Memoranda on All's Well That Ends Well, the Two Gentlemen of Verona, Much Ado About Nothing, and on Titus Andronicus.

Eell that (E n0 Mcll. The main incidents of the serious portion of the present comedy were originally related in the Decameron of Boccaccio, in the ninth novel of the third day, a story which was known to Shakespeare through the medium of an English translation, first published in William Painter s Palace of Pleasure, in the year 1566; reprinted in 1575. The outline of the novel is thus described in the title of the translation in the latter work, Giletta, a phisician sdoughter of Narbon, healed the Frenche Kyng of a fistula, for reward whereof she demaunded Beltramo, counte of Rossiglione, to husbande ;the counte beyng maried againste his will, for despite fled to Florence, and loved anpther; Giletta, his wife, by po Uicie founde meanes to lye with her husbande in place of his lover, and was begotten with child of twoo sonnes, whiche knowen to her husbande, he received her againe, and afterwardes she lived in greate honor and felicitie.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org