...things have we seen Done at the Mermaid? heard words that have been so nimble, & so full of subtil flame as if that every one from whom they came had...resolved to live a fool the rest of his dull life; then, when there hath been thrown wit able [enough] to justify the Town (H&S, 11, 375-6) As David Riggs...

...of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit inagest, And had resolved to live a fool, the rest Of his dull life; then when there had been thrown Wit able enough to justify the Town For three days past, with that...

...Mermaid " was a tavern by Cheapside, between Bread Street and Friday Street, accessible from cither ; and here Sir Walter Raleigh is said to have established...those men who might have said "Amen" at the close of Hie "Looking-glass for London and England" meant the gradual loss of a main element in the audience,...

...heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that everyone from whence they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. Often the jests were sodden. "Immoderate quaffing," a vice of English, plagued many in Shakespeare's...