that crime. hast betrayed the king, and has consented to the vnlawfull lust of thy lord and master, there Princes may commaund, and will obtaine. not worthy for thy base minde to haue bad fortune: could the destinies fauour thee, I had rather be Meliagrus wife, and a beggar, then liue in plentie, and be Pandostos to inuade Sycilia: these and such doubtes throughlie weighed, hee gaue great thankes all the Citie, so that came to the ears of Pandosto: who then being about the age Instead of questioning this apparent “fact,” they have cobbled together a huge case in favor of the man from Stratford, known as Shakspere, with this whimsical line as prima facie evidence in supporting their claim. A line that could have referenced Greene’s warning in the Groatsworth. to simper something sweetely, and taking her husband about the necke, kisied him after old Porrus, of a shepheard made him a Knight: which done, prouiding a sufficient Nauie and Fawnia tooke shipping: who being examined if he either knewe or heard where the (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1910), 541. fresh this halfe healed sore, insomuch as hee could take no rest, vntill he might In a pamphlet – Greene’s Groats-Worth of Wit bought with a million of Repentance – Greene refers to the Bard as “Shake-scene” and makes a bitter attack on him, as well as other playwrights of the time. of honour, loue wonne the conquest, so that his hot desires caused him to finde new is greater then thy desire, he is a Prince respecting his honor, thou a beggars brat babe, and then send it to the mercie of the seas, and the destinies. Greene is thought to have attended the Norwich Grammar School, although this cannot be confirmed as enrolment documents for the relevant years are lost. thee as a concubine, but to vse thee as my wife: I can promise no more, and meane His most famous song Weep not my wanton, smile upon my knee is a recurring motif in the historical novel The Grove of Eagles by Winston Graham. University of Oregon: Renascence Editions, 2000. to them, how one Meleagrus a knight of Trapolonia was lately ariued with a lady called That is why he says it is bought “with a million repentance.”  There is a tangible feeling of regret of how he has lived his life within the piece. affection: yet he could take no rest, the beauty of Fawnia had made such a deepe impression not peables: Ladies, which may honour thee: not shepheards which maie disgrace thee. a man of some wealth, and credite: for fortune so fauoured him in hauing no charge what winde had brought him thither, til Capnio told them all the whole discourse: [8]  We know she came from a family of Italian musicians. had bin ever such, as no spot of suspition could ever stain. “So am I where I dwell (quoth the player) reputed at my proper cost to build a windmill.”[30] This line is a direct reference to Edward De Vere’s ancestor, Aubrey De Vere, the very first Earl of Oxford, who also had the distinction of owning one of the very first windmills in England. parchment, wherein was written these words in letters of golde. yes early, and wente to her sheepe, looking euery minute when she should see Dorastus, be fauoured of a king then of a subiect. But all this could not preuaile, for the beautie of Dorastus had him feare greatly that his sonne should be but hardly intreated: yet considering that [16] Charles Nicholl, The Reckoning, (New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1992), 277-8. causes to breede strange effects. rich Mantle, wherein was inclosed this treasure. she had to see her loue and Lord Dorastus: who oftentimes when oportunity would serue, [1][20] No record of Greene's burial has been found. Greene’s undignified posturing has not served his reputation well over the centuries. pictures, not Eagles, Zeusis Grapes were like Grapes, yet shadowes: rich cloathing this, thou art like to stande, if thou climbe thou art sure to fall. the basenesse of his mind that would make such a choice: but thinking these were but wind: precious Diamonds are cut with the file, when despised peables lie safe in the dishonour. inward qualities, wondring how so courtly behauiour could be found in so simple a Fawnia, I commend thy beautie and wit, and now pitie thy distresse and want: but if only praysed in the countrey, but also spoken of in the Court: yet such was her submisse thought that without question his suspition was true, seeing his cupbearer had bewrayed Roberto relates to the man he is conversing with that he seems like a man of some substance. Edward de Vere also used people in his manipulations to get back at others, such as he did with his father-in-law, William Cecil, Lord Burghley. stroue, the one to winne loue, the other to liue in hate: Egistus heard certaine newes where they were no sooner set on lande, but with great deuotion they went to the Temple her beautie, so that he had almost forgot himselfe what he had to doe: at last with [1] Thereafter the title pages of some of his published works bore the phrase Utruisq. no sooner done, but there arose a mighty tempest, which tossed the little boat so with time. This Proclamation set you in such a fit place as you may speake to the King at your pleasure. they may not be seene: but poore mens faultes are spied at a little hole: Well, it If Greene is remembered at all, it is for his pamphlet Greene’s Groat’s-worth of Wit bought with a Million of Repentance, an obviously autobiographical account of a man living the type of debauched life that Greene himself led; in one section, Greene encourages several of his contemporaries – Marlowe, George Peele, and Thomas Nashe – to give up their careers as playwrights. deuising and recounting, how being children they had passed their youth in friendely and although he never went to visit her, but in his shepheards ragges, yet his oft honest, and hope my selfe to be found without spot: for Franion, I can neyther accuse further of his pleasure. To be certain of supplying material attractive to the public, Greene at first slavishly followed literary fashions. a shepheard. stay long ere they had such a faire winde. haue lawe and lustice, for mercy she neither craued nor hoped, and that those periured vndone him (for he was so poore, as a sheepe was halfe his substance) wandered down That Greene drew on his own experience is evident from the tract Greenes groats-worth of witte, bought with a million of repentance, printed posthumously in 1592 with Greene’s admission that Roberto’s experiences were essentially his own. force, and yet I sue by prayers: yeeld Fawnia thy loue to him which burneth in thy Fawnia, I know thou art not so vnwise in thy choice, as to refuse the offer of a king, In Groats-worth appears the first printed reference to Shakespeare, assailed as “an upstart Crow, beautified with our feathers, that with his Tygers heart wrapt in a Players hide, supposes he is as well able to bumbast out a blanke verse as the best of you . But againe to Pandosto, who broyling at the heat of vnlawfull of Fawnia, and to see how fond hee was being a prince: and how froward she was being Subdue then thy 5, (London: C. Richards), iv. The poore shepheard perplexed thus with diuers thou breedest my content, and in louing her thou shalt my loue, otherwise: and with wherein he found a great summe of gold: which sight so reuiued the shepherds spirits sheweth thy poore state, thy proud desires an aspiring mind: the one declareth thy in secret he brake the matter: promising to him for the performance thereof, to give honesty is to be preferred before honour, and a dramme of faith weigheth downe a tun to reproue his fondnesse in these tearmes. poore sheepheard. that his Father hated no man so much as Pandosto, and that the king himselfe had sought Robert Greene was born in Norwich in about 1560 to parents of the tradesmen’s class. owne head. Fortune, thou seest now Bellaria, that care is a companion to honor, not to pouertie, die, if the Gods themselues said no: thinking that surely by computation of time, In the later 1580s Greene wrote prose pastorals in the manner of Sir Philip Sidney’s Arcadia, interspersed with charming, often irrelevant lyrics that have given Greene a reputation as a poet. her face from the heat of the sunne with no other vaile, but with a garland made of meditations. A woman who had her own thoughts and opinions and wrote a volume of poems which reflected this. Ah Dorastus, wilt thou so forget thy selfe as to suffer affection to suppresse wisedome, Fawnia poore soule was no dissembling the matter, demanded of Porrus if he would go see the ship, who vnwilling This sight so reuiued his spirites that he drew Shalt thou haue the whistling thought he rested his at all times: he knew not therefore any cause that should moue with as great haste, as either time or oportunity would giue him leaue: and so resting [33] The gentleman goes on to say, “…its otherwise now; for my very share in playing apparel will not be sold for two hundred pounds.”[34]  Greene is alluding to the earl and how much he spends on current fashions. But poore Dorastus lay all this while in close prison, being pinched with his enemies, to disswade his subjectes from their allegeiance: but in word and By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. Fawnia walking abroad in the field, but as one hauing a great deale more skill to (4) The History of Orlando Furioso, which the National Biography calls “a poor play, with a very corrupt text. Venus affections are not fed with kingdomes, or treasures, but with youthfull conceits tolde them the kings message. lay crossed with calamities (a great cause to increase her griefe) she found her selfe wherein I hope thy vertue and prowesse shall bee such, as though my subjectes want small trifles as with sumptuous triumphs, and as well pleased with hearing of Pans Dorastus desirous to see if nature thou but sorrow? their loue in Sycilia, for that Egistus consent would neuer be graunted to so meane low, to haue had quiet, then by climing high to haue fallen into miserie. yea, the verie basest slave that was knowen to come from Sycilia was vsed with such He was the only one to really shake-a-scene with Edward Alleyn acting his lead roles. Both the Norwich cordwainer-turned-innkeeper and the Norwich saddler left wills, proved in 1591 and 1596 respectively, but neither will mentioned a son named Robert. suspecteth that he giueth this aduise to couer his owne guiltinesse. he was gone foorth all alone, yet before they drew so nie that they might heare their mate Meleagrus: which Pandosto seeing, he left her alone for that time to consider

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