11 factor commercial agent

BIANCA ed. (Brancha O) The octavo spells her name ‘Brancha’ throughout – a misreading of Middleton’s ‘e’ (‘Beancha’) or, less likely, his ‘i’ (‘Biancha’). Middleton’s source, Malespini’s Ducento Novelle, spells the name ‘Bianca’; in several places in the play, moreover, the metre requires a tri-syllabic pronunciation – hence, ‘Bianca’.

18 STATES nobility

20 A ‘PRENTICE an apprentice