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Musical instruments (additions to Ch. 16: 49) Book III, Chapter 16, Section 9 Adde these to chap:16. numb.49. Tamber de base ![]() Quail call ![]() First for the Quaile call. It is a small pipe or whistle, ouer which there is on the top some Writhed Wyer, in forme of a spring, couered ouer with Leather, with a button fastned to it: now holding the whistle in one hand, and drawing out the leather by the button with the othere, and letting it slip or slack nimbly, it will sound like the cry of a Quaile. This Leather about the top is after the nature of a paire of bellowes, which by drawing out and putting into foulding againe, takes in and forceth out wind. Leuratt call ![]() The pipes that sound the Drake, the Bitterne, Hare, Leuratt, Peacock. &c. are almost made after the same maner; it being the size only that alters the voice. They consist each of them of foure seuerall parts, one to be screwed or Wrung vpon an other; the first part is like the mouth of a cornet, the second is an other peece made hollow quite throw into which the fore said is screwed, and the other end vpon an other peece with a brasse tongue fastned in it. Se numb:21. Hedgehog call ![]() Related text(s) Animal calls Jackdaw call ![]() China trumpets ![]() ![]() Straight trumpet ![]() The middlemost being a long streight Trumpett, and it probable hath bine in use formerly in these parts of Europe, for I finde such borne in English coats of Armes. [For this image, compare chapter 18 no. 164a] Bugles and rod ![]() Ox horns ![]() Ox horns ![]() 119. He beareth two Oxe hornes. Chess rooks ![]() Chess pieces ![]() ![]() The second is a chesse Rooke with a square foote from the cheese rookes mentioned before numb.31. to 37. Chess rook ![]() Horses heads ![]() Fish hook ![]() Salmon hook ![]() The second is that on the sinister side, which is called a Salmon Hooke, or a Weare, or fish cage hooke. It is a large and strong Iron hooke with a sockett at the end, to be fixed on a long pole, or staffe, to take fish out of weares or cages. Chess rook ![]() The Third thing which is placed in the cheife of this quarter is called a chesse Rooke which is an other kind of rooke vsed in Armes. Boat hook ![]() In this quarter is engraven an other forme of Hooke with a screw used by Fishers, and boate men which they fix on the end of a long pole, or staffe, into a sockett to hooke to any thing on shoare, thereby to draw the boate to land. Fish hooks ![]() Turkish tamber bases ![]() 127. He beareth two Turkish Tamber bases, accosted or coequally disposed. This is an other sort of Tamberbase contrary to that mentioned numb.113. These being made of Brasse or copper (as I suppose) with handle on the back to hold them by; the edges set with bells, or Hollow rings; which Instruments being clapped and stricked on their sides one against the other, maketh a Tinkling noise. Turkish scimitar ![]() 128. He beareth in this quarter three sorts of charges which I finde borne in coates of Armes. The first is a Turkish semiter, in it sheath, or scabart, and is borne between three Roses. These kind of hilts are made some bending down to the scabart, as this doth: otheres haue them turned vp to the handle as a gard for the hand: but these are not much regarded in Armes, which of the ways it is drawne. Cup ![]() The second on the dexter side, is a ovale cup, Imbossed, with a neck and couer. This is of some termed a cup couered, without takeing any notice of either neck, or chaceing or Imbossements raised thereon: looking vpon it to be but the only fancie of the workeman, for the adornment of his handy worke: some, an ovale belly cup, se num.112. Kit and Rebeck ![]() There is an other kind of Instrument I suppose like this called a Rebeck; it hath but three strings and is by Mr. Coles termed Fidicula a little Fiddle, or Nablium minus, the Least of Psalteries. [For this image, compare chapter 18 no. 163a] ![]() ![]()
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