 The music is written for the Virginals, the etymology of which is unknown, but may either refer to the young girls who are often shown playing it, or from the Latin "virga", which means "stick" or "wand", possibly referring to part of the mechanism that plucks a string in the harpsichord family of instruments.The "Maydenhead" refers to the maiden voyage or, in this case, the first printing of "Parthenia.