Happy the Man

Raleigh's "THE GENTLE SHAKESPEARE"

how was Shakespeare described by his contemporaries in chapter 1

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In Chapter One, we learn that Shakespeare's comtemporaries said, "his Plays took well" and Shakespeare was "a handsome, well shaped man, very good company, and of a very ready and pleasant smooth wit."

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The English Men Letters