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If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottage princes' palaces.

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William Shakespeare
Age: 51 †
Born: 1564
Born: April 26
Died: 1616
Died: April 23
Actor
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Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwickshire
Shakespeare
The Bard
The Bard of Avon
William Shakspere
Swan of Avon
Bard of Avon
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Shakspeare
Shackspeare
William Shake‐ſpeare
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Cottage
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Easy
Cottages
Good
Princes
Men
Merchants
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Palaces
Churches

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