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The author of the Plays was equipped, beyond every other man of his time, with wisdom, erudition, imagination, capaciousness of mind, grace and majesty of expression. Every one has said it, no one doubts it. Also, he had humor, humor in rich abundance, and always wanting to break out. We have no evidence of any kind that Shakespeare of Stratford possessed any of these gifts or any of these acquirements. The only lines he ever wrote, so far as we know, are substantially barren of them -- barren of all of them.
Good friend for Iesus sake forbeare / To digg the dust encloased heare: / Blest be ye man yt spares thes stones / And curst be he yt moves my bones.