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All the contagion of the south light on you, You shames of Rome! you herd of--boils and plagues Plaster you o'er that you may be abhorr'd Further than seen, and one infect another Against the wind a mile!

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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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Writer
Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwickshire
Shakespeare
The Bard
The Bard of Avon
William Shakspere
Swan of Avon
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Shakspeare
Shackspeare
William Shake‐ſpeare
Shame
Contagion
South
Boils
Wind
Herd
Seen
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Shames
Another
Mile
Plaster
Light
Plague
Infect
May
Rome
Plagues
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