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 Mascarade et Cartels ont prins leur nourriture, L'un des Italiens, l'autre des vieux François, L'accord Italien quand il ne veut bastir Un Théâtre pompeux, un cousteux repentir, La longue Tragedie en Mascarade change. Il en est l'inuenteur; nous suyuons ses leçons, Comme ses vestemens, ses mœurs et ses façons, Tant l'ardeur des François aime la chose estrange.

And in fact it is an Italian festivity of 1492 that furnishes the only clear account of a revel in which disguised persons took the ordinary guests out to dance that I have yet come across between 1377 and 1512.

For some time the mask and the old-fashioned disguising are traceable side by side at the court of Henry VIII. Ultimately they amalgamated. By the end of the reign, 'mask' has become the official name, and 'disguising' is obsolete. The 'commoning' between maskers and guests is firmly established. And the mask has taken to itself the elaborations of the disguisings, the introductory speeches, the pageant, the mimic fight, the double sets of dancers, the close association with the interlude. Or, more strictly speaking, it can be either simple or elaborate, a mere masked