The Pattern of Painful Adventures (1576) is a prosenovel.[1] A later edition, printed in 1607 byValentine Simmes and published byNathaniel Butter, was a source forWilliam Shakespeare's playPericles, Prince of Tyre.[2] There was at least one intermediate edition, around 1595.[3]
It was a translation by Lawrence Twine of the tale ofApollonius of Tyre fromJohn Gower'sConfessio Amantis (in Middle English verse). It is also said to be translated from a French version.[4]William Henry Schofield stated that Shakespeare used both sources.[5]
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