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Title: Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare, Euseby Treen, Joseph Carnaby and Silas Gough ... Before ... Sir Thomas Lucy ... Touching Deer Stealing. to Which Is Added a Conference of Master Edmund Spenser With the Earl of Essex Touching the State of Ireland General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1834 Subjects: Drama / Shakespeare Literary Criticism / Shakespeare Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: SIR SILAS. I did indeed spit it forth, and emunge my lips, as who should not ? WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE. Would it were so! SIR SILAS. Would it were so! in thy teeth, hypocrite! SIR THOMAS. And, truly, I likewise do incline to hope and credit it, as thus paraphrased and expounded. WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE. Wait until this blessed day next year, sir, at the same hour. You shall see it forth again at its due season: it would be no miracle if it lasted. Spittle may cure sore eyes, but not blasted mouths and scald consciences. SIR THOMAS. Why! who taught thee all this? Then turned he leisurely toward Sir Silas, and placing his hand outspreaden upon the arm of the chaplain, said unto him in a low, judicial, hollow voice, Every word true and solemn! I have heard less wise saws from between black covers. Sir Silas was . indignant at this under-rating, as he appeared to think it, of the church and its ministry, and answered impatiently, with Christian freedom, Your worship surely will not listen to this wild wizard in his brothel-pulpit! WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE. Do I live to hear Charlecote Hall called a brothel-pulpit? Alas, then, I have lived too long! SIR SILAS. We will try to amend that for thee. William seemed not to hear him, loudly as he spake an...

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