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