Universita’ degli Studi di Firenze Dipartimento di Lingue, Letterature e Studi Interculturali Biblioteca di Studi di Filologia Moderna: Collana, Riviste e Laboratorio Volume Seven Out Loud: Practices of Reading and Reciting in Early Modern Times edited by Riccardo Bruscagli and Luca Degl’Innocenti firenze university press 2018 The products of the Publishing Committee of Biblioteca di Studi di Filologia Moderna: Collana, Riviste e Laboratorio () are published with financial support from the Department of Languages, Literatures and Intercultural Studies of the University of Florence, and in accordance with the agreement, dated February 10th 2009 (updated February 19th 2015), between the De- partment, the Open Access Publishing Workshop and Firenze University Press. The Workshop promotes the development of OA publishing and its application in teaching and career advice for undergraduates, graduates, and PhD students in the area of foreign languages and litera- tures, as well as providing training and planning services. The Workshop’s publishing team are responsible for the editorial workflow of all the volumes and journals published in the Biblioteca di Studi di Filologia Moderna series. JEMS employs the double-blind peer review process. For further information please visit the journal homepage (). Editing and composition: Laboratorio editoriale Open Access (). Editorial trainees: Giulia Ballotti, Caterina Carcangiu, Claudia Giacalone, Lucia Lanzi, under the su- pervision of the Journal Manager and Managing Editor, Arianna Antonielli. JEMS has been included by Clarivate Analytics (Thomson Reuters) to ESCI (Emerging Sources Citation Index) and accepted for indexing in ERIH PLUS (The European Reference Index for the Humanities and the Social Sciences). The current issue of Jems is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution - Non Commercial - No derivatives 4.0 International, . CC 2018 Firenze University Press Università degli Studi di Firenze Firenze University Press via Cittadella, 7, 50144 Firenze, Italy www.fupress.com Printed in Italy Journal of Early Modern Studies. - n. 7, 2018 ISSN 2279-7149 ISBN 978-88-6453-680-4 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.13128/JEMS-2279-7149-7 Direttore Responsabile: Beatrice Töttössy Registrazione al Tribunale di Firenze: N. 5818 del 21/02/2011 CC 2015 Firenze University Press La rivista è pubblicata on-line ad accesso aperto al seguente indirizzo: www.fupress.com/bsfm-jems Editors Donatella Pallotti, University of Florence Paola Pugliatti, University of Florence Journal Manager and Managing Editor Arianna Antonielli, University of Florence Advisory Board Arianna Antonielli, University of Florence Janet Clare, University of Hull Jeanne Clegg, University of Venice Ca’ Foscari Louise George Clubb, University of California, Berkeley Gabriella Del Lungo Camiciotti, University of Florence Lucia Felici, University of Florence Tina Krontiris, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki Corinne Lucas Fiorato, Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3 University Adelisa Malena, University of Venice Ca’ Foscari Natascia Tonelli, University of Siena Editorial Board Arianna Antonielli, University of Florence Luca Baratta, University of Florence John Denton, University of Florence Alessandro Melis, University of Florence Donatella Pallotti, University of Florence Paola Pugliatti, University of Florence As ever, the endeavour of the students working in the Laboratorio editoriale Open Access, the generosity, willingness and expertise of their guide and mentor, Arianna Antonielli, have been essential to the composition and production of this issue of JEMS. Luca Baratta and Alessandro Melis have been indispensable, dependable and harmonious assistants; John Denton has created for us and for our authors scrupulous, masterly and elegant translations. To them all, we have ... Great cause to give great thanks. (Coriolanus, 5.4.60-61) Donatella Pallotti and Paola Pugliatti