corantos

Our ignorance on the press of the continent of those times, and especially the want of files of "corantos," or news sheets, close a wide field of research to the American inquirer.

The Isle Of Pines (1668) and An Essay in Bibliography by Worthington Chauncey Ford Henry Neville

The real revolution came in the 1620s under the influence of "corantos" imported from Amsterdam, which provided the main news of the week.

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Then they all together dance 'measures, corantos, and galliards,' till Phosphorus the day star appears and calls them away --

The History of London Walter Besant 1868

And teach lavoltas high [1] and swift corantos; [2]

King Henry the Fifth Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre William Shakespeare 1590

The corantos (which are still recalled in the names of newspapers, like The Hartford Courant) also inspired opposition from the government over their reports of troop movements during the Thirty Years 'War, leading to censorship and even imprisonment.

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They don't understand sarabands and corantos; and you can't play jigs. "

The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War George Manville Fenn 1870

Page 143 of moated castles, and gay knights, and border feuds, and roundelays under one's window, and lighted halls where ladies dance corantos and 'trod measures' as they called it! "

Swallow Barn, or A Sojourn in the Old Dominion. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. 1832

[Footnote III. 1: _ ---- lavoltas high_] A dance in which there was much turning, and much capering.] [Footnote III. 2: _ ---- swift corantos; _] A corant is a sprightly dance.] [Footnote III. 3: _With +pennons+_] _Pennons_ armorial were small flags, on which the arms, device, and motto of a knight were painted.]

King Henry the Fifth Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre William Shakespeare 1590