PREFACEABBREVIATIONSINTRODUCTION 1.The Text I The Printer II The Printing III.The Copy IV.Early Editions and Reprints V.This Edition 2.The Date 3.The Sources 4.Stage History 5.Critical IntroductionTHE MERCHANT OF VENICEAPPENDICES I.Translation from the 4th day of Ser Giovanni, Il Pecoron 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.Piot V.Extracts from the 32nd History of Cesta Romanorum,translated by Richard Robinson