This captured prize was much in the news it brought great wealth to the Queen's coffers and became one of the largest ships in her service. Meres's book includes a list of Shakespeare's plays, as examples of the excellence of English drama - The Merchant of Venice in one of the six comedies listed.Īntonio's reference in the play to 'my wealthy Andrew' has been interpreted as an allusion to the St Andrew or San Andres, the rich Spanish galleon captured in Cadiz harbour by the Earl of Essex in the summer of 1596. In September that same year, Francis Meres's Palladis Tamia was also entered in the Register. At this time, only members of the Stationer's Company were permitted to publish material for sale: any member wishing to print a book had to enter its title in advance in the Register. On 22 July 1598 an entry was made in the Stationers' Register for 'a booke of the Marchaunt of Venyce or otherwise called the Iewe of Venyce'.
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