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...ral stories in Matteo Bandello’s ''Novelle'' (considered here only because Bandello provides English playwrights with other dramatic material). One story is en ...-left: 2em; text-indent: -2em">Payne, John (trans.) ''The Novels of Matteo Bandello''. 6 vols. London: Villon Society, 1890. [http://www.archive.org/stream/nov

...am Painter appropriates the story of "Hyrenee the faier Greke" from Matteo Bandello's ''Novelle,'' Book I, #10. Painter prefaces the narration with this blurb:

...am Painter appropriates the story of "Hyrenee the faier Greke" from Matteo Bandello's ''Novelle,'' Book I, #10. Painter prefaces the narration with this blurb: <blockquote>As part of his motivational speech, Mustapha in Bandello's and Painter's versions says to Mahomet, "And Baiazet ... did not he cut o