Mostellaria, a play by the Roman playwright Plautus; the source of Tranio's name and nature.
Supposes, the source of Shrew's subplot; English playwright George Gascoigne's adaptation of the Italian play Suppositi.
Ars Amatoria (Ovid's "The Art to Love", a favorite of both Tranio and Lucentio--here are two translations)
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