An incidental reference made early in the sixteenth century proves too that soon after 1500 the instrument as used on shipboard might be hung in gimbals in an outer box.
Eyeziganeko yona ikhangeleka yenziwa phambili kuqala pha kwishumi elinesithandathu lenkulungwane ukubonisa ukuba kamsinyane kwikhulu elinamakhulu mahlunu izixhobo ezithi zisetyenziswe kwinqanawa okanye zakube zinyuswe kwisixhobo esisenqanaweni esenze into exhonywe enqanaweni isoloko ethetha.