Archivio Mediceo del Principato,
Firenze,
Filza 4197
Preparations for the masque, reported in a dispatch sent
home by the Tuscan agent
Amerigo Salvetti
, and dated 3 Jan. 1630 [i.e. 24 Dec. 1630]
. It occupies three pages in a single folded sheet (extract on p. 2).
[...] con tutto cio', la Maesta sua si conserua con ottima salute, et Il suo
Re godendo felicissimamente anch' egli della medesima ua preparando Il
suo balletto da farsi il giorno di lor' tre Re.
Translation
[...] nevertheless, her Majesty keeps in good health and the king
, who most fortunately enjoys good health as well, is preparing his masque which
will be given on Twelfth Night, their style.
Bibliography
Orrell (1979a), 14