Note 527 — V THE MASK
Reading edition
It is significant that John Farlyon in 1534 was appointed Yeoman of masks, revels, and disguisings; Cawarden in 1544 Master of revels and masks (Tudor Revels, 7, 9; cf. p. 72). In Jonson's Masque of Augurs (1623) Notch says to the Groom of the Revels, 'Disguise was the old English word for a masque, Sir, before you were an implement belonging to the Revels'.