Archivio Mediceo del Principato,
Firenze,
Filza 4192
Court business delayed by the performance of
The Golden Age Restored
, described in a dispatch sent home by the Tuscan agent
Francesco Quaratesi
on 31 [i.e. 21] Dec. 1615. The dispatch occupies
two pages in a single folded sheet (extract on p. 1).
Il negotio del Conte di Sommerset, et delli altri che sono imputati d’ esser
colpeuoli, si differisce a trattarne per 15, o, 20 giorni, douendosi fare in questo
tempo qualche balletto, o altra festa in Corte secondo il solito
Translation
The negotiations about the
Earl of
Somerset
and the others who are alleged to be guilty are adjourned for fifteen or twenty
days because a masque or some other festival must be performed, as is usual at this
time
of the year.
Bibliography
Orrell (1977-78), 174