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Creator: William Shakespeare
Title: The most excellent historie of the merchant of Venice. VVith the extreame crueltie of Shylocke the Iewe towards the sayd merchant, in cutting a iust pound of his flesh: and the obtayning of Portia by the choyse of three chests. As it hath beene diuers times acted by the Lord Chamberlaine his Seruants. Written by William Shakespeare.
Date: At London : printed by I[ames]. R[oberts]. for Thomas Heyes, and are to be sold in Paules Church-yard, at the signe of the Greene Dragon, 1600.
Repository: Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC, USA
Call number and opening: STC 22296 copy 1, title page
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