Archivio di Stato, Torino,
Corte, Materie Politiche relative all’ estero, Lettere Ministri, Gran Bretagna,
Mazzo 1
Description of the title, in a dispatch sent home by the Savoy agent, Giovanni Battista
Gabaleone, dated 18th Jan. 1614. It is unbound, but belongs to bundle (mazzo) 1, in
a series of letters from the period 12th January 1612-18th November 1614. The letter
occupies six pages in two folded sheets, the extract coming on fol. 3.
Quanto alle feste oltre al balletto scritto fu’ fatto una correria il giorno dell’
anno suo stile all’ incontro con richissimi vestiti, e liuree con carri trionfanti di bellissima vista e grandissima spesa alli caualieri La Dom
enica corsero alla baga corse il Re e il Principe e fecero bene.
Translation
As for the festivities, besides the masque which I have already written about, a tilt
was run face to face on New Year’s Day, according to their style. The clothing and
liveries were very rich, and the triumphal chariots were a most beautiful sight and
a great expense to the knights. On Sunday they ran at the ring.The King
and
the Prince
ran, and did well.
Bibliography
Orrell (1979b), 81