It is not ordinarily wise to draw readers’ attention to further developments of Shakespearean themes unless such developments may be said in some sense to throw interesting light on Shakespeare's particular treatment, or because the developments have worth-while intrinsic merits which may owe their very origin to the vogue sustained if not actually created by him. I should like to bring a thematic development before readers so that they may judge for themselves whether or no it fulfills either or both conditions as well as contributing to the variety of the analogues of the ‘bed-trick’ which has already been pointed out by scholars not necessarily claiming a possible source for Shakespeare but indicating the prevalence of such story material.