...vaulted ceiling: Good fiend for Jesus' sakeforbeare To digg the dust encloased heare. Blest be the man that spares these stones And curst be he that moves my bones. Not quite up to the standard of Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet. All the same, the lines were strong, in...

...William himself]:"Cood friend for Jesus sake forbear, To dig the dust enclosed here! Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones" At the time of his death, William had substantial properties, which he bestowed on his family and associates...

...times to come: Good friend for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here: Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones. "Deep six" did for most, in Stratford and elsewhere, but sextons, fearing to draw Shakespeare's curse...

...William himself: "Good friend for Jesus sake forbear, To dig the dust enclosed here! Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones" At the time of his death, William had substantial properties, which he bestowed on his family and associates...

...epitaph on his tomb: Good Frend for Jesus sake forbeare, To dig the dust enclosed heare: Blest be ye man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones. With astonishing incongruity, Anthony Holden concluded his own biography of Shakespeare by assuming...