Brooke's 'Romeus and Juliet,' Being the Original of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'. E-book. Formato PDF Arthur Brooke   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Chiarinii and Keightley2 are two of those who are apt to press the connexion too much, in considering Pyramus ana' Tnz'sée as the ultimate source Of the Romeo legend. This theory Of absolute relationship with one ancient story is hardly tenable in the light of evidence which we subsequently adduce, and the fact that the simple theme of two distressed lovers would call forth the same type of story in different minds, may explain some of the similarity.