An amount of careless irregularity unusual with Greene is displayed in the verse, pointing to hasty production. But the whole play is humorous, vigorous and healthy. George's man, Jenkin, a dull-witted, faint-hearted fellow, is the clown. There is an abundance of incident, though not the complexity of _Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay_. We have noticed the historical atmosphere repeated from that play and from _James the Fourth_. With regard to the love-plot, Bettris has only a small part, but in her preference for George above a nobleman who comes wooing her, and in her simple rank, she is quite like Margaret. Thus, when her titled admirer offers himself, she sings, I care not for earl, nor yet for knight, Nor baron that is so bold; For George-a-Greene, the merry Pinner, He hath my heart in hold. We select our main extract from the scene in which George, the loyal yeoman, defies Sir Nicholas Mannering, the traitorous noble, and flouts his commission. Those present include the local Justice and an assembly of the citizens. George has just pushed his way to the front. _Mannering (to Justice)_. See you these seals? before you pass the town I will have all things my lord doth want, In spite of you. _George._ Proud dapper Jack, vail bonnet to the bench That represents the person of the king, Or, sirrah, I'll lay thy head before thy feet. _Mannering._ Why, who art thou? _George._ Why, I am George-a-Greene, True liegeman to my king, Who scorns that men of such esteem as these Should brook the braves of any traitorous squire. You of the bench, and you, my fellow-friends, Neighbours, we subjects all unto the king, We are English born, and therefore Edward's friends, Vow'd unto him even in our mothers' womb, Our minds to God, our hearts unto our king; Our wealth, our homage, and our carcasses Be all King Edward's. Then, sirrah, we Have nothing left for traitors but our swords, Whetted to bathe them in your bloods, and die 'Gainst you, before we send you any victuals.