This chapter analyzes the words and deeds of Parolles, a cowardly character in Shakespeare’s comedy All’s Well That Ends Well (ca. 1602–03). Most productions since the eighteenth century have not taken the drastic step, then common, of cutting the play to showcase Parolles as a star turn. Even when not so foregrounded, however, his part remains potentially the funniest feature of an underrated comedy. Though his conduct and name (suggestive of wordiness) establish him as reminiscent of the miles gloriosus (braggart soldier), a stock figure in ancient comedy, he exhibits greater range and complexity than do his forerunners in that kind.