(perhaps) Apuleius. Metamorphoseon, a.k.a. The Golden Ass.

(perhaps) Ariosto, Lodovico. Orlando Furioso (Italian verse narrative, 1516).

This play is partly based on folk tales, but no specific sources have been identified for these sections of the narrative.

REFERENCE : Patricia M. Binnie, ed. The Old Wives Tale. The Revels Plays. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1980. 20-4.