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WILLIAM, an English poet and playwright; born at Oxford in his lifetime that he was an illegitiin February, 1606. A story was current mate son of Shakespeare. He wrote many plays and poems, but none possessing any distinguished merit; he succeeded Ben Jonson England, however. He attempted epic ed Ben Jonson as poet-laureate of composition composition in "Gondibert" and an opera, 7, 1668. "The Siege of Rhodes." He died April

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