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William Shakespeare is the most cited reference to Elizabethan speech. In particular, The Merry Wives of Windsor provides excellent examples of peasant speech. Other contemporaries include Ben Jonson, who some note as being less flowery and more straight-forward.
Anthologies of works can be found at nearly any bookstore. Here is the start of pages containing references.
