Musical instruments (additions to Ch. 16: 49)  Book III, Chapter 16, Section 9
 
Adde these to chap:16. numb.49.


Tamber de base
 113. He beareth a Tamber de Base, or Tamber-base. This is a kind of Instrument, vsed among the auncient Jews, and now by the Turkes, in all their fantasticke skippings and danceing: It hath a vellome or parchment head to bait vpon, like a drumme, and all the Rime is set with bells, some with rings, as numb.127. When they strik on the head, it make a dull sound, and with shakeing the bells, ring: and so make a kind of musicall noise with it. It answereth the Tabrett, so often mentioned in the scripture, ...


Quail call
 114. He beareth a Quaile call, a Leuratt call, and a Hedg-hog call. These are three sorts of calls, by which the voices or cryings of the foresaid creatures are Imitated, of which in their order.
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 second. He beareth a 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
 The Hedghog call, or voice, is imitated by the foresaid pipe, and like brasses, and tongs; but they must be made of different sizes, for euery one of the forenamed pipes.

Related text(s)   Animal calls

Jackdaw call
 He beareth a Jack daws call. This is made of a peece of cane open at one end, and couered at the other with velome or parchment: to the midle whereof is fastned a long horse haire. Now if you hold the cane betweene the fore finger and thumbe of one hand, and draw your other finger and thumbe along the haire, it will make a noise just like the cry of a dawe.


China trumpets
  116. In this square is the shape of three sorts of China Trumpetts, of which I can say noe more onely shew the forme and fashion of them. The middlemost being a long streight Trumpett, and it probably hath bine in use formerly in these parts of Europe, for I finde such borne in English coats of Armes.


Straight trumpet
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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
 117. He beareth two Hutchetts, or Bugles endorsed tyed, or bound togather with a Rubine: issueing from betweene them, a Rod, or staffe, with the top pometted.


Ox horns
 118. He beareth two Oxe hornes.


Ox horns
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119. He beareth two Oxe hornes.


Chess rooks
 120. He beareth three chesse man, peare pointed (or headed) in triangle: the tops meeting in fesse. Some terme them chesse rookes sharpe headed: for there are seuerall sorts of rookes which according to the formes of their heads are termed so and soe as this example and num: 121. 122. 123. following: and nu:31. to 37. 48.


Chess pieces
  121. He beareth in this quarter two sorts of chesse Rooks, the first is a chesse Queene, or chesse Rooke, with an Auellane head; ...
The second is a chesse Rooke with a square foote from the cheese rookes mentioned before numb.31. to 37.


Chess rook
 122. He beareth a chesse Rooke the tope part carved into two horse heads.


Horses heads
 123. He beareth two Horses heads endorsed; enter three trefoiles conioyned and fixed upon three Grieces.


Fish hook
 124. He beareth in this quarter, two sorts of Fishing hookes: first that on the dexter side is termed a Fish hooke, with a Barbed shank.


Salmon hook
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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
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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
 125. He beareth two --- Hookes.
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
 126. He beareth a coronett Gorging two fish hookes erected and endorsed the ends of the shanke turned round.


Turkish tamber bases
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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
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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
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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
 The Third is a musicall Instrument of four strings, called a Kitt or a Guittar; it is generally used by dancing masters which they play vpon with a fidle stick, as they teach their schollars to dance. It is so little that the owner or Master of it may carry it about with him in his pockett.
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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