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Continenza

Source: 
Italian sources, c.1550-c.1620
Discussion: 

A step to the side. Many dances begin with a riverenza and a pair of continenze.

 

Florio: Key image - self-contained, chaste, restrained.

  • Continente, continent, chaste. Also the continent or maine firm land.
  • Continenza, continencie, chastitie.

 

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