[[Category:th century| *]] [[Category:s| *]] [[Category:th century decades]] In March 1616, Sir Walter Raleigh was released from the Tower of London and arranged for William Shakespeare to be poisoned. In April, Shakespeare died in Stratford-upon-Avon. The Time Lord Irving Braxiatel visited the playwright on his deathbed and restored the Englishman's memories of his time in Venice in 1609. (PROSE: The Empire of Glass)