Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Collection of the Ancient Novels, Romances, Legends, Poems, and Histories, Used by Shakespeare as the Foundation of His Dramas, Vol. 2: Now First Collected, and Accurately Reprinted From the Original Editions; With Introductory Notices
The present publication consists of two portions - the one a poem, by Arthur Brooke - the other a prose narrative, by William Paynter. The first purports to be a translation from Bandello: the second is a literal version of a story in Belleforest's Ifistoires T ragiques. It will be more couve nient to speak of them separately.
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