Excerpt from The School of Shakspere, Vol. 1 of 2: Including 'the Life and Death of Captain Thomas Stukeley, ' With a New Life of Stucley, From Unpublished Sources, 'Nobody and Somebody, ' 'Histrio-Mastix, ' 'The Prodigal Son, ' 'Jack Drum's Entertainement, ' 'A Warning for Fair Women, ' With Reprints of the AcFor other reasons the long Biography of Stucley will be found valuable - First, as giving much information on the Irish Catholic plots of rebellion against Elizabeth, with their interweaving of spanish-papal projects for invading Elizabeth's dominions, and, secondly, as showing how much the buccaneering of the early days of Elizabeth was countenanced by, and interwoven with, the political exigencies of the time, and how even more countenanced and liked it was by the time's populace. The information as to the Irish Catholic intrigues will be found to be in no small degree sup plementary to Mr Simpson's Life of Oampion and other similar works.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.