Straparola, Giovanni Francesco,
**G,78.4.3 Stories resembling the plot of the Merry wives [of Windsor]. (In Collier, John P., compiler. Shakespeare’s library . 2d
edition. Revised and enlarged [by W. C. Hazlitt]. Vol. 3, pp. 1-80. London. 1875.)
Contents. — The story of Filenio Sisterna. From “Le tredeci piacevoli notti” of Straparola. — The story of Bucciuolo and Pietro Paolo. From “Tl pecorone” of Giovanni, Fiorentino, — The story of Lucius and Camillus. — The story of Nerino of Portugal. From “Le tredeci piacevoli notti.” — The tale of the two louers of Pisa. From Tarleton’s “Newes out of Purga- torie.” — The tale of the fish wife of Brentford.
The text of the 1st, 2d, and 4th stories is in Italian and English. The text of the others is in English only.
This card was printed at the @ Public Library, March 26, 1917. L863 — No main cd. — Shakespeare, William. Merry wives of Windsor. Sources.
— Giovanni Fiorentino, — Tarlton, Richard. — Straparola, Giovanni Francesco.