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Show Travesty on Real Falstaff. Yarmouth has a claim upon all Hug lljli in en quite independently of Kb ns-locintlons ns-locintlons with tho brenkfnst bloater, remarks a writer In St. Nicholas. For It was tho homo of Shakespeare's Fal-ttaff, Fal-ttaff, who appears to havo been a mnn of exemplary piety. Tho Falstnffs terc an old Yarmouth family. "A Falstoiro or Fnlstnff," writes John Hlchard Green, "was bailiff of Yarmouth In 1281. Another Is among tho first of Its representatives hi parliament, par-liament, nnd from that tho members-of members-of that family filled tho highest mu nicipal offices. John Falstolfc, a man of considerable account in tho town, purchased lnnds nt tho close of the fourteenth century In Calstor, nnd became be-came the father of Sir John Falstolfo, tho, after a distinguished military career, ca-reer, wiib luckless enough to glvo hi3 tamo to Shakespeare's famous character. char-acter. In Yarmouth, howover, ho wnB better known ns u benefactor to tho treat church of St. Nicholas. |