.
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