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Pardon, gentles all, the flat unraised spirits that have dared on this unworthy scaffold to bring forth so great an object.

William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare
Age: 51 †
Born: 1564
Born: April 26
Died: 1616
Died: April 23
Actor
Dramaturge
Playwright
Poet
Stage Actor
Writer
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
Objects
Dared
Bring
Unworthy
Spirit
Pardon
Great
Flat
Flats
Spirits
Forth
Object
Scaffold

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