...Chettle (December 1592); but he has now met Shakespeare and found "his demeanour no less excellent than the quality he professes. Besides, divers of worship...argues his honesty, and his facetious grace in writing, which approves his art." out for praise; one hand is On the green coverlet; whose perfect white Showed...

...the original fault had been my fault, because myself have seen his demeanour no less civil than he excellent in the quality he professes: besides, divers...his facetious grace in writing, that approves his art.22 154 It is a carefully worded passage. 'Facetious [ie polished] grace' gracefully echoes Cicero's...

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...Greene's literary executor, published an apology: "Myself have seen his demeanor no less civil than he excellent in the quality he professes. Besides, divers...facetious grace in writing, that approves his art." This means that Shakespeare was dius early a good actor ("the quality he professes") and a suecessful...

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...if the original fault had been my fault, because myself have seen his demeanor no less civil than he excellent in the quality he professes: Besides, divers...honesty, and his facetious grace in writing, that proves his art. *Men of high social standing. Appendix C Ben Jonson's Notebook, Timber Timber, or Discoveries,...

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...attention only to the curiously oblique commendation of Shakespeare's writing, at the end of the passage: "divers of worship have reported, his uprightness...facetious grace in writing, that approves his art." The passage as a whole, with its references to Shakespeare's civil demeanor, his "uprightness of dealing"...

...the offensive passage to reach print, saying: 'Myself have seen his demeanour no less civil than he excellent in the quality he professes; besides, divers...facetious grace in writing, that approves his art.' Ben Jonson probably wrote more than anyone else about Shakespeare; his tribute printed in the First...