It has been claimed that he was also, to some extent, an artist in plot-structure. The mingle-mangle of scarcely connected incidents which did duty with Greene for a plot, the irrepressible by-play with which Lyly loved to interrupt his main story, were rejected by him. _Edward the First_ is an exception; in his best plays he achieved a certain dignified directness and simplicity. But he was as incapable as Greene of concentration upon one point, or of working up the interest to an impending catastrophe. He was content with chronological order for his guide; his directness is the directness of the Chronicle History. _The Battle of Alcazar_ and _David and Bethsabe_ follow this method as completely as his avowedly chronicle play, _Edward the First_. It is a strange thing how plot-structure fell into abeyance in comedy after its long and strenuous evolution through the Interludes to _Ralph Roister Doister_ and _Gammer Gurton's Needle_. We must confess, however reluctantly, that those early plays set an example in unity and concentration of interest that was never surpassed by any of the comedies of the University Wits. Lyly may be said to have come nearest to it, though, handicapped by a passing affectation, he could never excite the same degree of interest. Greene's plots lack unity, and Peele's emphasis. We have to wait for Shakespeare before we can see comedy raised above the architectural standard set by Nicholas Udall. The list of Peele's plays, in approximate order of time, is as follows: _The Arraignment of Paris_ (1584), _Sir Clyomon and Sir Clamydes_ (printed 1599), _Edward the First_ (printed 1593), _The Battle of Alcazar_ (printed 1594), _The Old Wive's Tale_ (printed 1595), _David and Bethsabe_ (printed 1599).