...that John Shakespeare was a butcher, adds : " I have been told heretofore by some of the neighbors that when he was a boy he exercised his father's trade ; but when he kill'da calfe he wold doe it in a high style, and make a speeche." Aubrey, who died about 1700, probably...

...notice of the Shakespeare family at Stratford is of the date April 29, 1552.] 8 ' William Shakespeare's father was a butcher, and I have been told heretofore...exercised his father's trade; but when he killed a cnlfe, he would do it in a high style, and mak» a speech!" MS Aubrey, Mus. Ashmol. Ox<m. Rowe tells...

...document, which renders it probable that he followed the profession of a glover.3 * " William Shakespeare's father was a butcher, and I have been told heretofore...exercised his father's trade ; but when he killed a calfe, he would do it in a high style, and make a speech!" MS Aubrey. Mas. Ashmol. Oxon. Rowe tells...

...years : — " Mr. William Shakespear was born at Stratford-upon-Avon, in the county of Warwick. His father was a butcher, and I have been told heretofore...father's trade ; but when he killed a calf he would do it in high style, and make a speech. There was at that time another butcher's son in this town that...

...Shakespear was born at Strattord-upon-Avon, in the county of Warwick. His father was a butcher, and 1 have been told heretofore by some of the neighbours...he was a boy he exercised his father's trade ; but wheu he killed a calf he would do it in high style, and make a speech. There was at that time another...

...Stratford-upon-Avon, in the county of Warwick. His father was a butcher, and I have been told here before by some of the neighbours, that when he was a boy he exercised his father's trade, but when he kill'da calfe he would do it in a high style, and make a speech. There was at that time another butcher's...

...give it entire : Mr. William Shakespeare was bom at Stratford upon Avon, in the county of Warwick. His father was a butcher, and I have been told heretofore by some of his neighbours that, when he was a boy, he exercised his father's trade ; but when he killed a calfe...

...us that Shakespeare was ' bonnd apprentice to a butcher ;' and Aubrey, prior to 1697, wrote, ' His father was a butcher, and I have been told heretofore...father's trade ; but when he killed a calf, he would do it in a high style, and make a speech.' Coming, as it does to us, from two apparently independent...

...and Aubrey, prior to 1697, •wrote, ' His father was a butcher, and I have been told hereto' fore by some of the neighbours, that when he was a boy...father's trade ; but when he killed a calf, he ' would do it in a high style, and make a speech.' Coming, as it does to us, from two apparently independent...

...visitor to Shakespeare's grave, that William " was apprenticed to a butcher ; " and Aubrey says, " His Nevil, as I may remember), f To WAR. When Richard, — with his his neighbours, that, when he was a boy, he exercised his father's trade; but when he killed a calfe,...