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a flute-like musical instrument

This phrase probably indicates that the other actors will give a dumb show before the beginning of the play.

brave or handsome

This line is not in the First Folio.

This stage direction from the First Folio specifically mentions William Tawyer, an actor and musician in Shakespeare's production company, as entering with a trumpet.

designated, named

A play on words. Quince recited the prologue with pauses in the wrong places. To “stop” a horse is to suddenly check its running.

1) He doesn't bother with details. 2) He doesn't pause at the right places in his speech.

The humor in this speech is not in the words themselves but in the pauses created by the punctuation. For example, It sounds like Quince is saying “All for your delight we are not here.”

The person who will speak the prologue is ready. In this sense, the prologue is the person, not the speech. The First Folio assigns Quince as the prologue.