AND

HIS FRIENDS;

OR,

" THE GOLDEN AGE" OF MERRY ENGLAND.

His life was gentle, and the elements
So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up,
And say to all the world—This was a man!

JULIUS CÆSAR.

He was not of an age, but for all time.

BEN JONSON.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:
HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER,

GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.

1838.

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BRITISH

FRENTED BY W. WILCOCKSON, ROLLS BUILDINGS, FETT ER LAXE.