. William Shakespere : a biography. )OU vi wheelcs; and when the had donne with one cariage in one place theie wheled the samefrom one streete to another, first from the Abbaye gate to the pentise, then to the Watergatestreete, then to the bridge streete through the lanes, and so to the este gate streete: and thustha came from one streete to another, kejiinge a directe order in everye streete, for before theifirste carige was gone from one place the seconde came, and so before the seconde was gone thethirde came, and so till the laste was donne all in order withoute anye stayeinge in anye plac
. William Shakespere : a biography. )OU vi wheelcs; and when the had donne with one cariage in one place theie wheled the samefrom one streete to another, first from the Abbaye gate to the pentise, then to the Watergatestreete, then to the bridge streete through the lanes, and so to the este gate streete: and thustha came from one streete to another, kejiinge a directe order in everye streete, for before theifirste carige was gone from one place the seconde came, and so before the seconde was gone thethirde came, and so till the laste was donne all in order withoute anye stayeinge in anye place,lor worde beinge broughte howe every place was necre dooue, the came and made uo place totarye tell the laslii was played. 104. [Stratford Churcli, and Mill. From an original drawing at the beginniii<; of the last Teatsuy.] CHAP r 1£ R I X. II 0 M E. We have thus endeavoured to fill up, with some imperfect forms and feehlecolours, the very meagre outline which exists of the schoolboy life of WilliamShakspere. He is now, we will assume, of the age of fourteen—the year 1578 ;a year which has been held to furnish decisive evidence as to the worldly con-dition of his father and his family. The first who attempted to write SomeAccount of the Life of William Shakspeare, Rowe, says, His father, who wasa considerable dealer in wooh had so large a family, ten children in all, that,though he was hi3 eldest son, he could give him no better education than hisown employment. He had bred him, it is true, for some time at a free-school,where, it is probable, he acquired what Latin he was master of: but the narrowness of his circumstances, and the want of his assistance at home, forced hisfather to withdraw him from the
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