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

"Keep leets, and law-days, and in sessions sit."

Othello.

"Why should calamity be full of words?

Windy attorneys to their client woes."

Richard III.

"But when the heart's attorney once is mute,

The client breaks, as desperate in his suit."

Venus and Adonis.

"So now I have confessed that he is thine,

And I myself am mortgaged to thy Will."