masque• Comus is a masque in which a young lady's chastity is tried and not vanquished.• Of course, it was a load of mummery, Fat Henry playing at masques and mystery.• Gundulic also wrote dramas, masques and pastorals.• Once the macabremasque was over, Ranulf stepped back.• Carey looked worried and Doctor Agrippa sat as if a spectator at some masque or mummer's play.