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Author R. W. (Robert Wilmot), active 1568-1608.
Title The tragedie of Tancred and Gismund : Compiled by the gentlemen of the Inner Temple, and by them presented before her Maiestie. Newly reuiued and polished according to the decorum of these daies. By R.W.
Uniform title Decamerone.
Publication Info London : Printed by Thomas Scarlet, and are to be solde by R. Robinson, 1591.



Descript [72] p.
Note Dedication signed: Robert Wilmot.
A verse adaptation of "Tancredi and Ghismunda" from: Boccaccio, Giovanni. Decamerone.
In the original play act 1 was written by Rodger Stafford, act 2 by Henry Noel, act 3 by "G. Al." (possibly William Allen), act 4 by Sir Christopher Hatton, and act 5 by Wilmot. Wilmot revised the play, and probably re-cast it from the original decasyllabic rhyming quatrains into blank verse.
Signatures: *4 A-H⁴.
A variant (STC 25764a) has imprint dated 1592.
Reproduction of a photostat of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
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Author R. W. (Robert Wilmot), active 1568-1608.
Series Early English books online.
Alt author Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. Decamerone.
Stafford, Rodger.
Noel, Henry, -1597.
Allen, William, active 1567.
Hatton, Christopher, Sir, 1540-1591.
Uniform title Decamerone.
Descript [72] p.
Note Dedication signed: Robert Wilmot.
A verse adaptation of "Tancredi and Ghismunda" from: Boccaccio, Giovanni. Decamerone.
In the original play act 1 was written by Rodger Stafford, act 2 by Henry Noel, act 3 by "G. Al." (possibly William Allen), act 4 by Sir Christopher Hatton, and act 5 by Wilmot. Wilmot revised the play, and probably re-cast it from the original decasyllabic rhyming quatrains into blank verse.
Signatures: *4 A-H⁴.
A variant (STC 25764a) has imprint dated 1592.
Reproduction of a photostat of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
Author R. W. (Robert Wilmot), active 1568-1608.
Series Early English books online.
Alt author Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. Decamerone.
Stafford, Rodger.
Noel, Henry, -1597.
Allen, William, active 1567.
Hatton, Christopher, Sir, 1540-1591.
Uniform title Decamerone.

Descript [72] p.
Note Dedication signed: Robert Wilmot.
A verse adaptation of "Tancredi and Ghismunda" from: Boccaccio, Giovanni. Decamerone.
In the original play act 1 was written by Rodger Stafford, act 2 by Henry Noel, act 3 by "G. Al." (possibly William Allen), act 4 by Sir Christopher Hatton, and act 5 by Wilmot. Wilmot revised the play, and probably re-cast it from the original decasyllabic rhyming quatrains into blank verse.
Signatures: *4 A-H⁴.
A variant (STC 25764a) has imprint dated 1592.
Reproduction of a photostat of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
Alt author Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. Decamerone.
Stafford, Rodger.
Noel, Henry, -1597.
Allen, William, active 1567.
Hatton, Christopher, Sir, 1540-1591.

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