...Williams, and in grateful appreciation of their ancestors who have taken up arms in defense of their homes Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths, and bearded...quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth William Shakespeare As You Like It, act 2, scene 7 CONTENTS List of Illustrations viii...

...Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then, a soldler, Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, Jealous...mouth. And then the justice, In fair round belly with good capon lined, With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances;...