威尼斯商人

PREFACE

ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

I. The Text

i. The Printer

xl. The Printing

m. The Copy

w. Early Editions and Reprints

v. This Edition

2. The Date

3. The Sources

4- Stage History

5. Critical Introduction

THE MERCHANT OF VENlCE

APPENDICES

I. Translation from the 4th day of Ser Giovanni, Il

Pecorone

II. The Ballad of Gernutus

III. Epitome of the 3rd Book of Anthony Munday, Zelauto

IV. Declamation 95 of Alexander Silvayn, The Orator,

translated by L. Plot

V. Extracts from the 32nd History of Gesta Romanorum,

translated by Richard Robinson

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