Note 429 — Chapter V
Reading edition
At the end of the Rappresentazione di un Pellegrino (Sacre Rappr. iii. 430) a little farce is printed, bearing no relation to the play. It is a dialogue between a good and bad apprentice, who discuss the question of gambling. Here and in the Figliuol Prodigo and the induction to the Miracolo di S. Maddalena we have the elements of comedy, which, however, unfortunately came to nothing. These scenes remind us of Heywood's tavern pictures, Marston's "Eastward Ho!" and other precious pieces of English Elizabethan farce.