In 1598, the cleric and author Francis Meres singled him out from a group of English writers as "the most excellent" in both comedy and tragedy.
1	In	in	ADP	E	_	2	case	_	_
2	1598	1598	NUM	N	NumType=Card	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cleric	cleric	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	author	author	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	Francis	Francis	PROPN	SP	_	7	nmod	_	_
9	Meres	Meres	PROPN	SP	_	8	flat	_	_
10	singled	single	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PE	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	E	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	E	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	RI	Definite=Ind|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	group	group	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	E	_	18	case	_	_
17	English	English	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	writers	writer	NOUN	S	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
19	as	as	ADP	E	_	23	case	_	_
20	"	"	PUNCT	FB	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	most	most	ADV	B	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	excellent	excellent	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	FB	_	23	punct	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	E	_	27	case	_	_
26	both	both	DET	DI	PronType=Ind	27	det	_	_
27	comedy	comedy	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	tragedy	tragedy	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	27	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	10	punct	_	_
