Cittern

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Cittern, a musical instrument, like a guitar, but strung with wire instead of gut.

Glossary 1909
_Cittern_, a kind of lute; _quill_, the plectrum for striking it.

The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2 Robert Herrick 1632
Instrumen yang penting kontribusinya dalam perkembangan gitar adalah instrumen Cittern.

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The Somerset witches said that 'the Man in black sometimes playes on a Pipe or Cittern, and the company dance'. [

The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
& _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.

The Orbis Pictus Johann Amos Comenius 1631