...that gentleman [Lucy], as he thought, somewhat too severely; and, in order to revenge the ill-usage, he made a ballad upon him. And though this, probably...Warwickshire for some time and shelter himself in London."1 This story is probably not without, some foundation; but, in any case, Shakespeare's establishment...

...prosecuted by that gentleman, as he thought, somewhat too severely; and, in order to revenge that ill-usage, he made a ballad upon him, and though this, probably...obliged to leave his business and family in Warwickshire and shelter himself in London." Whether it be true or no, as a local parson, Richard Davies, who died...

...prosecuted by that gentleman, as he thought, somewhat too severely, and, in order to revenge that ill-usage, he made a ballad upon him; and though this, probably...Warwickshire for some time, and shelter himself in London." If we accept this narrative, which is the most reliable account of the incident that has been preserved,...

...deer-stealing, engaged him more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlecote, near Stratford. For this he was prosecuted by that...business and family in Warwickshire, for some time, and shefter himself in London.— ROWE, NICHOLAS, 1709, Some Account of the Life of William Shakespeare....

...prosecuted by that gentleman, as he thought, somewhat too severely ; and in order to revenge that ill-usage, he made a ballad upon him, and though this, probably...obliged to leave his business and family in Warwickshire and shelter himself in London." The good purport of that shelter in London was a considerable artistic...

...deer-stealing engaged him more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlecote, near Stratford. For this he was prosecuted by that...Warwickshire for some time, and shelter himself in London." Later, in commenting upon Shakespeare's creation of Falstaff, Rowe says, " Amongst other extravagancies,...

...prosecuted by that gentleman, as he thought, somewhat too severely ; and in order to revenge that ill-usage, he made a ballad upon him. And though this, probably...Warwickshire for some time, and shelter himself in London." Rowe, it will be observed, specifically states that the offending ballad which the poet wrote, and,...

...revenge for the ill-usage in the form of a ballad, ' the first essay of his poetry,' then lost, which ' redoubled the prosecution against him to that degree...Warwickshire for some time, and shelter himself in London. . . . The latter part of his life was spent, as all men of good sense will wish theirs may be, in ease,...

...ill-usage, he made a ballad upon him, and though this, probably the first essay of his poetry, be lost 133 yet it is said to have been so very bitter that it...obliged to leave his business and family in Warwickshire and shelter himself in London." No trace of this ballad has been found ; indeed, the whole story rests...

...he thought, somewhat too severely ; and, in order to revenge that > Henry V, v. 1. 85-87. ill-usage, he made a ballad upon him, and though this, probably...Warwickshire for some time and shelter himself in London." There is also the independent testimony of Archdeacon Richard Davies, vicar of Sapperton, Gloucestershire,...