sentences:  The Jesuit conspirators, Guy Fawkes, the Earl of Essex, the conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot, and others have been suggested as the possible historical identities for "fools of Time".However, there is no clear evidence that any of these people were meant to be specifically referenced in this sonnet.As Wright suggests, "has Shakespeare wanted to point at some particular individual or group, he likely could have found the words to do so.