“ Lenten Stuff (1599) ; and the picaresque novel called The Unfortunate Traveler, or Jack Wilton (1594) . This last work was the sternest piece of realism that had yet appeared in English fiction. Nash also wrote a comedy entitled Summer's Last Will and Testament (printed 1600) , and had a hand with Marlowe in The Tragedy of Queen Dido (printed 1594) . Nash was given to outright speech and sarcastic mirth. He was well read and avowed himself the disciple of Pietro Aretino. He also knew Brant's Narrenschiff and the works of Rabelais, as well as English poets, such as Surrey and Spenser. ”