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Excerpt from In Shakspere's England
The England of Shakspere was the England of Elizabeth, and though in the great dramatist we have one whose genius has never been repeated, it is round the figure of the Queen that the life and literature of the time revolves. She was Spenser's Faery Queene, she was Raleigh's Gracious Lady, she was the centre of the Court where Leicester and Essex played their part: she shared the work of Burghley, Parker, and Gresham. Probably no woman, Since the world began, had ever so difficult a part to play, or played it with such complete success; throughout her life she held her people's heart, and She lives in history as one Of the ablest rulers England has ever known: we must study her Character and her life, if we would gain any idea of the England of Shakspere's day. The child that is born on the Sabbath Day, Is merry and bonny and wise and gay. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
