Tarlton's News out of purgatory (1590) : a modern-spelling edition ...

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Tarltons Newes Out of Purgatorie
Modern Editions
Halliweil, editor, Tarlton'a Jesta ^and
Out of Purgatory; with notes, and Some Account of the Life of
Tarlton, printed for the Shakespeare Society (London, 1844) .
Halliwell f s text is based on the second edition.
D.N. Ranson, f Tarltons Newes Out of Purgatorie: A Critical
Edition with Introduction and Commentary 1 (unpublished Ph.D.
dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 1974).
John Feather, editor, The Collected Works of Robert Armin,
2 vols (New York, 1972"J7 The first edition of Tarltons Newes
Out of Purgatorie is reproduced in facsimile in volume 1 .
Bibliographical descriptions of the three original editions
have been supplied by Ranson in his thesis, but these include
some errors. Feather has provided transcripts of the title
pages, again including some errors, but not full descriptions
in, ! A Check-List of the Works of Robert Armin', The Library,
5th series, 26 (1971), 165-172.
The tale of the lovers of Pisa is reproduced as a possible
source for part of The Merry Wives of Windsor in the following
works :
G-eoffrey Bullough, Narrative and dramatic sources of
Shakespeare, 8 vols (London, 1957-75), ii, 26-34.
J. Payne Collier, editor, Shakespeare's Library: A Collection
of the Romances, Novels, Poems, and Histories, used by
Shakespeare as the Foundation of his Dramas, 2 vols (London ,
L1843J), ii, 13-24.
J.O. Halliwell, editor, The First Sketch of Shakespeare's
Merry Wives of Windsor, printed for the Shakespeare Society
(London, 1842), pp. 125-35.
William Carew Hazlitt, editor, Shakespeare's Library. A
Collection of the Plays, Romances, Novels, Poems, and Histories
employed by Shakespeare in the Composition of his Works, 2nd
edition, 6 vols (London, 1875), iii, 60-72.
E. Malone, editor, The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare,
10 vols (London, 1790), i, pt.2, 309-15.