William Ballet's Lute Book, IRL-Dtc MS 408 (Ballet, William)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	Several
First Publication	1590-1603 ca.
Genre Categories	Pieces; For lute; Scores featuring the lute; For 1 player; For viol; Scores featuring the viol

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Publisher. Info.	Manuscript, c.1590-1603.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Work Title	William Ballet's lute book
Alternative. Title
Composer	Ballet, William
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IWB 1
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	Several ... Robin Reddocke (p.26) ... The Sinckapace Galliarde (p.95) ... Green Sleeves (p.104) ...
First Publication.	1590-1603 ca.
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Renaissance
Piece Style	Renaissance
Instrumentation	lute or lyra viol

William Ballet's lute book regives some music being popular in the time of Elizabeth I of England (1533-1603). It consists of 2 manuscripts being packetised in the 18th c. (Trinity College Dublin, MS 408/1 and MS 408/2). The first probably from 1590 and the second maybe added after 1610 (dating c.1593-1603). Some pieces were current around 1580. For more information see Matthew Spring: The Lute in Britain: A History of the Instrument and Its Music.
According to Wikipedia, the first manuscript contains "dance pieces, some for lute and others for viol, by prominent composers of the time", and the second contains "popular dance and broadside ballad tunes of the late Elizabethan period". This would seem to indicate that it is specified which are for lute and which are for lyra viol.