To the Illustrious Lady,
The Lady Giulia Stalla Ragonia,
Roman Gentlewoman
High Ragonia, to whose valor I incline
With the heart, with the soul, and with the entire effects;
With your deeds sweetly proud,
Demonstrate to my joyful works the path:
By You is seen the great Latin name
Joined to the ancient honor, by you, which I would be hoping
Shall be of seeing my cold thoughts
All kindling it by my good fate:
So to the moving of one sweet proud look
Make of me a way to vanish the dark storm,
Which makes the world blind passing over me in manner,
As not ever had a foot slow, or late
In revering at all times, and of my bosom
Shall not be memory ever so much divided.
Original rhyme scheme - ABBA/ABBA/CDECDE
Alta Ragonia (High Ragonia)
Balletto of M. Battistino;
In Praise of the Illustrious Lady
The Lady Giulia Stalla Ragonia,
Roman Gentlewoman
In the start of this Balletto they will take the right hand, and
they will do the Riverenza with the left: after letting that go, and
taking the left, they will do another Riverenza with the right, and
drawing it back together, they will do 2 Passi gravi, and 1 Seguito
forward, starting it with the right: then taking the ordinary hand of
the lady, they will do together another Riverenza.
In the second time, walking they will do 2 Puntate, 2 Passi gravi, and
1 Seguito ordinario, starting it with the left foot: they will do the
same starting it with the right: after to the left they will do 4
Riprese, and 2 Continenze, 1 to the right, and the other to the left:
to the right they will do then another 4 Riprese, and another 2
Continenze, 1 to the left, and the other to the right.
In the third time, walking similarly, they will do 6 Seguiti ordinarii,
starting it with the left, and the Riverenza with the same foot.
In the fourth time, the man alone will do 2 Puntate, 2 Passi gravi, and
1 Seguito ordinario, starting it with the left foot; he will do the
same with the right foot, passing before the lady, and putting her to
his right flank: then facing they will do together 4 Riprese, 2 to the
left, and 2 to the right, with 2 Passi gravi back, and 1 Seguito
ordinario forward, starting it with the left foot: then they will
return to do the same Riprese, and Passi, and Seguito as of
above, starting with the right foot.
In the final time grave, the lady will guide the Ballo, and they will
do together the 6 Seguiti ordinarii, and the Riverenza which were done
of above: after the lady alone will do the same acts which the man will
have done.
To the breaking of the Sonata in Gagliarda
First they will do together the Riverenza, then walking and keeping
them by hand, they will follow with 4 Seguiti ordinarii, and letting go
the hand, they will do 2 other Seguiti turned to the left: facing then
they will do 2 Seguiti spezzati flanked forward, with 4 Trabuchetti;
and they will do the same another turn, as of above: then taking the
hands, they will do 4 Riprese to the left, and 1 Doppio scorso in the
wheel: and they will do the same to the right, without letting go of
the hands. These acts done, the man will let go of the right hand
of the lady, and they will end the Ballo, with doing the Riverenza
facing.
Lute tablature of the Balletto Alta Ragonia
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