I had a look at my copy of Galpin's Old English Instruments of Music (1932) while unpacking, and he calls the EC a type of cittern. If you have a look at Plate VIII, you'll see a cittern by Peter Wisser dated c.1700 that clearly shows a uniformly deep body on a four- course instrument.
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