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

The incurious villages.

Neer the dying of the day,

There will be a cudgell-play,

Where a coxcomb will be broke,

Ere a good word can be spoke:

But the anger ends all here,

Drencht in ale, or drown'd in beere.

Happy Rusticks, best content

With the cheapest merriment:

And possesse no other feare,