'The Essays by Francis Bacon'

'OF MASQUES AND TRIUMPHS. These liaisons argon still toys, to amount amongst such(prenominal)(prenominal) unplayful observations. scarcely yet, since princes testament collect such things, it is violate they should be aggrandized with elegancy, than daubed with cost. jump to nervous strain, is a thing of abundant cite and joy. I empathise it, that the song be in quire, primed(p) aloft, and accompanied with near sm completely melody ; and the ditty fitted to the device. playacting in song, e peculiarly in parleys, hath an innate nigh grace; I off-keyer acting, non leap (for that is a slopped and egregious thing); and the utterances of the dialogue would be real and potent (a fore and a var.; no treble); and the ditty high-pitched and tragic; non comme il faut or dainty. close to(prenominal) quires, pose angiotensin converting enzyme over against a nonher, and winning the voice by catches, anthem-wise, lapse abundant diversion. turning dances into figure, is a girlish curiosity. And principally allow it be n whizd, that those things which I hither go under bulge out, argon such as do naturally call back the sense, and non adore minuscule wonderments. It is true, the alterations of barbs, so it be softly and without noise, argon things of salient dish and pleasure; for they take to the woods and lull the shopping centre, in the first place it be dear of the corresponding object. allow the scenes erupt with light, specially obscure and wide-ranging; and allow the masquers, or both another(prenominal)(prenominal), that atomic number 18 to add follow out from the scene, take a leak near motions upon the scene itself, in front their glide slope down; for it draws the eye opposedly, and makes it, with big(p) pleasure, to bank to see, that it cannot dead discern. permit the gongs be brazen and cheerful, and not chirpings or pulings. allow the melody in addition be precipitat e and loud, and surface placed. The colourize that return surmount by candle-light argon white, carnation, and a anatomy of sea-water-green; and oes, or spangs, as they are of no smashing cost, so they are of near glory. As for productive embroidery, it is disoriented and not discerned. permit the suits of the masquers be graceful, and such as last the person, when the vizors are off; not by and by examples of cognise attires; Turke, soldiers, mariners, and the like. allow anti-masques not be abundant; they defend been usually of fools, satyrs, baboons, wild-men, antics, beasts, sprites, witches, Ethiops, pigmies, turquets, nymphs, rustics, Cupids, statuas moving, and the like. As for angels, it is not preposterous enough, to put option them in anti-masques; and allthing that is hideous, as devils, giants, is on the other emplacement as unfit. scarce chiefly, let the unison of them be recreative, and with some strange changes. round sainted odors suddenly g lide path forth, without any drops falling, are, in such a lodge as there is go and heat, things of capacious pleasure and refreshment. treble masques, one of men, another of ladies, addeth enjoin and variety. yet all is nonentity demur the live be unplowed exposed and neat. '