The many disguises, and in particular the matching of one masked quartet with another identically costumed and
vizarded foursome, mirror the duplicity, doubleness, and 'smooth-brow'd treachery' (23) that courtiership required, frequently alluded to in play-texts of the era.
4.2.68) The only other 'spirit' in this play is one of Dog's minions, disguised 'in shape of Katherine,
vizarded in order to lead clown Cuddy Banks into a pond and dunk him (SD.