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In 1638, Sir William Davenant's Madagascar contained the following poem, entitled "In Remembrance of Master William Shakespeare". In Remembrance of Master William Shakespeare Beware (delighted Poets!) when you sing To welcome Nature in the early Spring; Your num'rous Feet not tread The Banks of Avon; for each Flowre (As it nere knew a Sunne or Showre) Hangs there, the pensive head. Each Tree, whose thick, and spreading growth hath made, Rather a Night beneath the Boughs, than Shade, (Unwilling now to grow) Looks like the Plume a Captain weares, Whose rifled Falls are steept i'th teares Which from his last rage flow. The piteous River wept it selfe away Long since (Alas!) to such a swift decay; That read the Map; and looke If you a River there can spie; And for a River your mock'd Eie, Will find a shallow Brooke. Ben Jonson'e poem To the Memory of My Beloved Baptismal record Marriage record Property records Legal and Tax records Heraldic records Stratford-upon-Avon Council records Theatre and acting records Letters record The six signatures of Shakespeare Other evidence Record of death Will record First Folio Introduction First Folio Dedication Evidence of Shakespeare's life etc Shakespeare connections
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