Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I.

part in majestical matters with neither decency nor discretion."

From all which it is evident enough that very little if any heed was then paid to dramatic propriety and decorum. It was not _merely_ that the unities of place and time were set at nought, but that events and persons were thrown together without _any_ order or law; unconnected with each other save to the senses, while ...