Archivio Mediceo del Principato,
Firenze,
Filza 4197
Plans for the masque, in a dispatch) sent home by the
Tuscan agent
Amerigo Salvetti
, and dated 31 Jan. 1630 [i.e. 21 Jan. 1631]
. It occupies four pages in a single folded sheet (extract on p. 4).
Lor Maesta godeno, con ottima salute, le caccie della campagna, senza
un’ minimo di pensiero di ritornare a’ Londra prima di Carneuale.
Translation
Their Majesties are in the best of health
and are enjoying hunting in the country, without thinking of coming back to
London
before Shrovetide. At that time the
Queen
, in imitation of the King
, will herself stage a masque, which she is now about to rehearse.
Bibliography
Orrell (1979a),
15