Fact And Fiction About Shakespeare With Some Account of the Playhouses Players
Fact And Fiction About Shakespeare With Some Account of the Playhouses Players
Alfred C Alfred Cecil Calmour
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In "Henry VI. , " too, Shakespeare is full of his youthful impressions. Thus he speaks, through the mouth of Cade, of the prejudice of the ignorant against learning : — '• Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm, in creating a Grammar School : and whereas, before, our forefathers Jiad no other books, but the score and the tally, thou hast printing to be used and, contrary to the King, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper mill, "|| In the person of Lord Say, howeve...r, Shakespeare rebukes the ignorant, speaking thus — "And seeing ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to Heaven. "^ — The whole atmosphere of this play is almost rural ; we have no pictures of taverns and dis- * Henry VI. (Second Part), Act IV. , Scene 2. T Henry VI. (Second Part), Act IV. , Scene 2. J Henry VI. (Second Part), Act IV. , Scene 3. § Henry VI. (Third Part), Act V. , Scene 6. II Henry VI. (Second Part), Act IV. , Scene 7. IF Henry VI. (Second Part), Act IV.
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