Merry Wives of Windsor. Troilus and Cressida (Paperback)

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. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...an Italian novelist of the sixteenth century. The original story forms the eighty-fifth in his Hecatommithi, or Hundred Tales. A youth named Ludovico is there overtaken in the same fault as Claudio; Juriste, a magistrate highly reputed for wisdom and justice, passes sentence of death upon him; and Epitia, Ludovico's sister, a virgin of rare gifts and graces, goes to pleading for her brother's life. Casting herself at the governor's feet, her beauty and eloquence, made doubly potent by the tears of suffering aifection, have the same effect upon him as Isabella's upon Angelo. His proposals are rejected with scorn and horror; but the-lady, overcome by the pathetic entreaties of her brother; at last yields to them under a. solemn promise of ma-rriagve. His object being gained, the wicked man commits a double vmmbreach, neither marrying the lady nor sparing her brother. Site carries her cause to the Emperor-, by whom Juriste is con victed, forced to marry her, and then sentenced to death; but is at last pardoned at the suit of Epitia, who is now as earnest and eloquent for her husband as she had been for her brother. Her holy and heroic conduct touches him with remorse, and finally proves as effective in redeeming his character as it was in redeeming his life. As early as 157 8, this tale of Cinthio's was dramatized after a sort by George Whetstone. The title of Whetstone's performance runs thus: The right excellent and famous History of Promos and Cassa/ndra, divided into Comical Discourses. In the conduct of the story Whetstone varies somewhat from his model; as may be seen by the following abstract of his argument: V In the city of Julio, then under the rule of Corvinus, King of Hungary, there was a law...