Greenblatt has also suggested that a line in Hamlet is a dig at Greene's phrase in Groatsworth, "beautified with our feathers". Polonius, reading a letter from Hamlet addressed to "the most beautified Ophelia", comments disparagingly that "beautified is a vile phrase".The full quote from Hamlet, 2.2 is even better pun on "ne vile velis" and "Nevill" (how Neville spelled his own name). If Greenblatt is right that the author is referencing Greene's Groats-Worth of Wit, then this is DEFINITELY a Neville-name-motto pun:
That's an ill phrase, a vile phrase; 'beautified' is a vile phrase.However, Greenblatt is probably just finding a coincidence here. But who knows. With a connection that tenuous, you can prove anything...
Here's Two Gentlemen of Verona, 4.1:
And partly, seeing you are beautifiedWith goodly shape and by your own report
A linguist and a man of such perfection
As we do in our quality much want
