Archivio Mediceo del Principato, Firenze, Filza 4188
Plans for
The Masque of Queens
, reported in a dispatch sent home by the Florentine agent Ottaviano Lotti
. It is dated 5 Feb. [i.e. 26 Jan.] 1609 , and occupies two
pages in a single folded sheet (extract on p. 1).
Il Signo r Don Fernando di Girona partira’, come si dice, avanti il giorno da farsi la Mascherata
della Maesta’ della Regina, et cosi’ a questa interuerra’ il Signo r Ambasciator di Francia[...]
Translation
Don Fernando Giron is leaving, they say, before the day the
Queen
’s masque is to be performed. The French ambassador will thus be present at the masque.
Bibliography
Orrell (1977-78), 165