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IL CESARE

TRAGEDIA

D’ORLANDO PESCETTI

Dedicata

AL SERENISS. PRINCIPE

DONNO ALFONSO II. D’ESTE

DVCA DI FERRARA, &C.

IN VERONA,
Nella Stamparia di Girolamo Discepolo.
M D X CIIII.

A PROBABLE ITALIAN SOURCE
OF
SHAKESPEARE’S “JULIUS CÆSAR”

BY

ALEXANDER BOECKER, Ph.D.

INSTRUCTOR IN THE MANUAL TRAINING HIGH SCHOOL, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

Submitted to the Faculty of New York University in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy

NEW YORK

1913

Press of

The New Era Printing Company

Lancaster, Pa.