In the register of baptisms of the parish church of Stratford-upon-Avon, a market town in Warwickshire, England, appears, under date of April 26, 1564, the entry of the baptism of William, the son of John Shakspeare. The entry is in Latin--"Gulielmus filius Johannis Shakspeare."The date of William Shakespeare's birth has usually been taken as three days before his baptism, but there is certainly no evidence of this fact.The family name was variously...