This is the lutanist of the Caliph Al-Mutawakkil and his pet concubine.
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When the last lutanist fell asleep the birds began to sing.
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I have heard the lutanist, I have heard the lutanist.
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He succeeded Henry Lawes as Court lutanist, and held other positions, and evidently stood high in favour.
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When they asked him who he was, he answered, a lutanist, nor did the trial belie his profession.
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Now there was with him a damsel, a lutanist, and she reared me and taught me the craft, even as thou seest.
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With the night came song, and Carter nodded as the lutanists praised ancient days from beyond the filigreed balconies and tessellated courts of simple Ulthar.