title: The Merchant of Venice (The Jew of Venice)
title_page_title: The most excellent Historie of the <i>Merchant of Venice</i>. With the extreame  crueltie of <i>Shylocke</i> the Iewe towards  the sayd Merchant, in cutting a iust pound of his flesh: and the obtayning of <i>Portia</i> by the choyse of three chests.
title_page_author: Written by William Shakespeare.
title_page_performance: <i>As it  hath beene diuers times acted by the Lord Chamberlaine his Seruants</i>.
title_page_imprint: AT LONDON,  Printed by <i>I. R.</i> for Thomas Heyes,  and are to be sold in Paules Church-yard, at the signe of the Greene Dragon.  1600.
stationer_entries_in_register: Jul 22, 1598: Entered to James Roberts: "a booke of the Marchaunt of Venyce or otherwise called the Iewe of Venyce./ Prouided that yt bee not prynted by the said Iames Robert<i>es</i>; or anye other whatsoeuer w<sup>th</sup>out lycence first had from the Right honorable the lord Chamberlen".<br />Oct 28, 1600: Transferred from James Roberts to Thomas Hayes: "A booke called the booke of the m<i>er</i>chant of Venyce".<br />Jul 8, 1619: Transferred from Thomas Hayes decd. to Lawrence Hayes: "A play Called The Marchant of Venice".<br />Oct 17, 1657: Transferred from the widow of Lawrence Hayes and Jane Graisby to William Leake (2): "the Booke or Copie called The Merchant of Venice a Play written by William Shakespeare Gent<i>leman</i>".
transcript_modern_spelling: The most excellent history of the merchant of Venice with the extreme cruelty of Shylock the Jew towards the said merchant in cutting a just pound of his flesh and the obtaining of Portia by the choice of three chests as it hath been divers times acted by the lord chamberlain his servants written by William Shakespeare at London printed By J.R. for Thomas Hayes and are to be sold in Paul's Churchyard at the sign of the Green Dragon 1600