Ballo Nuovo

NEW DANCE BY THE AUTHOR, AS ABOVE

Done by six Milanese Gentlemen, in Hungarian clothes, before the two Serene Highnesses.

First four musicians enter with four harps dressed in livery. Then six pages with lit torches in hand, four in front two by two, then follow the other two with Amore (Cupid) in the middle, he who recites some verses in honour of their Highnesses. Then there follow the six gentlemen, and the two first, who lead the dance, were Signor Conte Filiberto son of Signor Conte Antonio della Somaglia, Signor Conte Giacobo son of Signor Conte Tatio Mandello, Signor Ottavio son of Signor Marchese Oratio Pallavicino, Signor Cavalier Gabrio son of Signor Conte Giovanni Battista Serbellone, Signor Aluigi Trotto, and Signor Fabricio Melzi. These gentlemen enter two by two, with lit torches in hand. Those who were on the left side carried them in the left hand, and those on the right in the right hand.

All together they do two Seguiti with the left, going always forwards, those who are to the left passing in front of those who are to the right, the one into the place of the other, turning themselves to face. Then they do together two jumps with the feet even with the left and with the right, and four quick passi, so disposing each on to his own place. This part is done three times, always going forwards. with the said seguiti, and jumps, and the steps that they did above, exchanging places three times, and stopping spread wide in the fashion of a half moon. Then all together they thrust their torches forwards, and do the Riverenza Grave with four beats of the music to their Serene Highnesses. Amore begins to say the verses in honour of their Highnesses, at the end of which they walk out following the other four pages, and then this dance is done.

FIRST PART

The gentleman who leads the dance on the left with his companions turns to that hand, and returns to the head of the dance with two spezzati and one seguito with the left foot, and two spezzati and one seguito with the right, the other gentleman, who leads, to the right with his [companions], turns to that hand, and at the same time does the same spezzati and the passi then they take hands two by two with a little bow, and they do together going forwards two seguiti, they release, and they do facing two jumps with the feet event, and four short passi in gagliarda. 

SECOND PART

Then they take right arms, and they do two seguiti passing the one into the place of the other turning around to the left and they do two riprese one to that hand and the other to the right. The two who lead the dance with their companions do eight spezzati with the left, and with the right, in a hey, always exchanging from hand to hand their torches, and taking hands four times, returning each to his own place, and turning around to the left face to face. 

THIRD PART

All together they take the right hand, and do a seguiti with the left passing the one into the place of the other, then taking the left, and doing another seguito each returning to his own place. They release hands and do two seguiti turning around to the left turning themselves to face. He who heads the dance on the right goes to take the right arm of the last, who is in the left column, and they all together do eight spezzati in a hey returning each to his own place. 

FOURTH PART

The gentleman who leads the dance on the left with his own column turns to that hand, and does two spezzati and one seguito with the left, adn two spezzati and one seguito with the right returning to the head of the dance, and the other turns to the right with his column, and they do the same spezzati and seguiti stopping spread out in the shape of a half moon, all together they do two riprese to the left and to the right then thrusting their torches a little forwards they do the riverenza grave to their Highnesses. He who leads on the right, turns to that hand, with his file, and the other, who is on the left, likewise with his ifle turns to that hand, and they do together four seguiti adn then two spezzati and a seguito with the left, and two spezzati and a seguito with the right going all in a column to gracefully finish this dance. 

The music with the lute intabulation for this entrance, and for the dance done by the six gentlemen. The entrance and the first part alone are done four times, then the music for the dance, that is the first part and the second together, is done four times, one time per part, until the end of the dance.