Shakespeare, Massinger and other English dramatists derived some of their plots from B. Thus 'Romeo and Juliet', 'Measure for Measure', 'Othello', etc., are all from the 'Novello'. The Elizabethans also imitated B. largely.
The stories of Bandello enjoyed a wide vogue in France and England, and formed matter for the exploitation of every class of our Elizabethan dramatists and writers of fiction.
BARBADILLO, DON ALONSO GERONIMO DE SALAS b. 1580, d. 1630. Spanish poet and dramatist.
FORTUNATE FOOL. Tr. from the Spanish by Philip Ayres. 1670.
BARBOUR, JOHN. b. 1316, d. 1396.
THE BRUCE. Ed. Skeat, E.E.T.S., 1870-77.
The Bruce is a history in verse of the life and deeds of Robert Bruce.
BARCLAY, JOHN. b. 1582, d. 1621.
ARGENIS; or THE LOVES OF POLIARCHUS AND ARGENIS. 1611.
'A political allegory, written originally in Latin. B. reconstructs the map of Europe, and, giving classical names to the important personages of the era of the religious wars, weaves an elaborate and perplexing romance full of surprises and of double meanings'.