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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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(System,) Sisteme, -eyme, n. [e.m.E. systeme (1619), late L. systēma a musical interval, f. the Gk.] a. In music: A scale or compound interval. b. A piece of writing systematically delineating a particular subject; a treatise. —a. c1550-c1580 Art of Music 31a.
Everie noit fro the proper key of the sisteyme may be uprasit or subducit be diatessaron, diapenthe and diapason —b. 1641 Anal. Scot. I 130.
I read Vendelin his sisteme, and some other pieces