 In 1554 , Matteo Bandello published the second volume of his <unk> , which included his version of <unk> e Romeo , probably written between 1531 and 1545 . Bandello lengthened and weighed down the plot , while leaving the storyline basically unchanged ( though he did introduce Benvolio ) . Bandello 's story was translated into French by Pierre Boaistuau in 1559 in the first volume of his Histories <unk> . Boaistuau adds much moralising and sentiment , and the characters indulge in rhetorical outbursts . 
