Chapter 16, Item 14a
Psaltery
The Psaltery (saith Mr Blount in his exposition of words) is a musicall Instrument like an Harpe with ten strings, but more pleasant; some call it a shalm, to play Holy Hymns vpon, and to sing vnto in playing; Others say it was an Instrument three square, of 72 strings and of Incomparable sweetness; as Mersennus describeth it.
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Chapter 16, Item 14b
Crowd
A crowd, is a kind of low Musick and is generall used amongst the countrey people to make mirth; it is onely a flat and euen board with either wyer or gut strings drawne stret or musicall height uppon it, with peggs at the one end of them, and so played upon with the fingers of one hand, like an Harp: or with a quill as on a cittern.
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Chapter 16, Item 19a
Trumpet parts
The seuerall parts of a Trumpett
The Mouth, that as the Trumpetter sounds through or puts to his mouth to blow in.
The crookes, the bending peeces.
The yards, the streight peeces of the mettle.
The Bosses are the two garnished balls or bobbs in the midle of the yards to hold them togather.
The Povilio, the wide end of the trumpett where the sound comes out.
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Chapter 16, Item 20a
Tabrett
A Tabrett is a little small drumme, which with a pipe, was much in use with the Jews in their sports.
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Chapter 16, Item 20b
Drum parts
The seuerall parts of a drumme.
1. The Rime.
2. The Inside hoopes, which holds the rim round.
3. The Bullin neiles, the 4 great neiles as ioynes the Rim round.
4. Brass neyles, to adorne the Rime.
5. The sound hole.
6. The flesh hoopes, those as the velom skins or drum heads are fastned vnto.
7. The Batter or beating head.
8. The Snare head.
9. The Snares, which is made of Bowell strings.
10. The Snare pin, or Screw.
11. The cording hoopes.
12. The cords.
13. The Braces.
14. The Brace tyes, which are thrid points tagged.
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Chapter 16, Item 21a
Bird calls
These are kinde of calls representing the voices calls, cryes, or sounds of Birds and foule; as also of some four footed creatures as Lion, Fox, Hare, and Stag: Hogge, and cow &c. These are Instrument generally Knowne by the name of calls, and are used by those who delight in fowleing, to drawe neere and beguile such creatures to their destruction. There is no difficulty in their makeing, if their figures by rightly obserued, and the explication noted; which is breifely thus. This pipe that sounds the voice of the Bitterne, is almost made after the same maner, as the Drake, the Hare, The Leurat, the Peacock, and the Hedghog; it being the size alone that alters the Voice. They consist each of them of foure seuerall parts, the Head which is like the mouth of a cornett, which is wrung on a peece of wood where in is fastned a brasse, made like a slit or split cane, with a tongue of Lattin fixt in it (such as they tag points with all) this being thus joyned togather and blowed throwe, will answer those voices before mentioned.
The small bird call, this is in all respects made like vnto a whistle, onely there is a little hole at the end which is rounded off: it must be no bigger then the tag of a point may be put in. The Coocko, and the Owle, may be Imitated by the same kind of Instrument, but these are made of different sizes.
Obserue this, that in blowing in of the pipe hole, your blast must be doubled according to the number of syllables that the voice doth containe, as Coo-ko: now towards the end of the second syllable, you must stop the hole of the round end of the pipe with your forefinger, which makes the second syllable sound flat and thus wilbe giuen the true and liuely sound of Cooko. The same pipe giueth the right and liuely sound of an Owle-hoo ho ho ho hoo, by doubling your breath according to the number and pronuntiation of the syllables contained in the said voice, the first being long, the next three short and the last long. The Crowing or Voice of a Cock is produced out of the same forme of pipe, only by boring 4 holes round about the side towards the smaller end, one opposite to the other, and stoping the two little holes at the ends.
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Chapter 16, Item 23a
Cittern parts
The parts of a Citterne.
The Body is the whole Instrument.
a. The peggs.
b. The neck or finger board.
The stops or fretts, are the ouer thwart peeces set on the neck.
The back is all the back side of it, the back of the neck.
c. The belly or sides of the Instrument.
d. The Bridge.
The --- to which the strings are fastned.
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Chapter 16, Item 24a
Sackbut parts
Parts of the sackbute.
The mouth peece.
The yards, that as lyes within the cases.
The yard barr, the ouercross bar under the mouth peece.
The cases, those as slip vp and downe in the sounding.
The case barr, that which lifts the case vp and down.
The crooks, the two bendings at top and bottome of cases and povilion.
The povilion, the wide end of the Instrument.
The Povilion Barr.
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