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Adding to David's inquiry and encouragement: I wonder if any Kazoolamites have been caught up in the new wave of interest in a syllabic verse form based on the Fibonacci sequence of numbers (0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, etc. -- successive numbers being the sum of the two preceding). If you're tired of limericks and bored with haiku, try this. Collections of 'fibs' and discussions of Fibonacci's legacy are easy to find via Google. Someday it may be possible to demonstrate that the Fibonacci sequence is the secret of Spenser's number-based architectonics; it may even be the key to a system for memorizing FQ! Wouldn't it be interesting if some "fibs" of Spenser's making -- juvenilia or late-in-life musings -- were to be discovered? Even better, perhaps, evidence that contests in this syllabic form were what the various members of the Areopagus were really up to. Cheers, Jon Quitslund -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: David Wilson-Okamura <[log in to unmask]> > Kazoolamites, do you have a recent MS. forgery (I mean, "discovery") > that your colleagues in Sidney and Spenser studies need to know about? > Bring it to the annual meeting of the International Porlock Society, > Saturday night at 8:30 in Fetzer 1010. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dr. David Wilson-Okamura http://virgil.org [log in to unmask] > English Department Virgil reception, discussion, documents, &c > East Carolina University Sparsa et neglecta coegi. -- Claude Fauchet > -----------------------------------------------------------------------