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Rh made of a dark wood, which is nothing else but a big flageolet. Its length is 2 ft. 2 in., and its bore is that of the modern flageolet and old flute—viz., conical, but with the wide end nearest the player's mouth.

Hamlet $3⁄2,346$. Enter Players with recorders.

The holes in a flute have always been called 'ventages,' because the 'wind' comes through them