ABSTRACT
Thesource-hunterhaslittletooffer.Noonestoryhasbeen foundtocovertheplot.Thinthoughthatis,itisneatlyworked outwithabalanceworthyofLyly,whoseinfluenceisespecially potentinthewittyteasingwomen,theinterestinideas,and theunderplotwhichparodieshighlifebelowstairs.From Lylyspringthescholastichumourofitspedants,thecomic useoflogic,rhetoricandgrammar,asin1.2,(Armadoand Mothinlogicaldialectic);III.I(Mothonlove);andIV.I (Armado'sletter),butShakespearehasdevelopedhisown euphemisticstyle,andthoughtherelationshipbetween ArmadoandMothrecallsthatofSirTophasandEpitonin Endimion,thesituationsandtonearedifferent.
