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But no. Even to such a world as this he will cling, and flaunt it about as captain of the guard in the Queen's progresses and masques and pageants, with sword-belt studded with diamonds and rubies, or at tournaments, in armour of solid silver, and a gallant train with orange-tawny feathers, provoking Essex to bring in a far larger train in the same colours, and swallow up Raleigh's pomp in his own, so achieving that famous 'feather triumph' by which he gains little but bad blood and a good jest.
Double masques, one of men, another of ladies, addeth state and variety. But all is nothing except the room be kept clear and neat.
Certain reflections on Scotland gave offence to James I., and the authors were imprisoned, but soon released. From the beginning of the new reign J. devoted himself largely to the writing of Court masques, in which he excelled all his contemporaries, and about the same time entered upon the production of the three great plays in which his full strength is shown.
Some of these occur in his two collections of miscellaneous verse, the Forest and Underwoods; others in the numerous masques which he composed. These were a species of entertainment, very popular at the court of James I., combining dialogue with music, intricate dances, and costly scenery.
Knowing how the artistic temperament is always fascinated by beauty of costume, he constantly introduces into his plays masques and dances, purely for the sake of the pleasure which they give the eye; and we have still his stage-directions for the three great processions in Henry the Eighth, directions which are characterised by the most extraordinary elaborateness of detail down to the collars of S.S. and the pearls in Anne Boleyn's hair.
Materials for dancing; as masques, castanets, and a ladder of ten rounds. Aurengezebe's scymitar, made by Will Brown in Piccadilly. A plume of feathers, never used but by Oedipus and the Earl of Essex.
But of late years these Post Revels have been disused, both here and in the other Inns of Court." Besides producing and acting some of our best Pro-Shakespearian dramas, the Elizabethan lawyers put upon the stage at least one of William Shakespeare's plays. In the following reign, the masques of the lawyers in no degree fell off with regard to splendor.
"Yes," Aline interrupted. "Mr. Chester, have you gone in partnership with Mr. Castanado 'Masques et Costumes'? Or would it not be maybe better honor to me and yourself to speak " "Straight out? Yes, of course. Aline, I've been racking my brain I still am and my heart to divine what it is that separates us. I had come to believe you loved me. I can't quite stifle the conviction yet.
And then the Queen, Ned! why, that pig-headed old woman will be blaming it on me, that there is nobody to prevent that detestable French King from turning Catholic and dragging England into new wars, and I shall not be able to go to any of the Court dances! nor to the masques!" sobbed Cynthia, "nor anywhere!" "Now you talk tender-hearted and angelic nonsense.
Female performers certainly appeared freely in these as in other masques, and there was no reason for putting a handsome youth in this rôle of the captive Church.
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