Archivio Mediceo del Principato, Firenze,
Filza 4192
Report of the performance of
Vision of Delight
, in a dispatch sent home by the Tuscan agent
Francesco Quaratesi
, on 19 [i.e. 9] Jan. 1617. It occupies 4 pages in two folded sheets (extract on p.
3).
Sua Maesta' fece ultimamente Conte di Bocchingham il Uisconte Uuillars suo fauorito, et 2 giorni sono si fece
un bel balletto, doue interuennero li Ambasciatori di Francia, Sauoia, et Stati.
Translation
His Majesty has created his favourite, the Viscount Villiers,
Earl of
Buckingham
. Two days ago a lovely masque was staged. The Ambassadors of
Spain
, Savoy, and the States came to it.
Bibliography
Orrell (1977-78), 175