Note 33 — Chapter V · The Witch in Holy Writ
Reading edition
The play is referred to in 1520 as Messer Nicia, and the first edition printed at Florence circa 1524 has the title The Comedy of Callimaco and Lucrezia, but the Prologue definitely gives the name La Mandragola (The Mandrake), and this is used in all later editions. The story has been imitated by La Fontaine; the play itself (which is still acted in Italy) has been repeatedly translated, at least six times into French and five times into German, but as yet no English version has been published.