Desert Dancer: Lovely story. Thank you. I know, that for my own part I made a conscious decision to be cheerful, today, on Will's behalf.
Ebarnacle: I think you're mixing in some Chaucerian English, there, which is 200 years, give or take, prior to Shakespeare's time. Shakespeare's English is archaic, to our ears, but thoroughly modern, all the same. 'Ye' had turned completely to "the," and the English dropped that bothersome final 'e.'
Your reminder that this is Talk Like the Bard day came too late for me, this year. But you nonetheless inspired me to prepare for next year.