Archivio Mediceo del Principato,
Firenze,
Filza 4197
Preprations for the masque, reported in a dispatch sent
home by the Tuscan agent
Amerigo Salvetti
, dated 14 Feb. 1630 [i.e. 4 Feb. 1631]
. It occupies six pages in two folded sheets (extract on p. 6).
Lor Maesta ritornorno In questa Citta’ martedi’ passata con ottima
salute; et la Regina ua’ mettendo al ordine il suo balletto per
farlo a’ Carneuale.
Translation
Their Majesties came back to this city last Tuesday. They are in the best of health
and the
Queen
is putting her masque in order to stage it at Shrovetide.
Bibliography
Orrell (1979a),
15