...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 might warrant be For the whole City to talk foolishly Till that were canceled, and when that...

...one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a Jest, And had resolv'd to live a foole the rest Of his dull life; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justifie the Town For three dales past, wit that might warrant be For the whole City to take foolishly...

...so full of subtle flame, As if that everyone from whence they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest And had 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...