...that Lucy's persecution was so bitter, owing to the ballad stuck on his gate, as to compel Shakespeare to leave his business and family in Warwickshire for some time, and shelter himself in London, is so far correct. Most likely this was the event which decided him ; but we have good reason to conclude...

...severely ; and in order to revenge that ill usage, w he made a ballad upon him ; and though this, probably the first essay of his poetry, be lost, yet it is...Warwickshire for some time, and shelter himself in London." The walk from Stratford to Charlecote is very pleasing, especially if, the side of the Avon be taken...

...London." This, the elder story, appears to us to have much greater verisimilitude than the later : — " He was obliged to leave his business and family in...Warwickshire for some time, and shelter himself in London." Aubrey who has picked up all the gossip " of coffeehouses in this great city," hears no word of Rowe's...

...severely ; and in order to avenge that ill usage, he made a ballad upon him. And though this, probably the first essay of his poetry, be lost, yet it is...Warwickshire for some time, and shelter himself in London.' All this, amongst a great deal of falsehood, probably contained some tissues of the truth — such...

...upon him. And though this, probably the first essay of his poetry, be lust, yet it is said to hare And summon him to marriage. Now he goes, With no...paid by howling Troy To the sea-monster : I stand Aubrey is silent on the subject. He only says, " This William, being inclined naturally to poetry and...

...revenged himself by making a ballad on Lucy. And though this, probably his first essay in poetry, be lost, it is said to have been so very bitter that it redoubled the prosecution against him, and he was obliged to leave his family in Warwickshire and take shelter in London." Many years after...

...ill-usage, he made fl ballad upon him. And though this, probably the first essay of his poetry, be lost, yet is said to have been so very bitter that it redoubled the persecution against him to that degree, that he was obliged to leave his business and family in Warwickshire...

...severely ; and, in order to revenge that ill usage, he made a ballad upon him ; and though this, probably the first essay of his poetry, be lost, yet it is...Warwickshire for some time, and shelter himself in London." Though mere tradition cannot prove the above account to be a narrative of facts, there appears nothing...

...too severely ; and in order to revenge that ill usage, he made a ballad upon him. And though this, the first essay of his poetry, be lost, yet it is...Warwickshire for some time, and shelter himself in London." In this account, which appears to have been current amidst the gossip of Stratford, there may probably...

...severely ; and, in order to revenge that ill usage, he made a ballad upon him. And though this, probably the first essay of his poetry, be lost, yet it is said to ha\e been so very bitter, that it redoubled the prosecution against him to that degree, that he was...