The document discusses the musical instruments popular during the Elizabethan era in England. It notes that the lute, violin, flute, and viol were especially prominent stringed and wind instruments. The lute reached sizes of up to 6 feet tall. String quartets known as "English Consorts" emerged, with Thomas Morley publishing a book of consort lessons in 1599. Elizabethan musical instruments included both instruments carried over from the medieval period as well as new instruments developed during Elizabeth's reign. The instruments are categorized as stringed instruments played with a bow or by plucking, and wind instruments.