 The text of the masque was first published in the octavo volume of Shirley's "Poems" that was issued in 1646 by the bookseller Humphrey Moseley.The masque was also, apparently, sometimes bound and sold as a separate volume.After the London theatres closed in 1642 at the start of the English Civil War, Shirley made his living as a schoolteacher, and created his final dramatic works for student performance.