ABSTRACT
Introduction275 waytoNewHaventoserveintheEnglisharmyoverseas. Turberville'selegypraiseshisnarrativeof
Julyetandhermate; Forthereheshewdehiscunningpassingwell, WhenhethetaletoEnglishdidtranslate.
In1563appeared'AnAgreementofsundryplacesofScriptureseeminginsltewtoJarre,servinginsteadofCommentaryes,noton!Jfor thesehutothers!Jke:TranslatedoutofFrench,andnowefyrst publishedbyArthurBrokeandprintedbyLucasHarrison.' ThatBrookewasaserious-mindedProtestantmoralistissuggestedbytheAddresstotheReaderbeforehispoem(cf.p.284). Inthishereferstosometheatricalproductionofthestory,but thatearlyplayhasdisappeared.(TheLatinfragmentRomeus etJuliettainSloaneMSI775seemstobepost-Shakespearian.)
ThestoryofRomeoandJulietwaspopularinthereignof Elizabeth.TottellobtainedalicencetoreprintBrookein1582 anditwasreissuedin1587byRobt.Robinson,whosetitlepageannounceditascontaining'arareexampleoftrueconstancie,withthesubtillcounsellsandpractisesofanoldfryer andtheirillevent'.GeorgeGascoigne'sPosies(1575)contained aMaskwrittenforthedoublemarriagebetweenthesonof ViscountMontacuteandthedaughterofSirWilliamDormer, andMontacute'sdaughterwithSirWilliam'sson.Forthis importantdayofunionbetweentwogreatCatholicfamilies, 'eightGentlemen(allofbloodoralliauncetothesaydL. Mountacute).•.haddeterminedtopresentaMaske,.••and sofarretheyhadproceededtherein,thattheyhadalready boughtfurnitureofSilkes,&c,andhadcausedtheirgarmentestobeecutoftheVenetianfashion.'TheyaskedGascoignetodevisesomeverseswhichmightexplaintheirVenetian dress,andhe,callingtomind'thatthereisanobleHouseof theMountacutesinItalic'decidedtobringinaboy-actor whowoulddeclarehimselfadescendantoftheItalianMountacutes,andthat'hisfatherbeingslaineatthelastwarresagainst theTurke,andhetheretaken,heewasrecoveredbytheVenetiansintheirlastvictorie,andwiththemsa.ylingtowardes Venice,theyweredrivenbytempestuponthesecoastes,and socametothemarriageuponreportasfolloweth•..'The
