>> Greene later apologised (or someone apologised for him). Don't remember
> the
>> details off-hand but I'm sure it's googleable.
>>
>> R.
>
> Greene would have had difficulty apologising later, Rob, unless via the
> spirits, as he was dead. It was his +publisher+ who made an apology, to,
> it
> is believed, Marlowe, with whom he wanted to have nothing to do, and
> Shakespeare, whom he praises for his gentle and civil ways (which can of
> course be read as meaning WS had favour from da hoods at the top of that
> appaling horror that was Elizabethan society, whereas Marley (who was soon
> to discover for himself) was soon to lose protection.
>
> Best
>
> Dave
The dates are tight, dave. Groatsworth was 1592, Chettle's "apology" later
in the same year. Kit was terminated with extreme prejudice via his left
eyeball in 1593.
I blame Walsingham myself, or do you know something I don't?
There's a moral here. Basically, while they pay you drinking-money, there
are consequences to financing your MA by moonlighting for the CIA (or the
Elizabethan equivalent thereoff). As Kit discovered.
Barry Blue put it succinctly in "Queen of Hearts" -- you pay at the gate.
:-(
R.
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