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Musical Instruments. Instrumenta musica.

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_Musical Instruments_ are those which make a sound: _Musica instrumenta_ sunt quæ edunt vocem:

First, when they are beaten upon, as a _Cymbal_, 1. with a _Pestil_, Primò, cum pulsantur, ut _Cymbalum_, 1. _Pistillo_, a _little Bell_, 2. with an _Iron pellet_ within; or _Rattle_, 3. by tossing it about: _Tintinnabulum_, 2. intus _Globulo ferreo_, _Crepitaculum_, 3. circumversando; a _Jews-Trump_, 4. being put to the mouth, with the fingers; a _Drum_, 5. and a _Kettle_, 6. with a _Drum-stick_, 7. _Crembalum_, 4. ori admotum, Digito; _Tympanum_, 5. & _Ahenum_, 6. _Claviculâ_, 7. as also the _Dulcimer_, 8. with the _Shepherds-harp_, 9. and the _Tymbrel_, 10. ut & _Sambuca_, 8. cum _Organo pastoritio_, 9. & _Sistrum_ (Crotalum), 10.

Secondly, upon which _strings_ are stretched, and struck upon, Secundò, in quibus _Chordæ_ intenduntur & plectuntur as the _Psaltery_, 11. and the _Virginals_, 12. with both hands; ut _Nablium_, 11. cum _Clavircordio_, 12. utrâque manu; the _Lute_, 13. (in which is the _Neck_, 14. the _Belly_, 15, the _Pegs_, 16. _Testudo_ (Chelys), 13. (in quâ _Jugum_, 14. _Magadium_, 15. & _Verticilli_, 16. by which the _Strings_, 17. are stretched upon the _Bridge_, 18.) quibus _Nervi_, 17. intenduntur super _Ponticulam_, 18.) the _Cittern_, 19. with the right hand only, the _Vial_, 20. with a _Bow_, 21. & _Cythara_, 19. Dexterâ tantum, _Pandura_, 20. _Plectro_, 21. and the _Harp_, 23. with a _Wheel_ within, which is turned about: the _Stops_, 22. in every one are touched with the left hand. & _Lyra_, 23. intus rotâ, quæ versatur: _Dimensiones_, 22. in singulis tanguntur sinistra.

At last, those which are blown, as with the mouth, Tandem quæ inflantur, ut Ore, the _Flute_, 24. the _Shawm_, 25. the _Bag-pipe_, 26. _Fistula_ (_Tibia_), 24. _Gingras_, 25. _Tibia utricularis_, 26. the _Cornet_, 27. the _Trumpet_, 28, 29. or with _Bellows_, as a _pair of Organs_, 30. _Lituus_, 27. _Tuba_, 28. _Buccina_, 29. vel _Follibus_, ut _Organum pneumaticum_, 30.