| It will feature a true English consort of flute, violin, viols, cittern, lute, bandore and voices performing music by William Byrd, Thomas Morley, John Dowland and others. |
| The instrument here introduced is the cittern, played with or without a plectrum or quill. |
| Constantijn Huygens declares that he learnt to play the barbiton in a few weeks, but took two years to learn the cittern. |
| Robinson gives instructions for learning to play the cittern and for reading the tablature. |
| The instrument, on which he doubtless accompanied his mournful love-songs, is a form of cittern. |
| From every barber shop came the twang of cittern or guitar, while song burst from the lips of every tankard bearer. |
