This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... For The Duchess of Malfl: A true Relation of the deserved Death of that base and insolent Tyrant, the most unwoFthy Marshall of France; A manifestation of the Combination and Tyrannie of Marshall d'Ancre; Letter of the French King to the Parliament of Roan; A True Recital of those things that have been done in the Court of France since the Death of Marshall D'Ancre. 1617. Bandello, M. Novelle. 4 vols. Lucca and Lyons, 1554-73. (Part i, nov. xxn.) 9 vols. London, 1791-3. (Vol. 11, pp. 212-233.) Boaistuau, F. de, and Belleforest, P. Histoires Tragiques. 7 vols. Paris, 1580-2. Goulart, 8. Histoires admirables et memorables de nostre temps. 2nd ed. 1606. Painter, W. Palace of Pleasure. 1st ed. 2 vols. 1566. Re-ed. by Jacobs, J. 3 vols. 1890. (The story of the Duchess is part n, novel 23, vol. m, pp. 3-43.) Sidney, Sir Philip. Arcadia. 4to, 1590; folio (amended and enlarged), 1594. Crawford, C. Webster and Sidney. Notes and Queries (Sept.-Nov. 1904); re-issued separately, 1907. Yega Carpio, Lope de. Comedias. 25 parts. Madrid-Zaragosa, 1604-1647. (Vol. xi, 1618. El Mayordomo de la Duquesa de Amalfl.)-Kiesow, K. Die verschiedenen Bearbeitungen der Novelle von der Herzogin von Amalfl des Bandello in den Literaturen des xvi und xvn Jahrhunderts. In Anglia, vol. xvn, pp. 199-258. 1895. For The Devil's Law Case: Life and Death of Louis Gaufredy... who committed most abhominable Sorceries. 1612. Michaelis, S. The admirable History of the Passion and Conversion of a Penitent Woman, Seduced by a Magician. London, 1613. This appears to have been the account read by Webster. An account of these trials will also be found in Michelet, Histoire de France, vol. xi, pp. 306-337. For A Cure for a Cuckold: Love's Graduate. A Comedy by John Webster. Ptd at the...
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