Chapter 4

_LYLY'S LEGATEES_ 145

I. Lyly's influence--His principal heirs and successors, Riche, Dickenson, Melbancke, Munday, Warner, Greene, Lodge, &c. 145

II. Robert Greene's biography--His autobiographical tales--His life and repentance, characteristic of the times 150

III. His love stories and romantic tales--His extraordinary success--His tales of real life--His fame at home and abroad 167

IV. N. Breton, an imitator of Greene--Thomas Lodge, a legatee of Lyly--His life--His "Rosalynd" and other works--His relation to Shakespeare 192