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Show 230 Greene's theme is the perfection of the entation a series of together for an dialogues evening's between the Troj an and Greek notables. entertainment their ladies debate the virtues ality) requisite discourse on to martial elaborate debates II "tragedies. greatness. The evening are the Such a time of Gathered truce, the "knights Hand Each participant in the debate delivers The discourse is followed gathering is the by a debate, a a "tragedy, framing device; the friendly connecting links between the At the end of the ments and offers his during of pres- (health, cunning, wisdom, fortitude, and liber- his favorite virtue. and another debate. gentleman soldier, his method but various discourses and evening, "aged Priamus" summarizes the argu- judgment: perfect division of qualities, or rather virtues, necessary and incident in a soldier, hath been so lively portrayed, and figured forth in such comely colors, as it is hard to censure whether of them holds the supremacy: for 'wisdom. being' the means to dispose the army in his due order, yet is but a shadow drawn by a pencil, unless fortitude and courage perform that in action, which hath been purposed and determined by Wisdom: neither can these two have long continu ance, and good success, except liberality, as a link to knit these two in their forces, presents the mind of the soldiers captivate by their Captain's bounty: then of these premises we may conclude, that none can cometo the perfection of a soldier, unless he be both wise, val . . . a ... iant and liberal. 8 Evidently Priam is Greene's mouthpiece, for rendered in the latter t s dedication to Essex. Greene's 8 romance Ibid., sig. is a good example M iii recto. essentially the same judgment is 9 of the 9 uses to which fiction was Ibid., sig. A ii recto. put " |
