Archivio Mediceo del Principato,
Firenze,
Filza 4194
Cancellation of the masque, reported in a dispatch sent
home by the Tuscan agent
Amerigo Salvetti
, on 23 Feb. 1623 [i.e. 13 Feb. 1624]
. It occupies five pages in two folded sheets (extract on p. 4).
Il Balletto del Signor Principe che fuí rimesso per
Il Martedií del Carneuale eí stato del tutto dismesso, non uolendo Sua Maestaí dare occasione di disgusto allí ambasciatore di francia che protestoí, caso non lo conuitassero.
Translation
The prince
’s masque which was postponed until Shrove Tuesday has been entirely abandoned, as
his Majesty did not wish to displease the
French ambassador, who complained in
case he should not be invited.
Bibliography
Orrell (1979a),
9