Eight novels employed by English dramatic poets of the reign of Queen Elizabeth : Originally published by Barnaby Riche in the year 1581, and reprinted from a copy of that date in the Bodleian library.

Eight novels employed by English dramatic poets of the reign of Queen Elizabeth : Originally published by Barnaby Riche in the year 1581, and reprinted from a copy of that date in the Bodleian library.

London : Printed for the Shakespeare Society, 1846.

xvi, 224 p. ; 22 cm

Shakespeare Society. Publications. ; no. 33

With reproduction of original t.-p.: Riche his Farewell to militarie profession: conteining verie pleasant discourses fit for a peaceful tyme. Gathered together ... by Barnabe Riche ... Imprinted at London, by Robart Walley, 1581.

Edited by John Payne Collier.

Several of the tales are from Italian sources. The "Conclusion" contains a ninth story, Belthaser, similar to Machiavelli's Marriage of Belphegor.

Sappho, duke of Mantona
Of Apolonius and Silla
Of Nicander and Lucilla
Of Fineo and Flamma
Of two brethren and their wives
Of Gonsales and his vertuous wife Agatha
Of Aramanthus, borne a leper
Of Phylotus and Emilia
Conclusion.

Publications (Shakespeare Society (Great Britain)) ; no. 33.

Great Britain -- England -- London.

PR2336.R8 R5 1846

PR2888 .L5 v.9

Vol. 9, no. 1, in the set, with general title-page: Early prose and poetical tracts ... vol. I. 1853.