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Comets importing change of times and states, Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky And with them scourge the bad revolting stars.

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William Shakespeare
Age: 51 †
Born: 1564
Born: April 26
Died: 1616
Died: April 23
Actor
Dramaturge
Playwright
Poet
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Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwickshire
Shakespeare
The Bard
The Bard of Avon
William Shakspere
Swan of Avon
Bard of Avon
Shakespere
Shakespear
Shakspeare
Shackspeare
William Shake‐ſpeare
Scourge
Crystal
Crystals
Sky
Importing
Stars
Tresses
Times
Revolting
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Comets

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