Perhaps it was given to him as a reward for his services in 1582.
[151] Munday did not always publish under his own name, and according to
Ritson, whose authority has often been quoted on this point, translated
"The Orator, written in French by Alexander Silvayn," under the name of
Lazarus Piot, from the dedication to which it may be inferred that he
had been in the army. "A ballad made by Ant. Munday, of the
encouragement of an English soldier to his fellow mates," was licenced
to John Charlewood, in 1579.
[152] [See the more copious memoir of Munday by Mr Collier, prefixed to
the Shakespeare Society's edit. of his "John-a-Kent," &c., 1851.]
[153] That is, no printed copy has yet been discovered, although it may
have passed through the press.
[154] In Henslowe's MSS. this play is also called, "The First part of
Cardinal Wolsey."
[155] In 1620 was printed "The World toss'd at Tennis, by Thomas
Middleton and William Rowley." Perhaps it is the same play, and Munday
had a share in the authorship of it. [This is not at all probable.]
[156] There is no list of characters prefixed to the old copy.
[157] This forms the Induction to the play, which purports to have been
written to be performed before Henry VIII.
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