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First entered ten armed gladiators, who danced to the sound of tambourines; then followed a mimic battle between twelve people in different costumes; the third _moresca_ was led by a young woman upon a car which was drawn by a unicorn, and upon it were several persons bound to the trunk of a tree, while seated under the bushes were four lute players.

Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day Ferdinand Gregorovius

In the evening the _Miles Gloriosus_ was presented; it was followed by a _moresca_ in which ten shepherds with horns on their heads fought with each other.

Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day Ferdinand Gregorovius

In the evening the _Asinaria_ was presented, together with a wonderful _moresca_ in which appeared fourteen satyrs, one of which carried a silvered ass's head in his hands, in which there was a music-box, to the strains of which the clowns danced.

Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day Ferdinand Gregorovius

In conclusion there was a _moresca_ in which was simulated the agricultural work of the peasants.

Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day Ferdinand Gregorovius

There was also a _moresca_, a ballet or pantomime dance, with clowns and beasts, and blows and other clown tricks.

Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals William Graham Sumner 1875

Connections suggest themselves: morris to Moorish, the moresca dance craze across Renaissance Europe (some morris men still black up) to Othello the Moor.

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_moresca_ resembled the modern ballet; that is, a pantomime dance.

Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day Ferdinand Gregorovius

_moresca_ or ballet was performed in the "sala of the Pope," whose walls were decorated with beautiful tapestries which had been executed by order of Innocent VIII.

Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day Ferdinand Gregorovius

_jongleur_ dressed as a woman danced the _moresca_ to the accompaniment of tamborines, and Cæsar also took part in it, and was recognized in spite of his disguise.

Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day Ferdinand Gregorovius

_moresca_ was danced by ten Moors holding burning tapers in their mouths.

Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day Ferdinand Gregorovius