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Fight, gentlemen of England! fight, bold yeomen! Draw, archers, draw your arrows to the head! Spur your proud horses hard, and ride in blood Amaze the welkin with your broken staves!

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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
Bard of Avon
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Shakspeare
Shackspeare
William Shake‐ſpeare
Welkin
War
Horse
Gentlemen
Staves
Hard
England
Arrows
Yeoman
Broken
Bold
Archers
Proud
Horses
Amaze
Fight
Ride
Archer
Blood
Gentleman
Spur
Head
Draw
Fighting
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Spurs

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