Of the popularity of Nash as a writer some notion may be formed from a fact he himself mentions in his "Have with you to Saffron Walden," that between 1592, when his "Pierce Penniless, his Supplication to the Devil" was first printed, and 1596 it "passed through the pikes of at least six impressions." How long his reputation as a satirist survived him may be judged from the fact that in 1640 Taylor the Water Poet published a tract, which had for its second title "Tom Nash, his Ghost (the old Martin queller), newly rouz'd:" and in _Mercurius Anti-pragmaticus_, from Oct. 12 to Oct. 19, 1647, is the following passage: "Perhaps you will be angry now, and when you steal forth disguised, in your next intelligence thunder forth threatenings against me, and be as satirical in your language as ever was your predecessor Nash, who compiled a learned treatise in the praise of a red herring." Only two plays in which Nash had any concern have come down to us: his "Isle of Dogs," before noticed, was probably never printed, or at all events it is not now known to exist. He wrote alone-- (1.) A pleasant Comedy called "Summer's Last Will and Testament." 1600. 4to. In conjunction with Marlowe he produced-- (2.) "The Tragedy of Dido, Queen of Carthage," played by the children of her Majesty's chapel. 1594. 4to. Phillips, in his "Theatrum Poetarum," also assigned to Nash, "See me, and see me not," a comedy, which may be a different play, and not, as has been generally supposed, "Hans Beer Pot;" because, the name of the author, Dawbridgecourt Belchier, being subscribed to the dedication, such a mistake could not easily be made. DRAMATIS PERSONAE. WILL SUMMER. VER. SUMMER. AUTUMN. WINTER. CHRISTMAS, | _Sons to WINTER_. BACKWINTEB. | SOL. SOLSTITIUM. VERTUMNUS. ORION. BACCHUS. HARVEST. SATIRES. NYMPHS. _Three_ CLOWNS. _Three_ MAIDS. HUNTERS. REAPERS. MORRIS DANCERS. BOY _to speak the Epilogue_. SUMMER'S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT.[16] _Enter_ WILL SUMMER,[17] _in his fool's coat but half on, coming out_.