Shakspeare and His Times [Vol. 2 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

I life would wish, and that I might

Waste it for you, like taper-light."

[281:A] Prologue to the Tragedy of Circe, by Charles D'Avenant. 1675.

[282:A]

"Amazde I stood to see a crowd

Of civil throats stretch'd out so lowd:

(As at a new play) all the roomes

Did swarm with gentiles mix'd with groomes;

So that I truly thought all these

Came to see Shore or Pericles."