I was suddainely certified, that the king of the paper stage (so the
Gentleman tearmed Greene) had played his last part, & was gone to
Tarleton: whereof I protest, I was nothing glad . . . because I was
Deprived of that remedy in Law, that I entended against him, in the
behalfe of my Father. p. 167.

Looke for my Confutation of his fine Quippe . . . whome his sweete
hostisse, for a tender farewell, crowned with a Garland of Bayes: to
shew, that a tenth Muse honoured him more being deade, than all the
nine honoured him alive. p. 172.

Here lies the man, whom mistrisse Isam crown'd with bayes;
Shee, shee, that joyed to heare, her Nightingales sweete layes.
p. 1.

Thanke other for thy borrowed & filched plumes of some little
Italianated bravery; & what remaineth, but flat Impudencie, and
grosse Detraction: the proper ornaments of thy sweete utterance?
p. 187.

I am not to extenuate or prejudice his wit, which could not any
way be great, though som way not the least of our vulgar writers, &
mani-waies very ungracious: but who ever esteemed him either wise,
or learned, or honest, or any way credible? p. 189.

The second Toy of London; the Stale of Poules, the Ape of Euphues,
the Vice of the Stage, the mocker of the simple world: . . . Peruse his
famous bookes: and in steede of Omne tulit punctum, qui miscuit utile
dulci (that forsooth was his professed Poesie) Loe a wilde head, ful
of mad braine and a thousand crotchets: A scholler, a Discourser, a
Courtier, a ruffian, a Gamester, a Lover, etc., p. 189.

But I pray God they have not done more harme by corruption of
manners, than by quickening of witte: and I would, some Buyers had
either more Reason to discerne, or lesse Appetite to desire such Novels.
p. 190.

The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia is not greene inough for queasie
stomackes, but they must have Greenes Arcadia: and I beleeve most
eagerlie longed for Greenes Faerie Queene. p. 191.