The poet, however, in another line mentions an instrument, of which there is no doubt possible:—
"A baggepipe coude wel he blowe and soune."
It is natural to suppose that progress in the art of making instruments would correspond to that in the art of music itself, and the ever-increasing intercourse with the Continent since the Conquest would bring knowledge of many before unknown; both France and Italy being far in advance of England in this respect.
References to them in Shakespeare's works are numerous.
To cite only a few.
In the first part of "Henry IV.":
"Falstaff: S'blood! I am as melancholy as a gibcat or a lugged bear.
"Prince Henry: Or an old lion; or a lover's lute.
"Falstaff: Yea, or the drone of a Lincolnshire bagpipe."