Note 1170 — Robert Greene THE HONORABLE HISTORIE OF FRIER BACON

Fleay, Life of Shakesp., p. 98. Mr. Fleay, conjecturing that Lodge was associated with Marlowe in the attack upon Greene's unsuccessful heroic play, and that Lodge is satirized under the (Perymedes) mention of the "mad preest," assigns the L.-G. to a later date. But we find no evidence of coolness between Lodge and Greene during 1588 and 1589. On the contrary, Lodge prefixes to the Span. Masquer. (S. R. February 1, 1589), verses calling Greene his doux ami and compagnon de Dieux, and rejoices to be associated with his fame. The friendship was still fresh when Greene died. Lodge was not the "mad preest." Nor can I adopt Mr. Fleay's other conjecture (Biog. Chron. II. 31) that the "preest" was Hieronimo.