_Parallels._--Belleforest, t. i.; _otto novelle rarissime_; A. Brooke, 1562; Lopez de Vega, _Los Castelveses y Monteses;_ F. de Roscas, _Los Vandos de Verona_; L. Groto, _Hadriana_, 1578.
_Painter._--I. ii. 118; II. ii. 179; III. ii. 348; IV. iii. 80.
_Derivates._--Shakespeare"s _Romeo and Juliet_ is partly founded on Painter, partly on Brooke"s poem. The English comedians played it in Germany. Sloane MS., 1775, contains a Latin play on this subject.]
XXVI. TWO LADIES OF VENICE.
Two gentlemen of Venice were honourably deceiued of their Wyues, whose notable practises, and secret conference for atchieuinge their desire, occasioned diuers accidentes, and ingendred double benefit: wherein also is recited an eloquent oration, made by one of them, p.r.o.nounced before the Duke and state of that Cittye: with other chaunces and acts concerninge the same.
[_Source and Origin._--Bandello, Part i., nov. 15.
_Parallels._--Belleforest, t. iii. p. 58.
_Painter._--I. ii. 247; II. ii. 203; III. ii. 393; IV. iii. 125.
_Derivates._--The underplot of Marston"s _Insatiate Countess_ is derived from Painter, _cf. supra_.]
XXVII. THE LORD OF VIRLE.
The Lorde of Virle, by the commaundement of a fayre younge Wydow called Zilia, for hys promise made, the better to attaine hir loue, was contented to remayne dumbe the s.p.a.ce of three yeares, and by what meanes he was reuenged, and obtayned hys suite.
[_Source and Origin._--Bandello, Part iii., nov. 17.
_Parallels._--Belleforest, t. i. f. 289; Fenton, _Trag. Disc._ hist.
xi.
_Painter._--I. ii. 268; II. ii. 22; III. ii. 425; IV. iii. 157.]
XXVIII. LADY OF BOHEMIA.
Two Barons of Hungarie a.s.suring themselues to obtayne their sute to a fayre Lady of Boeme, receyued of hir a straung and maruelous repulse, to their great shame and Infamy, cursinge the tyme that euer they aduentured an enterprise so foolish.
[_Source and Origin._--Bandello, Part i., nov. 21.
_Parallels._--Whetstone, _Arbour of Vertue_.
_Painter._--I. ii. 292; II. ii. 238; III. ii. 463; IV. iii. 195.
_Derivates._--Ma.s.singer, _The Picture_.]
XXIX. DIEGO AND GINEVRA.
Dom Diego a Gentleman of Spayne fell in loue with fayre Gineura, and she with him: their loue by meanes of one that enuied Dom Diego his happy choyse, was by default of light credit on his part interrupted. He constant of mynde, fell into despayre, and abandoninge all his frends and liuing, repayred to the Pyrene Mountaynes, where he led a sauage lyfe for certayne moneths, and afterwardes knowne by one of hys freendes, was (by marueylous circ.u.mstaunce) reconciled to hys froward mistresse, and maryed.
[_Source and Origin._--Bandello, Part i., nov. 27.
_Parallels._--Belleforest, t. i., f. 382; Fenton, _Trag. Disc._, hist. xiii.; Whetstone, _Garden of Unthriftness_.
_Painter._--I. ii. 309; II. ii. 252; III. ii. 490; IV. iii. 222.]
x.x.x. SALIMBENE AND ANGELICA.
A Gentleman of Siena, called Anselmo Salimbene, curteously and gently deliuereth his enemy from death. The condemned party seeing the kinde parte of Salimbene, rendreth into his hands his sister Angelica, with whom he was in loue, which grat.i.tude and curtesie, Salimbene well markinge, moued in conscience, woulde not abuse hir, but for recompence tooke hir to his wyfe.
[_Source._--Bandello, Part i., nov. 46.
_Origin._--G. Sermini.
_Parallels._--Fenton, _Trag. Disc._, hist i.
_Painter._--I. ii. 350; II. ii. 286; III. ii. 556; IV. iii. 288.]
x.x.xI. HELENA OF FLORENCE.
A wydow called mistresse Helena, wyth whom a scholler was in loue, (shee louing an other) made the same scholler to stande a whole Wynter"s night in the snow to wayte for hir, who afterwardes by a sleyght and pollicie, caused hir in Iuly, to stand vppon a tower starke naked amongs flies and gnats, and in the sunne.
[_Source._--Boccaccio, giorn. viii., nov. 8.
_Origin._--? _Fabliau_, Barbazan, i. 296.
_Painter._--I. ii. 376; II. ii. 307; III. ii. 597; IV. iii. 329.]
[Transcriber"s Note: Question mark in original.]
x.x.xII. CAMIOLA AND ROLAND.
A gentlewoman and wydow called Camiola of hir own mind raunsomed Roland the kyng"s sonne of Sicilia, of purpose to haue him to hir husband, who when he was redeemed vnkindly denied hir, agaynst whom very eloquently she inueyed, and although the law proued him to be hir husband, yet for his vnkindnes, shee vtterly refused him.
[_Source and Origin._--Bandello, Part i., nov. x.x.xv.
_Painter._--I. ii. 391; II. ii. 320; III. ii. 622; IV. iii. 354.]
x.x.xIII. LORDS OF NOCERA.
Great cruelties chaunced to the Lords of Nocera, for adultry by one of them committed with the captayne"s wyfe of the forte of that citty, with an enterprise moued by the captaine to the cittyzens of the same for rebellion, and the good and dutyfull aunswere of them: with other pityfull euents rysing of that notable and outragious vyce of wh.o.r.edom.
[_Source and Origin._--Bandello, Part i., nov. 55.
_Parallels._--Belleforest, t. ii. f. 162 (ed. 1565, no. 23).