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4 ( 4 Out upon thy foul mouth , knave ! upon which lie slaughter and venison . " ' Whereupon did William Shakspeare sit mute awhile , and discomfited ; then , turning toward Sir Thomas , and looking and speaking as one submiss and contrite , he thus appealed unto him : * " Worshipful sir 1 were there any signs of venison on my mouth , Master Silas could not for his life cry out upon it , nor help kissing it as 5
' twere a wench ' s . * * Sir Thomas looked upon him with most lordly gravity and wisdom , and said unto him , in a voice that might have come from the bench , * " Youth ! thou speakest irreverently ; and then unto Master Silas , — " Silas ! to the business on hand . Taste the fat upon you boor ' s table , which the constable hath brought hither , good Master Silas ! And declare upon oath , being sworn in my presence , first , whether said fat do proceed of venison ; secondly , whether said venison be of buck or doe . "
* " Young man ! I perceive that if I do not stop thee in thy courses , thy name , being involved in thy company ' s , may one day or other reach across the country ; and folks may handle it and . turn it ^ . bout , as it deserveth , from Coleshill to Nuneaton , from Bromwicham to Brownsover . And who knoweth but that , years after thy death , the very house wherein thou wert born may be pointed at , and commented on , by knots
of people , gentle and simple ! What a shame for an honest man ' s son ! Thanks to me , who consider of measures to prevent it ! Posterity shall laud and glorify me for plucking thee clean out of her head , and for picking up timely a ticklish skittle , that might overthrow with it a power of others just as light . I will rid the hundred of thee , with God ' s blessing!—nay , the whole shire . We will have none such in our county : we justices are agreed upon it , and we will keep our word now and for evermore . Wo betide any that resembles thee in any part of
him !" ' Whereunto Sir Silas added , '" We will dog him , and worry him , and haunt him , and bedevil him ; and if ever he hear a comfortable word , it shall be in a language very different from his own . " 4 different as thine is from a Christian ' s , " said the youth . * " Boy ! thou art slow of apprehension , " said Sir Thomas , with much
gravity : and , taking up the cue , did rejoin : * •* Master Silas would impress upon thy ductile and tender mind the danger of evil doing ; that we , in other words , that justice , is resolved to-follow him up , even beyond his country , where he shall hear nothing better than the Italian or the Spanish , or the black language , or the language of Turk or Troubadour , or Tartar or Mongle . And , forsqoth , for this gentle and indirect reproof , a gentleman in priest ' s orders is told by a stripling that he lacketh Christianity ! Who then shall give it ?•'
'William Shakspeare . — " Who , indeed ? when the founder of the feast leaveth an invited guest bo empty ! Yea , sir , the guest was invited , and the board was spread . The fruits that lay upon it be there still , and fresh as ever ; and the bread of life in those capacious canisters is unconsumed and unbroken /'
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46 Examination of Shakspeare .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1835, page 46, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2641/page/46/
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