 | Tucker Brooke - 1926 - 206 pages
...by John Davies of Hereford in The Scourge of Folly. To our English Terence, Mr. Will. Shake-speare. Some say (good Will) — which I in sport do sing...for a king, And been a king among the meaner sort. Some others rail; but, rail as they think fit, Thou hast no railing but a reigning wit; And honesty... | |
 | Stanley Wells - Dramatists, English - 1995 - 424 pages
...thinks of him primarily as a comic playwright, but goes on to speak of him in cryptic terms as an actor: Some say, good Will, which I in sport do sing, Hadst...for a king, And been a king among the meaner sort. . . . That is too vague to be helpful. Shakespeare is listed first among the 'principal actors' named... | |
 | Harold C. Goddard - Literary Criticism - 2009 - 410 pages
...Terence, Mr. Will Shake-speare Some say (good Will) which I, in sport, do sing Had'st thou not plaid some kingly parts in sport, Thou hadst been a companion for a king: And beene a king among the meaner sort. Some others raile; but, raile as they think fit, Thou hast no rayling,... | |
 | Muriel Clara Bradbrook - English drama - 1979 - 204 pages
...'To our English Terence, Mr Will. Shakespeare' : Some say, good Will, which I in sport do sing, Had thou not played some kingly parts in sport, Thou hadst been a companion for a king, And lived a king among the meaner sort. (Scourge of Folly, 161 1, p. 76) Had Shakespeare ever tried the... | |
 | Samuel Schoenbaum - Biography & Autobiography - 1987 - 420 pages
...(good Will)— which I, in sport, do sing— Hadst thou not played some kingly parts in sport, 200 Thou hadst been a companion for a king. And been a king among the meaner sort.25 In what sense was Shakespeare 'a king among the meaner sort'? How was he fitted to be 'a companion... | |
 | Stanley Wells - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 438 pages
...speak of him in cryptic terms as an actor: Some say, good Will, which I in sport do sing, Hadst rhou not played some kingly parts in sport Thou hadst been...for a king, And been a king among the meaner sort. . . . That is too vague to be helpful. Shakespeare is listed first among the 'principal actors' named... | |
 | E. A. J. Honigmann - Dramatists, English - 1998 - 202 pages
...contemporary noted this decided preference of his. To our English Terence, Mr. Will. Shake-speare. Some say (good Will) which I, in sport, do sing, Hadst...for a king, And been a king among the meaner sort. Some others rail; but, rail as they think fit, Thou hast no railing but a reigning wit. And honesty... | |
 | Ian Wilson - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 564 pages
...wrote a particularly interesting eulogy to Shakespeare: To our English Terence, Mr. Will Shake-speare Some say (good Will) which I, in sport, do sing Had'st...for a King; And been a king among the meaner sort. Some others rail, but rail as they think fit, Thou hast no railing, but a reigning wit And honesty... | |
 | Park Honan - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 522 pages
...actor: 'Some say, good Will, which I, in sport, do sing', wrote John Davies of Hereford late in 1610, Hadst thou not played some Kingly parts in sport, Thou hadst been a companion for a King." His wit was lauded by the Oxford man Thomas Freeman, who singled out that 'nimble Mercury thy brain'.... | |
 | Park Honan - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 522 pages
...actor: 'Some say, good Will, which I, in sport, do sing', wrote John Davies of Hereford late in 1610, Hadst thou not played some Kingly parts in sport, Thou hadst been a companion for a Kinq.23 His wit was lauded by the Oxford man Thomas Freeman, who singled out that 'nimble Mercury thy... | |
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: — " Some say, good Will, which I, in sport, do sing, Had'st thou not played some kingly parts in sport, Thou hadst been a companion for a king, And been a King among the meaner sort. 
