Shakspeare and His Times [Vol. 1 of 2] / Including the Biography of the Poet; criticisms on his genius and writings; a new chronology of his plays; a disquisition on the on the object of his sonnets; and a history of the manners, customs, and amusements, superstitions, poetry, and elegant literature of his age

by Nathan Drake

"Harke, harke, I heare the dancing

And a nimble morris prancing;

The bagpipe and the morris bells,

That they are not farre hence us tells;

Come let us all goe thither,

And dance like friends together:"[165:C]

and from another, allusive to the May-games, edited by Thomas Morley:

"Now is the month of Maying,

Fa la la,When merry lads are playing;

Each with his bonny lasse,