Note 12 — From Rebhun’s ‘Susanna,’ Act III, Sc. 4: Having been menaced with death by the wanton judges, Susanna tells her father, mother, and sister of the infamous plot.62
Reading edition
The German Grobianus (1551), by Casper Scheit, is a translation of a Latin satire by Dedekind (1549) which tells how to attain perfection in bad manners—how to become a perfect boor. ‘Grobian’ is the polar opposite of ‘gentleman.’