SOURCES FOR THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR

Fiorentino, Giovanni. Il Pecerone (pr. 1558).

(perhaps) Riche, Barnabe. Riche his Farewell to the Military Profession (1581). 'Of Two Brethren and Their Wives.'

(perhaps) Tarlton's News out of Purgatory (1590). 'The Tale of the Two Lovers of Pisa.'

REFERENCE : Giorgio Melchiori, ed. The Merry Wives of Windsor. The Arden Shakespeare. London: Thomson, 2000. 13-15.