Excerpt from Shakespere's England, Vol. 1 of 2: Or, Sketches of Our Social History of the Reign of Elizabeth Courtier and Templar. Country Gentlemen. Adventurers. Duke Humphrey's Dinner. Poor Curates and Scholars. Quack Doctor. The Noise of Paul's. Exchange of News. The Lawyer's Pillar. Thieves. History of St. Paul's. Fire. Paul's Cross. Poet and Player. -country Vicar. Citizen and Wife. Master. Description of Paul's Walk. Varieties of Ordinaries. Characters. Manners. Cards. Tavern Life. Parting. Watches. Interior of a Prison. Scenes at City Gates. Bear Garden. Baiting. Names of Bears. Bear Baiting at Kenilworth. - Puritans attack the Abuse. Whipping Blind Bears. Ape on Horseback. Allusions to Paris Gardens in Shakspere. Gaming. Tricks of Gamesters. False Dice. Bowling. Fleet Prisoners. Cock-fighting. Rules and Max ims. The Jugglers of the Day. Head of St. John the Baptist. Various Tricks. Banks and his Horse Morocco. J ugglers' Language. Bartholomew Fair. Roast Pig and Bottle Al-e. Ballad Sellers. Cries and Stalls. Diversions. Kindheart the Dentist. Tarleton and Cuckoo. Scenes in the Crowd. A Tavern. Stories of the Plague, or Stop Gallant. Poor Tutor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.