| Authorship Notes |
'Greenes Moruning Garment' is an adaption of the story of the prodigal son. Greene's 'To the reader' suggests it will be 'the last of my trifling Pamphlets' and promises his moral reformation from his wanton life and degenerate career as an author.
In the section 'Philadors Request to olde Rabby Bilessy', Philador - the prodigal son character - praises travel. He cites classical figures such as Ulysses, Tully, and Plato, and argues that by travelling he will learn the knowledge and virtue of many lands, and that his experience will make him 'a generall man, fitte any way to profite my Common wealth' (p. 5). His father replies that travel is a waste of time and effort, that one can learn of foreign lands from geography and maps, and that one who travels will merely 'returne home with as many vices as thou canst bring' (p. 7). This section occurs at pp. 4-7 of the 1590 edition. |
