...until vitiated by luxurious habits esteemed these virtues as the foundation of the • " Shakspeare, Drayton, and Ben Jonson, had a merry meeting, and it seems drank too hard, for Shakspeare died of a feavour there contracted." — • Diary of the Rev. John Ward, MA, Vicar of Stratford-upon-Avon....

...an allowance so large, tliat he spent at the rate of 1000/. a-year, as I have heard. " Shakspeare, Drayton, and Ben Jonson had a merry meeting ; and it seems drank too hard, for Shakspeare died of a fever there contracted." Shakspere's annual expenditure, and the merry meeting,...

...his burial : — Writing forty-six years after the event, the vicar of Stratford says, " Shakspere, Drayton, and Ben Jonson had a merry meeting, and, it seems, drank too hard, for Shakspere died of a fever there contracted." A tradition of this nature, surviving its object nearly...

...off." The immortal Shakspeare also fell a victim ;o the same direful habit. " Shakspeare, Orayton, and Ben Jonson had a merry meeting, and, it seems, drank too hard, for Shakspeare died of a feavour there contracted, "t Burns, it is well known, fell a victim to in:emperance....

...so large, that he spent at the rate of £1000 a-year, as I have heard. Shakspeare, Drayton, and Hen holics ; All mv good works unto the schismatics Of Amsterdam Shakspcarc died of a fever there contracted.' We place no great reliance on this testimony, either...

...Shakspere, gent." Writing forty-six years after the event, the vicar of Stratford says, " Shakspere, Drayton, and Ben Jonson had a merry meeting, and, it seems, drank too hard, for Shakspere died of a fever there contracted." A tradition of this nature, surviving its object nearly...

...gent." Writing forty-six years after the event, the vicar of Stratford says, "Shakspere, Dray ton, and Ben Jonson had a merry meeting, and, it seems, drank too hard, for Shakspere died of a fever there contracted." A tradition of this nature, surviving its object nearly...

...had an allowance so large, that he spent at the rate of £1000 a-year, as I have heard. Shakspeare, h of languages at onc Shakspeare died of a fever there contracted.' We place no great reliance on this testimony, either...

...Mr. Ward, then newly come to Stratford as vicar : " Shakespeare, Drayton, and Ben Jonson had a mery meeting, and it seems drank too hard, for Shakespeare died of a feavour there contracted." The vicar adds, " Remember to peruse Shakespeare's plays and bee versed...

...so large, that he spent at the rate of £1000 a-year, as I have heard. Shakspcarc, Drnyton, and Ren oln Shaks|iearediedof a fever there contracted.' We place no great reliance on this testimony, either as...