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DISCOVERIES IN THE SHAKESPEARE PLAYS, SONNETS, AND WORKS,
PRINTED CIRCA 1586-1740, OF " SECRETI SIGILLI," CONCEALED
AUTHOR'S MARKS AND SIGNS
BY
FRATRES ROSE.& CRUCIS
ILLUSTRATED BY PHOTO-FACSIMILES
NOTTINGHAM
H. JENKINS, 7, ST. JAMES'S STREET
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PRINTED BY BILLING AND SONS, LTIJ.
CUILDPORD, ENGLAND
TO
THE GREAT VARIETY OF READERS
" From the most able to him that can but spell, there ye are numbered.'
Shakespeare Folio, 1623.
PREFACE
PRIMARILY this book is addressed to Arithmeticians, yet its claims are
open to the test of all who can do the simplest sums in addition and
subtraction.
They take you to the threshold of further discovery of interesting but
astutely hidden arcana only to be disclosed by close and careful research,
collection of facts and correct deductions — in a word, by inductive
methods.
FRATRES ROSE^E CRUCIS.
NOTE. — While this book has been in preparation we have found other
curious things, aDd some mistakes. These matters are dealt with in an
appendix of supplementary notes and errata — F. R. C.
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Chapter I
THE GREAT SEAL
THE term " seal" here used does not refer to the instrument, but to a mark
seal or signature itself. The practice of identification of documents by
an individual seal or mark, whether open or private, dates back to the
earliest days of civilization.
Present-day manufacturers have their marks and numbers, bankers
their secret flaws and marks of identification whereby to assure their bank
notes and cheques and defeat extensive forgery.
In the early stages of printing it was natural that writers of works printed
anonymously should contrive methods of type arrangement by which, if
thought worth while, their authorship could be identified and proved.
They would assume that when doubts arose their books would be searched
for sigilli secreti as the first and most natural effort of investigation'.
Strange though it be, there is no evidence of any such examination having
taken place.
Yet, for instance, the Shakespeare Folio and Quarto plays, and Shake
speare's Sonnets, are sealed with the Great Seal in many places, though mostly
at the beginnings and ends.
Mr. Tanner was the first to call attention to the fact that the verse to
the reader opposite the Droeshout portrait in the Shakespeai'e Folio contains,
including the heading and the initials at foot, and counting correctly the
four letters in v v a s and the five letters in v v r i t (8th line) a total of 287 .
He first called attention to the fact that the total figure equivalent of
the old long word elaborated by the writer of Love's Labour Lost, on page 136
of the Folio, was also 287; but there the matter seems to have dropped.
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except that another investigator pointed out correctly that the long word
referred to is the 151st word in roman type on page 136 (counting " alms-
basket " as the two words it should be). There is, possibly, a correct rule
of count in the case of words improperly joined by a hyphen.
The significance of the 287 count is apparent:
1. From its prominence on the first page of the Folio.
2. From the total in figure equivalent of " Honorificabilitudinitatibus."
3. From its position as the 151st roman word on page 136.
4. The special type in which this page of Love's Labour Lost is printed
in the 1684 Folio.
Guided by these torches, we made a more careful examination of
the Folio, with the result of finding this strange sigil absolutely waving in
important positions.
Epistle Dedicatorie contains :
First page words . . . . . . . . . . 157
Second page words . . . . . . . . . . 287
' To the Great Variety of Readers," 2nd part:
Words in roman type . . . . . . . . 279
Italic words of large size . . . . . . . . 8
287
J5en Jonson's verses, 1st part:
Italic words . . . . . . 289
Deduct the two letters in the turnover word of 2
287
NOTE. --These two letters are in larger type than in the following page.
Hugh Holland's verses contain:
Roman letters . . . . 422
Roman words in brackets .... 3
425
h'diut roman letters in heading .. .. 65
I -'-duct italic letters in verse .. 73 138
287
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L. Digges and J. M.'s verses together contain:
Italic words . . . . . . . . . . 220
Roman letters . . . . . . . . 67
287
" Names of Actors " :
Italic letters . . ^ . . . . . . . . 332
Deduct roman letters . . . . . . 45
287
The sigil 287 is repeated :
On first page of the Comedies. On last page of same.
On first page of the Histories. On last page of same.
On first page of Troylus and Cressida (the play interposed between the
Histories and Tragedies). On last page of same.
On first page of the Tragedies. On last page of same.
The Tempest, page 1 (first page of Comedies) :
The second column has total roman words . . . . 287
Winter's Tale, page 303 (last page of Comedies) :
Roman words in the two columns . . . . . . 362
Less italic words on the page . . . . 74
And one large roman word " Finis " . . . . 1 75
287
Other counts :
1. Deduct from page number . . . . . . 303
The Names of the Actors, other than supers, who took
part in the play . . . . . . 16
287
Hermione, after a long silence in marble, says in the
left-hand column, " Tell me," which means " Count
me " (just as they count M.P.'s in the House of
Commons) .
A count of the letters in her Speech gives roman letters . . 234
Deduct letters in the italic word and roman words in
brackets . . . . . . . . 15
219
Add italic words in Names of the Actors 68
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FIRST PAGE OF THE HISTORIES
King John
1st col. All the roman type words, including those in
brackets
287
LAST PAGE OF THE HISTORIES
King Henry VIII .
Roman and italic words in the play (omitting those in
brackets)
Deduct italic words in Epilogue
Troylus and Cressida
410
123
287
This is an interpolated play. We have no suggestion to offer as to why
this was done.
But there are only two pages in this play with page
numbers — viz., the second page numbered 79, and the
following page numbered 80. On this basis of paging,
the Prologue page should be page
Except two in brackets, the Prologue contains italic words
to the total of
Last Page of Troylus and Cressida
In the left column Troylus says, " Tell me." A count from
" Enter Troylus " gives a total words of
The writer probably gave his unknown decipherers
the above fairly easy calculation, as the other one was
difficult — viz., all the words in the two columns, long
and short, italic and roman
The number of pages in the play
The word Finis
Deduct the correct page number if Troylm had followed
on as a History play
77
210
287
2S7
549
30
1
580
293
287
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FIRST PAGE OF THE TRAGEDIES
Coriolanus
It will have been noticed that Troylus is out of place. It was not classed
as a History or a Tragedy. Certainly it is called a " Tragedie." But the
first of the Folio Tragedies, as bound and paged, is Coriolanus.
In the 1st col. on page 1 , there are (except those in brackets)
roman words . . . . . . . . . . 318
Deduct correct page of Tragedy of Coriolanus if Troylus
had been paged as the first of the Tragedies . . . . 31
287
There is another interesting count of the 2nd Citizen's words, which also
gives 287. From the use of expressions such as " one word," " I shall tell
you," alternative solutions were provided.
LAST PAGE OF THE TRAGEDIES
Cymbeline
The construction of the Impresa on this last page of all was clever.
From wrong page number . . . . . . . . 993
Deduct total words, both roman and italic, in the two
columns . . . . . . . . 415
And the correct page number . . . . 291 706
287
SONNETS
LET us now take the Shakespeare's Sonnets, 1609.
On the first page the number 287 is neatly tucked away:
1st line roman letters . . . . . . 35
2nd „ „ „ .. ..... ..32
3rd „ „ „ 32
4th „ „ „ 33
5th „ „ „ 38
6th „ „ „ 47
7th „ „
8th „ „ .... 38
287
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Big initial letters do not appear to be counted, so the large F is omitted
from the total of the first line.
On the last page the number is produced in two different ways:
(a) The numerical equivalent in Kaye value of the word
" Sonnets
Sonnet number
Letters in "Finis" and K.A., being the seven large
letters on the page
126
154
7
287
154
(b) The Sonnet number . . . .
The numerical equivalent of the word " Finis "in the
Kaye value . . . . . . . . . . 133
287
The writer of these Sonnets would seem to have been careful to ensure
that the sigil should be found at the end page. It will be noticed that
the printer's mark is made unusually prominent, as if to indicate that the
Kaye method of count would give the requisite sigil number. We describe
the Kaye cipher in a later chapter.
Bound up with the Shakespeare's Sonnets is a poem entitled " A Lover's
Complaint."
The sigil is given on the last page of this poem as follows:
The numbers of the last three verses:
45
46
47
The words in the verses on the last page
Deduct the letters in the words " The Lovers "
138
158
296
9
287
The title is " A Lover's," but it is altered on the last page to " The
Lovers," doubtless with a view to the above deduction.
Prom the second edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets, dated 1640, six sonnets
were omitted.
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Their numbers in the first edition were :
18
19
43
56
75
76
287
The second edition gives the curious Marshall engraving of the Shake
speare portrait (a variation of the Droeshout), having questioning words
below it.
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Chapter II
THE SHAKESPEARE QUARTOS
REPORT on the Quartos has necessarily had to be confined to those plays
which have been printed in facsimile. There is such uniformity in the use of
the sigil that probably the authorship of several other plays may be cleared
up partially or completely by this means.
King John, 1591 (Part 1)
Page 3. Verse to " Gentlemen Readers " has italic letters
Deduct roman letters in same
King John, 1591 (Part 2)
Page 3. Verse to " Gentlemen Readers," italic letters
in last ten lines
Add printer's mark, A 2
Deduct roman letters
Venus and Adonis, 1593
All italic letters in the Dedication
Deduct: All the letters on title-page . .
All roman letters on the next
170
114
On the last pag$, including the heading and " Finis,"
total roman words
Add the roman letters of printer's name and address
310
23
287
310
3
321
34
287
571
284
287
203
84
287
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Lucrece, 1594
Total all words of " Argument " . . . . . . 388
Deduct roman words of Dedication . . . . . . 101
287
Contention, 1594 (Part 1)
Title-page, omitting words in largest type, there are roman
letters .. .. .. .. ..287
Last Scene:
Words in roman. type . . . . . . . . 266
In printer's name, etc. . . . . . . 21
287
Taming of a Shrew, 1594
The first nine lines of the play contain:
Roman letters . . . . . . . . . . 299
And italic letters (which deduct) . . . . . . 12
287
Actor's names not included.
Last page cjontains roman letters . . . . . . 315
Deduct all the italic letters . . . . . . 28
287
The Tmgedie, 1595
First page contains twelve lines of the play, comprising
roman letters . . . . . . . . . . 323
And italic letters (which deduct) . . . . 36
287
The last two pages contain roman and italic letters, in
cluding heading on right-hand, but not " Exeunt Omnes " 287
This solution is rather forced, and therefore doubtful. It is likely we have
missed the correct solution.
Romeo and Juliet, 1597
Last three pages have italic letters . . . . . . 292
Deduct the five letters in " Finis " . . 5
287
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On the last page is the following line: " Prin.: These Letters do make
good the Fryers wordes."
The Friar's speeches on the last three pages contain words
to the number of . . • • • • 2^1
Deduct the four letters in " Prin."
287
Richard II., 1597 (An<m.)
Second page has:
*)Q/i
Roman words . . • • • • • • ^*
Italic words (deduct) . . •
287
I^ast Scene contains:
Roman words . . . . • • • •
Italic words (deduct) . . • • . . 129
282
Add the five letters in " Finis " 5
287
Richard III., 1597 (Anon.)
First page of play and part of second to " Enter Clarence " contains:
Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 300
Deduct italic words . . . . . . . . 13
287
Last Scene from " God and your armes " to end of play:
Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 302
Deduct italic words . . . . . . 15
287
Love's Lubour Lost, 1598
First page of play contains:
Human words . . . . . . . . . . 227
Italic letters . . . . . . . . 60
287
' Thendevur " taken as one word, " shalbe " as two.
On page 7 the long letter from Don Adriano de Armado printed in italic
type consists of 287 words. The symbols & and the large O are not
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counted. Thus the first Quarto, bearing the name of Shakespeare as author,
has the 287 Impresa in exceptional prominence.
Last Scene in the play from " Enter Braggart " contains:
Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 301
Deduct the italic words , . . . . 14
287
Henry IV., 1598 (Part 1)
First page of play. First 9 lines, letters . . . . 287
Last Scene of play on two pages contains :
Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 334
Deduct italic letters . . . . . . 47
287
Henry V. Famous Victories, 1598
We do not find the 287 sigil at beginning or end of this play, but on page 9
the word " Counter " appears twice.
The words on page 9 number in black type . . . . 290
Deduct three in modern type
287
Romeo and Juliet (Undated)
This has the seal in two places.
The Passionate Pilgrime, 1599
No seals found.
Much Adoe About Nothing, 1600
First page of play :
Roman words
Italic letters . . . . 106
287
Last page but one:
Roman words
Deduct italic letters . . 60
275
Add the 12 large italic letters in " About Nothing "
(heading)
287
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Merchant of Venice, 1600
Second page:
Roman words
Italic words
Last two pages:
Roman words
Deduct italic letters
Deduct for " Finis
Merchant of Venice, 1600 (Second Edition)
Title-page:
Roman letters
Add the 16 of date .
First page of play :
Roman words
Italic letters
Last page but one. Roman and italic words
Titus and Andronicus, 1600
First page of play:
Roman words
Italic letters
Last page but one. Roman and italic words
Henry IV., 1600 (Part 2)
Title-page :
Roman letters
Less italic letters
Add roman words on first page of play
283
4
287
367
79
288
1
287
271
16
287
223
64
287
287
146
141
287
287
191
58
133
154
287
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Last page but one :
Roman and italic words . . . . . . . . 291
Deduct four italic words of heading . . . . . . 4
287
Henry V., 1600
This play seems to be sealed like the others, but we aver nothing as
certain.
Second page of play. Roman words . . . . . . 256
Words of continuation of King's speech on next page . . 31
287
Last two pages:
Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 151
Italic letters . . . . . . . . . . 139
290
Deduct the letters in the Latin word for " thus " —viz., sic
287
NOTE. — The person or persons who set these problems for discovery
probably assumed that the discoverers would gradually become aware of
the subtle variety with which the puzzles were schemed, and be prepared to
find them out.
Richard III., 1602
First page of play. Roman words . . . . . . 239
Roman words on title-page, omitting those of large type
in the first two lines . . . . . . 48
287
Last page. Roman and italic words . . . . . . 287
Merry Wives of Windsor, 1602
Title-page. Roman words . . . . . . 93
First page and the four lines overleaf completing the
Scene. Roman and italic words . . . . . . 194
287
Page 50. Italic letters . . . . . . . . 287
Last page :
Roman words
Italic letters . . . . . . . . 73
287
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44
104
227
331
44
Hamht, 1603
Title-page. 47 roman, less 3 italic words
First page of play. Roman words
Second page of play. Roman words . .
Less
Last two pages:
Roman words
Less italic letters
Hamlet, 1604
First Scene. Roman and italic words
Last Scene :
Roman words
Deduct italic letters
Add letters in FINIS and G .
The printer's mark should have been " 0." The use of
probably to attract the attention of the " Teller."
King Lear, 1608
Title-page. Roman and italic words
First page. 191 roman, less 3 italic words
Nothing found on last pages.
King Lear, 1608 (Second Edition)
Title-page. Omitting word in large capitals there are words
Add the figures in the date, which is underlined, 16+0+8
First page of play. 191 roman, less 3 italic words
287
350
63
287
287
330
49
281
6
287
"G"
was
99
188
287
75
24
99
188
Last page. 290 roman, less 3 italic words
287
287
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Henry V., 1608
Second page of play and five lines of third, contain words 287
Last Scene:
Roman words and italic letters . . . . . . 284
Add letters in " sic " .. .. .. .. 3
287
Richard IL, 1608
First page, last two lines. Roman words . . . . 13
Second page. Roman words . . . . . . ' 297
310
Deduct italic letters on last two lines of first page and
italic letters and for large I on second page . . 23
Total .. .. ..287
Last Scene :
Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 404
Less italic letters .. .. .. .. .. 117
287
Pericles, 1609
In neither of the two editions have we found the 287 seal.
Troylus and Cressida, 16D9
There are two title-pages.
The letter " to the Reader " on page 2 contains:
Italic words to the number of . . . . . . 375
And deducting 24 italic words in brackets . . . . 24
Gives .. .. ..351
The roman words contain in letters . . . . 64
287
The last two Scenes but one comprise, of roman and italic
words, stopping at " ended " . . . . . . 287
The Whole Contention (Part 1), (No date)
On the title-page the total of roman letters is . . 166
The first page of the play, commencing with and including
" Suffolke," contains roman and italic words to the
total of . . . . . . . . 121
287
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The last Scene comprises italic and roman words, number
ing together . . . . . . . . . . 287
On the last two lines but two is the sentence, ." Saint Albones shall be
eternized in all age to come."
The Whole Contention (Part 2)
At the top of the last page but one are the words, " Counting ' my selfe.' '
" My selfe " refers to Gloster.
Gloster's speech contains roman words . . . . 292
And 5 italic words, which being deducted . . . . 5
Leaves .. .. .. 287
Richard III., 1622
We find no indication of 287 on the first page.
At the top of the last page are the words, " But tell me." Richard is the
spokesman. A count of Richard's words in the last Scene gives:
Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 230
Italic letters . . . . . . . . 57
287
NOTE. — The capital letters in italic type to roman words are not counted
in arriving at the total.
Othello, 1622
The lines " to the Reader," contain:
Italic letters . . . . . . . . . . 365
Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 11
376
Deduct the number of italic words . . . . 89
287
The second page of the play has the word " Counter " in the 8th line.
The page contains:
Roman words .... 25 1
Add the Roman words on the title-page . . 36
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Title-page contains :
Roman words . . . . . . . . 32
Italic words . . . . . . . . 19
Roman letters . . . . . . . . . . 1 50
Italic letters . . . . . . . . 86
287
Richard II. , 1634
No evidence of the 287 seal in this edition.
Chapter III
THE SEAL IN OTHER BOOKS
A Choice of Emblems, 1586
WHEN precisely the English Secret Fraternity of the Rosicrosse commenced
operations will probably be disclosed by the examination of books printed
shortly before 1586. The fact that the interesting sigil 287 is to be found
in the Choice above-mentioned, and also in A Treatise of Melancholy, 1586,
Timothe Bright (see hereafter) leads us to infer that it will also be found
in Discourse of English Poetrie, 1586 (Webbe). Not having had access to
an original edition of this work, we have not been able to test it.
A facsimile of A Choice of Emblems, 1586, was, however, published by
Mr. Henry Green, M.A., in 1866. From this we find that—
The Epistle Dedicatorie, including the headings, contains 248 words in
Ionian type. The title-page has 39 words in roman type.
Add these together:
248
39
287
This is fairly plain sailing. On the last page of the book the sigil is more
cleverly concealed.
There are two verses in italics below the picture emblem. Each of them
contains 214 letters in italic type, but as the lower verse is merely an " Envoie,"
we take:
The italics in the emblem verse . . . . . . 214
The italics above the emblem . . . . 63
The ten words in roman type . . . . . . 10
287
The emblem on the last page of the book was a new device not found by
Mr. Green in any other Emblem book, and as it gives other interesting features
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(to be referred to later), the page was evidently devised with considerable
skill.
At the end of the Epistle Dedicatorie the writer of the Choice states,
' Divers of the inventions are of my owne slender workmanship." This
would mean that the writer, whoever he was (but certainly not Whitney),
was draughtsman as well as writer.
At page 236 of Mr. Green's book is given a list of twenty-three devices
which Mr. Green had not been able to trace to other emblematists.. Upon
this list the Emblem on page 31 of the facsimile stands first.
Add the page number . . . . . . 31
The letters in italics not including the heading or carry
over words . . . . . . . . . . 159
The words in roman type, omitting the word " God " . . '97
287
It should be noted that the name of the Deity is generally omitted from
the counts.
Bright's Treatise of Melancholy, 1586 (Windet's Edition)
Title-page. Second page. To the right, etc., contains:
Roman words . . . . . . . . • • 158
And there are large roman letters
And roman letters in brackets . . . . 95
287
Same. Vautrollier's (Second Edition)
Title-page. To the right, etc. First and second pages :
Roman words
Roman letters in brackets . . . . • • . . 95
287
Same. Edition of 1613
To the right, etc. :
Heading letters . . . . • • • • «£>
All italic words . . . . . . • • . . 252
287
Arte of English Poesie, 1589
Dedication has 287 words in italics unbracketed.
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Spenser's Faerie Queene, 1611
Pagel:
First four verses have roman words . .
The symbol &
Nine roman words of title
Last verse of all has a total of roman letters .
Works of Ben J orison, 1616
Selden's verses:
Italic words
Deduct italic words in brackets
Add the roman words at end
Same. Argument of " Sejamis
Total italic words not in brackets
NOTE. — ft Under-worketh " counted as two words.
Next page. The Persons of the Play:
Roman letters of small size
Deduct roman words large type
Back page. Number of page :
Deduct its letters, but not the letters in footnote
277
1
9
287
287
306
23
283
4
287
287
293
6
287
438
151
287
Bacon's Advancement of Learning, 1605
Title-page. The word two is spelt TVVOO. These letters in Kaye
cipher make 87. Put two in front of this = 287.
Same page has roman letters to the number of . . 137
Pagel:
Add the 120 roman words, less two in brackets . . 118
Add the large roman letters in the heading . . . . 32
287
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The last two pages, including the turnover word " for," contain:
Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 320
Deduct total of small italic letters . . . . 33
287
Peacham's Minerva Britanna, 1612 : Epistle to the Prince
Words of all kinds of type beginning at " Most Excellent
Prince " to end of first page, except words in small
italics . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Small italic letters on the page . . . . 53
287
Page 34, below the picture :
Roman words in the two verses . . . . 89
Roman letters in brackets . . . . . . 34
Roman letters in Latin lines . . . . . . 129
Words in notes at foot and in margin . . . . 35
287
The 287 sigil is also on page 66, page Ill/and last page, 212.
Bacon's Wisdom of the Ancients, 1619
Epistle Dedicatorie. Without the heading. Roman words 287
Bacon's Novum Organum, 1620
Epistle Dedicatorie :
Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 297
Less roman words in brackets . . . . . . 10
287
Last page. Paragraph beginning " Non abs " and last
line of the page " Typographium Regium." Large
size italic letters . . . . . . . . • . 287
Bacon's Henry VIL, 1622
Last page number
Add roman words fully spelt on the page
287
Bacon's Apophthegms, 1625
280 apophthegms, 7 introductory pages . . . . 287
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Bacon's Advancement of Learning, 1640 (Watt's Translation)
Frontispiece portrait :
On wreath at top there are fancy letters 34
On the book in the portrait and at foot the fancy letters
number . . . . • • • • • • "11
Add the letters of plainer type
287
The eleven letters above-mentioned are V. C. V I L D. I P. P. I I (all
same size).
On the title-page there are roman letters
And 58 italic words and the figure 2 twice
349
62
287
Another result obtains by adding the total of the two
figure 2's to the 336 italic letters (" W " at foot is
roman) . . . . . . . . . • • • 340
Deduct the roman words . . . • 53
Next page to " Carolo " has roman letters
And 5 italic words which deducted
Leaves
Favourable Reader page :
Not counting the heading in large type there are 137
italic words and 145 roman letters
There are left the letters of the commencing " He " and
those in the turnover word " and "
287
292
5
287
282
5
287
Although page 287 is mentioned in the Index, it is mis-
paged as 215, but it contains, including the turnover
word and omitting the two words in brackets, a total in
roman and italic words of . . . . . . . . 280
Add the letters of the bracketed words . . . . 7
287
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Last two pages (476 and 477). Last paragraph marked with quotation
marks contains:
Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 344
Deduct the italic words . . . . . . 76
268
Add the 13 large roman letters and the 6 large italic
letters, total . . . . . . . . 19
287
Last page of the Catalogue. Including the heading and
" Finis " there are italic words to the number of . . 287
Resuscitatio, 1657
Rev. William Rawley prefaced his Life of Lord Bacon with intimations
that he should not " tread too near upon the heels of truth," and that he
had not left anything to a future hand which was of moment " and com
municable to the Public." We have not closely tested the beginning and
end of Rawley's book for the 287 seal, because we found he had placed it
upon the only three pages in the book which are wrongly paged.
First Mispagination
Page 28 is mispaged 29 :
Words in roman type . . . . . . . . 309
Deduct all completed words in brackets . . . . 22
287
Second Mispagination
Page 217 is mispaged 212:
All words in roman type . . . . . . . . 395
Deduct words in italic type . . . . . . . . 108
NOTE.- 287
Words in heading and margin used.
Third (and Last) Mispagination
Page 87 in the second part is wrongly paged 85 :
Words in roman type . . . . . . 167
Italic words . . . . . . . . 35
Number of page . . . . . . . . 85
287
NOTE. — The large type heading is not counted.
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There may be an intended sigil at the end of the Letters of the Honourable
Authour, page 113:
The last letter has a total of roman words . . 174
Add number of page
287
/. Ragguagli di Parnasso
Translated from the Italian of Boccalini by Henry Carey, Earl of
Monmouth, 1674.
Vestibule:
All the roman words . . . . . . . . 316
Deduct words in brackets and in italics . . . . 29
287
All words on pages 251 and 252 . . . . . . 287
Bacon's Letters, 1702
This sifted collection which Stephens, the Royal Historiographer, printed
exhibits the Great 287 Seal.
Completed words on last page of the Introductory Account — 287
The contracted words St. and Mr. are not counted. Trinity-College,
Grey's-Inn, and Parliament-House are here counted as three words only.
Stephens' further collection, published in 1734, has not been examined.
Rowes Edition of Shakespeare Plays, 1709
The sigil is given by the words on the last two pages of the Dedication
(including heading and carry-over word), total 287.
Blackbourne's Works of Bacon, 1730
Vol. 1. Dedication to Dr. R. Mead:
Words in roman type not in brackets . . . . . . 307
- Add for " April" 1
308
Deduct italic words and roman words in brackets . . 21
287
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Last page of Vol. I. :
Roman words, including heading (but not words in
brackets) . . . . . . . . . . 292
Deduct the italic letters in " Finis " . . . . . . 5
287
Another solution:
Page number . . . . . . . . 394
Add italics in " Finis " . . . . . . 5
399
Deduct letters in Novum Organum . . . . 12
— 287
All the volumes appear to have the Seal. We only note the last page
of Vol. IV.:
Roman words in last column . . . . . . 12f8
Last number on the page . . . . . . . . 154
Italic letters in " Finis " . . . . . . . . 5
287
As if Dr. Mead and his friends wished to make Bacon's last letter before
death (that to Earl of Arundel, on page 697 of Vol. IV.) wave the great
Rosicrosse Impresa, they seem to have varied the heading of the letter as
printed in Stephens' 1702 collection.
In Vol. IV. it contains :
Words in roman type . . . . . . 213
Words in heading
Italic letters
Italic letters in " et cetera " . .
287
David Mallet, 1740
An abridged edition in quarto of the Blackbourne volumes was printed
in 1740.
David Mallet provided a Life of Bacon.
The 287 Impresa waves in Mallet's book. It is planned very cleverly
both in the vestibule and at the end of the book.
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Page.
Words.
1
9
2
—
3
21
4
—
5
25
6
67
7
83
8
46
36 + 251 287.
Last page :
Number of page .. .. .. .. . . 166
Words in roman type both in text and in Errata . . 121
287
Chapter IV
WHAT THE 287 SEAL REPRESENTS
WE propose to give the solution of this mystery which the weight of cumula
tive evidence seems to force upon us.
In the Age of Shakespeare the English alphabet consisted of twenty-four
letters.
Each letter had of course a positional number thus :
ABCDEFGHIKLM'NO P Q R STUWXYZ
12345678 9101112131415161718192021222324
There were no separate characters for J and V.
The total value of the letters in the name " Shakespeare," for instance,
as expressed in figures would be :
S, 18; H, 8; A, 1; K, 10; E, 5; S, 18; P, 15; E, 5; A, 1; R, 17; E, 5. Total,
103.
Another* method, but a secret one, of giving a different positional value
to the letters in the Elizabethan alphabet was the Kaye method, or Kaye
cipher, mentioned but not described in the De Augmentis, 1623. As many
have a tendency to take umbrage at the mention of cipher, we will endeavour
to refer to it only as the Kaye method. It takes its name from the fact
that in the alphabet of that period the letter K was the tenth letter and
accordingly the first letter, which was by its position represented by two
figures (10). We now set down the alphabet beginning with K. It will
be noticed that the letter A ought correctly to have been number 25 and B
26. But as this method was a secret one, early discovery was avoided by
slipping two numbers and giving A the figure value of 27.
KLMNOPQR STUWXYZABCDEFGHI
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35
27
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The enumeration adopted in The Repertoire of Records, 1631 (see here
after), formed the most valuable clue to the discovery of the Kaye method.
In the 1670-71 edition of the Resuscitatio, a further clue was obtained.
A few words upon one of the early subject pages of the Resuscitatio were found
to have been carefully covered over with a strip of paper. Held to the light,
it disclosed an apparently innocent message about a Dr. A. and a section 27.
Experiment with a number of prominent names of the period convinced
he group of us who took part in it that we had arrived at a correct solution.
Pondering over the Red Cross Knight of the Faerie Queene and the references
to the secret Fraternity of the Rosy Cross in the Anatomy of Melancholy,
1621, and in Ben Jonson's Masques of The Fortunate Isles and News from the
New World, we concluded that the 287 Seal placed in position of prominence
by so many important writers of books probably referred to membership
of that secret society.
We found that counting by the Kaye method the words " Fra Rosicrosse "
or " Fra Rosiecross," totalled 287.
FraRosicrosse
32 17 27 17 14 18 35 29 17 14 18 18 31 - 287
Chapter V
THE FRATERNITY OF THE ROSY CROSS
WHEN the English secret Fraternity of the Rosy Cross was founded is yet
to be ascertained.
John Heydon, who paraphrased Bacon's New Atlantis and called it The
Land of the Rosicrucians, may have done the same thing with private writings
of Bacon's in the possession of some member or members of the Fraternity.
The following passages, which Heydon claims as his own, were almosl
surely the words of Francis Bacon. This was the opinion of Mrs. Pott, a
great student of Bacon's writings now deceased.
" I was twenty when this book was finished, but methinks I have
outlived myself; I begin to be weary of the sun — I have shaken hands
with delight, and know all is vanity, and I think no man can live well
once but he that could live twice. For my part I would not live
over my hours past or begin again the minutes of my days; not
because I have lived well, but for fear I should live them worse.
" At my death I mean to take a total adieu of the world, not
caring for a tombstone and epitaph, but in the universal Register
of God I fix my contemplations on Heaven. I writ the Rosicrucian
Infallible Axiomata in four books, and study not for my own sake
only, but for theirs that study not for themselves. ... I envy no
man that knows more than myself, but pity them that know less."
(Compare " Fgin to be aweary of the sun " —Macbeth, V. 5. " Cassius is
aweary of the world"— Julius Ccesar, IV. 3. Also Bacon's posthumous
Essay of Death.)
If the above be a clue, young Francis may have set about forming his
literary society very soon after returning from his travels on the continent
of Europe. Sir Philip Sidney, Dyer and Gabriel Harvey would have been
amongst the earliest members.
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30 SECRET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS
We know that the Faerie Queene, with its Red Cross Knight, was in
preparation some years before 1589, and we find the Impresa 287, on A Choice
of Emblems, written in 1585.
The Fraternity only showed its head when a serious attempt was made
to extend its beneficent activities on the continent of Europe. Its first
Manifesto seems to have been sent abroad in 1610 (see Waite's Real
History of the Rosier ucians). It was in MS. in Germany in that year, and
seems to have been printed in Venice in 1612 as a chapter of a book by
Boccalini, entitled I. Ragguagli di Parnasso. Boccalini was an Italian
architect who commenced as author that year, at the age of sixty.
He met with a tragical death the following year.
It was published in English in 1656 by Henry Carey, Earl of Monmouth.
The English version has som? curious printer's marks, and exhibits the 287
Seal. It was newly translated in 1704 by N. N., Esq. In this, in the
chapter concerning the " Universal Reformation of the Whole Wide World,"
the name of Sir Francis Bacon is substituted for Boccalini's " Mazzoni,"
as the secretary and adviser of the learned men assembled in conference.
The " Universal Reformation " chapter was printed in Germany four years
later than its appearance in that country in MS. — viz , 1614.
De Quincey stated that the Universal Reformation Manifesto and Fama
Fraternitatis constituted a distinct proposal for the inauguration there of a
secret society, having as objective the general welfare of mankind. The
Fama contains interesting Rules as to secrecy, which was to be maintained
for a hundred years. Another manifesto, The Confessio Fraternitatis, was
printed in Germany in 1615. It bore witness that from the beginning of
the world " there hath not been given to man a more excellent, admirable,
and wholesome book than the Holy Bible." Further, that the Fraternity
was more in earnest to attain to the knowledge of philosophy, and not to
tempt excellent wits to the tincture of metals, sooner than to the observation
of nature.
Mr. Waite states, at page 265 of his History, that by the year 1620 the
Rosicrucian subject was completely exhausted in Germany.
It is uncertain whether Maier, who wrote on the subject in Germany,
or Robert Fludd and Thomas Vaughan, who printed books about Rosi-
crucianism in England, were ever in inside touch with the English Fraternity.
There are important references to the Society in the Anatomy of Melancholy.
1621, and in Ben Jonson's Masques of the Fortunate Isles and News from the
New World. We deal with the Anatomy of Melancholy in a special chapter
EEVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA 31
later. Bacon's New Atlantis, printed 1627, may be accepted as an allegorical
account of the objects of the Fraternity.
Benevolently minded and learned men, such as Rawley, Wilkins (Warden
of Wadham College, a founder of the Royal Society, and afterwards Bishop of
Chester), Sir William Dugdale, Archbishop Tenison, Dr. Richard Mead, Henry
Carey (Earl of Monmouth) Nicholas Rowe, Stephens, and Mallet, are found
to have used the 287 Seal in books attributed to their names or exertions.
The Earls Berkeley, Burlington, and Arundel, Lord Cherbury, John Milton,
Selden, Richard Boyle, Joseph Glanvill, John Evelyn, Abraham Cowley,
Dr. Sprat, Sir Thomas Meautys, Rev. George Herbert, Elias Ashmole, and
Alexander Pope, may all be said to be more or less suspect as probable
members. It is very possible that after the publication of Bacon's Works
and the erection of the statue to Shakespeare in Westminster Abbey, the
active labours of the Fraternity were brought to a close, and their archives
secretly deposited in some safe place. This may have been in accordance
with the Rules of the Fraternity, and the privily conveyed directions of their
founder. If Bacon, then it may be that he desired the facts about his life
and work to await the period of the discovery of his statements concealed
in various forms in the books he wrote.
The play of Hamlet has two characters, Rosincranse and Guildensterne
Compare Rosencrantz and Knight of the Golden Stone in the Rosicrucian
pamphlets.
NOTANDA
' Wer't aught to me I bore the canopy,
With my extern the outward honoring
Or laid great bases for eternity."
Shakespeare's Sonnets, 1609, No. 125.
From Bacon's MS. Table Book, 1608.
" Layeing for a place to command wytts and pennes. Westminster,
Eton, Wynchester spec Trinity Coll., Cam. ..."
" Qu. Of young schollars in ye universities. It must be the post
nati. . . . Foundae: Of a college for inventors, Library Inginary."
" Qu. Of the order and discipline, the rules and praescripts of their
studyes and inquyries, allowances for travailing, intelligence, and correspond
ence with ye universities abroad."
" Qu. Of the manner and praescripts touching secresy, traditions, and
publication."
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Frotn Illustrations of Masonry, Preston, 1796 (Ninth Edition).
" The art of finding arts must certainly be a most useful art. My Lord
Bacon's Novum Organum is an attempt towards something of the same kind."
" The Emperor Carausius granted the Masons ' a charter, and commanded
Albanus to preside over them as Grand Master.' ' Albanus was born at
Verulam, now St. Albans, in Hertfordshire, of a noble family.' '
From Royal Masonic Cyclopcedia, 1877.
" Saint Alban, the proto-martyr of England, born at Verulam, or Saint
Albans. ... He is the reputed legendary introducer of Freemasonry into
England, but without much violence."
" Grand Masters of England before the Revival of Masonry in 1717.
This list has been collated from several authorities. It is, however, not given
as a fact but as tradition."
" The first Grand Master,
" A.D. 287, Saint Alban, etc."
Chapter VI
OTHER PRIVY SEALS
IN Letters from the Dead to the Dead (London: B. Quaritch), the writer who
prints under the pen-name "Oliver Lector," very appropriately termed
Francis Bacon a " Master Mystic."
His love of mystery and secrecy may have been due to a wish to prepare
for the full revelation of his claims to Fame, at a time long subsequent to his
death.
His openly expressed view of Fame was that which should come to a man
after death rather than accompany him in life.
He had the boldness to bequeath his " Name and Memory to foreign
nations and the next ages." Another account has, " To mine own country
men after some time be passed over." He repeatedly hinted at there being
something to be found out. How, otherwise, are to be understood his
reiterated references to a saying of King Solomon :
' Whereas of the sciences which regard nature, the Holy Philosopher
declares that, ' It is the Glory of God to conceal a thing, but it is the
glory of the King to find it out.' ' —Novum Organum, 1620.
' The glory of God is to conceal a thing, but the glory of the King
is to find it out; as if the Divine Nature, according to the innocent
and sweet play of children, which hide themselves to the end they may
be found, took delight to hide his works to the end they might be
found out." — Advancement of Learning, 1640.
"For so he (King Solomon) saith expressly: ' The Glory of God
is to conceale a thing, but the glory of the King is to find it out.' !
Idem, page 45.
It is unnecessary to refer to all the other places where Solomon's pro
nouncement here quoted is referred to by Francis Bacon, but we may
34 SECRET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS
assume that it profoundly justified his own plans of concealment and
schemes for the means whereby what he had concealed might afterwards
be brought to light. We add quotations from Bacon's Works printed later
than 1640:
" Nay, the same Solomon the King affirmeth directly that the
glory of God is to conceal a thing, but the glory of the King is to
find it out; for in naming the King he meaneth man."- -Valerius
Terminus.
'For concerning all other knowledge the Scripture pronounceth:
' That it is the glory of God to conceal, but it is the glory of man (or
of the King, for the King is but the excellency of man) to invent ' ;
and again : ' The spirit of man is as the lamp of God, wherewith he
searcheth every secret.' ' —Filum Labyrinthi.
This last passage has the character of an explanation Ad Filios, of the ethic
of the practice of concealment.
The Manes Verulamiani is a collection of thirty-three Latin dirges by
various literary men, in lament at the death of the Great Verulam, Francis
Bacon. They were collected and published by W. Rawley in 1626. One of
these writers, in reference to Bacon's writings, used the expression—
' Pars sepulta Jacet,"
which has been taken to mean that some of Bacon's writings had been
deliberately hidden.
One may assume that they were intended to be eventually identified and
proved as his work. Then only could his efforts for the benefit of the English
race and language be reviewed as a whole, and in the calm of many years
after his death. Those whom he seems to have banded together to carry
on his beneficent work in secrecy were doubtless subjected to the pledge of
the Rosy Cross rule of silence for a hundred years.
He may even have directed that his secrets should even then only be
allowed to come to light by the usual processes of the mind of man — first,
Doubt; S2cond, Enquiry; third, Discovery — in short, by inductive methods
of reasoning.
Discovery does not seem to have occurred in the order planned. Interior
secrets seem to have been reached first. Yet the Seals were probably
expected to be the premier discovery:
REVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA 35
It would appear that the first glory of man was expected to be the finding
of the 287 Impresa, " That Banner with the strange Device," so prominently
and persistently offered to the earnest worker upon the problem.
" Numbers " are mentioned in important places in the Folio.
To the Great Variety of Readers :
' There ye are numbered
Absolute in their numbers."
Love's Labour Lost.
Below the long word on page 136, Pedagogue implores: " What is the
figure ? What is the figure ?"
Armado's letter, on page 124, counts 287.
Braggart (on next page at the top) : " A most fine Figure."
Boy: " To prove you a cipher."
Ben Jonson, in Discoveries, refers to Bacon as " he who hath filled up all
numbers." He may have had a double meaning.
Scorn is poured on mere word-hunting :
Love's Labour Lost (Page 136).
Pedagogue: " I abhor . . ., such rackers of ortagriphie."
Boy: " They have liv'd long on the almes-basket of words."
Hamlet (Page 261).
Polonius: " What do you read, my Lord ?"
Hamlet: " Words, words, words."
But the editors went on discussing " words," and were unprepared for
" numbers." Believing the Folio text to be most carelessly inaccurate, they
concentrated upon putting it straight. Modern Shakespeare editions are
thus of no value to those of the great variety of Readers, who otherwise
might have applied some talent to the elucidation of the reasons for the seem
ing flaws in a book of evidently so much value and import. Had they sought
the help of mathematicians, progress would have been faster.
Examination of the Folio and other books of the Elizabethan and
seventeenth-century periods, from a mathematical point of view, may be
expected to unravel many matters of historical value.
The further Seals we have noticed are probably only on the threshold of
inquiry.
3 > SECRET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS
These Seals are numerical references to " Bacon " —namely, the numbers
33, 66, 100, and 111. This is probably by no means an exhaustive list.
Number 33 is the total figure value of the name Bacon in letters of the
alphabet of that day, A being represented by the figure 1, B by the figuro
2, and so on— B, 2; A, 1; C, 3; 0, 14; N, 13. Total 33.
Number 66 is the same simple total of the figures representing the letters
in the Latin signature " Fra. Baconi."
Number 100 is the simple count of the letters in " Francis Bacon " viz.,
Francis 67, Bacon 33.
Number 111, which also frequently appears, is the Kaye cipher count
of the name " Bacon"— viz., B, 28; A, 27; C, 29; 0, 14, and N, 13. Total
111.
Number 287, as already mentioned, is the Kaye count of the letters in
' Fra. Rosicrosse."
Even as late as the fifth edition (1707) of Bishop Wilkins' Mathematical
Magick, page 136 is so arranged that, after 150 roman words, the word
" Francis," in " Francis Rosicrosse," is the 151st. Total 287.
A possible corroboration of the interpretation of Number 66 is that the
last word of the Manes pages, Advancement of Learning, 1640, is " Baconi,"
and the first three letters overleaf " Fra." Of course, until some direction
be found for connecting the word with the letters overleaf the conjunction
is not evidence, more particularly as another print of the Advancement of
Learning spells the word " Baconis."
' Francisci Baconi " is, however, printed on the title-page of De Sapienta
Veterum, 1609, the first work of Bacon published in Latin.
' B. Fra." is the signature on some letters to Burleigh in 1580.
The name " Francisci Baconi " is also on Bacon's Latin Opera, published
by Rawley in 1638, and on the Opuscula Varia Posthuma, 1658.
As to the illustrations below, we have looked mostly at the openings and
endings of the books for the particular Seal Numbers 33 and 66. Numbers
100 and 111 may also have been frequently given together with other numerical
Seals we have not had time to trouble with. Experience satisfies us that
these particular numerical Seals are in most of the books examined, though
we cannot confidently affirm that we have always hit upon the correct group
of words and letters placed for discovery.
Nevertheless, the results obtained and here set out are offered as cumulative
circumstantial evidence of the intentional insertion of the numerical signatures
or privy Seals in question.
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REFERENCE PLATE.
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ILLUSTRATIONS
A Choice of Emblems, 1586
Epistle Dedicatorie (last paragraph) :
Italic words
Last line but one. Italic letters
Last line. Italic letters
Add figures in the date 1585 . .
To the Reader :
Words in last line
Add all the figures
Geffrey Whitney
King John, 1591
Printer's name has 33 letters.
14
19
66
33
33
7
24
2
33
Ditto (Part 2)
Printer's name has 33 letters.
Words in last four lines, 33 letters.
Venus and Adonis, 1593
The two Latin lines have 66 letters.
Lucrece, 1594
Second page. 2nd, 3rd, and 4th lines together, 66 letters.
First four lines of poem and two lines of heading contain 33 words.
Contention, 1594 (Part 1)
Fourth line on title-page, 33 letters.
Last Scene, 33 lines. Last line, 33 letteic.
Taming of a Shrew, 1594
Title-page. Words
Figures in date 1594 total
Last page, 33 italic letters.
47
19
66
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True Tragedie, 1595
Title-page, 33 words.
(Millington being part roman and part italic, not counted.)
Last five lines, 33 words.
Last line, 33 letters.
Romeo and Juliet, 1597
Title-page, 33 words (counting L).
Prologue, 66 italic words (omitting those in brackets and counting
" starre-crost " as two).
Page 1 1 . Portion on this page of letter contains 33 italic words. Attention
drawn by word " Countie."
Last five lines, 33 roman words.
Richard II. , 1597
Title-page. First four lines, 33 letters.
First page. First four lines, 66 letters.
All the headings, each 33 letters.
Richard III., 1597
Title-page, 66 words, omitting two lines of capital letter size type.
Last four lines :
Roman words . . . . . . . . 34
Less italic word 1
33
Love's Labour Lost, 1598
Title-page. 6th line, 33 letters.
Henry IV., 1598 (Part 1)
Title-page. 4th and 5th lines contain 33 letters.
Seventh and 8th lines contain 33 letters.
Last eight lines, words in roman, 66.
Last four, words in roman, 33.
Famous Victories, 1598
Title-page. First four lines, 33 letters.
Top line of last page, 33 letters.
Last eight lines of play, 33 words.
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Romeo and Juliet (No date)
Title-page. First line in italics, 33 letters.
Page 13. The Nurse's long speech has 287 italic words. The next line
33 roman letters.
Page 86. First four lines of Friar's speech, 33 words, the 5th of 33 letters.
Last four lines of play :
Words ..32
Add "Finis" 1
33
Passionate Pilgrime, 1599
No sigil found.
Much Ado About Nothing, 1600
Title-page. 1st line of italics, 33 letters.
" London " and " Printed by, etc.," together, 33 letters.
Last two lines of play :
Roman letters . . . . . . . . 75
Less italic letters . . . . . . . . 9
66
Merchant of Venice, 1600
Title-page. 9th and 10th lines, 33 letters.
" Printed by J. Roberts," 17 letters. Date 1600 = 16 = 33.
First line of play (omitting large ornamental A), 33 letters.
Last two lines of play, 66 roman letters.
Last line . . . . . . . . . . 32 letters
Add letters in " Exeunt " . . . . 6
38
Deduct " Finis " .. .. .. 5
33
Merchant of Venice (Second Edition)
Title page. 4th line, 33 roman letters. 6th line, 33 roman and italic
letters, llth line, 33 roman and italic letters.
First page of play. Actors' names line and first line have 33 roman
letters.
Last two lines of play, 66 roman and italic letters.
Last line (same as previous edition).
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Titus and Andronicus, 1600
Title-page. First two lines of printer's footnote have 33 letters.
Last page. Last line 33 letters.
Henry IV., 1600 (Part 2)
Title-page. 5th and 6th lines, 33 roman letters.
Third italic line, 33 letters.
First two lines of printer's footnote, 33 letters.
Page 83 (which gives the 287 sigil), has on its first three lines:
Roman letters . . . . . . . . . . 71
Deduct italic letters . . . . . . 5
66
Shakespeare's Sonnets, 1609
Second page. After " By our ever-living Poet," the 8th, 9th, and 10th
lines contain 33 letters.
Last pages of Sonnets :
All words in Sonnet 153 .. .. .. ..Ill
All words on last page of Sonnets . . . . . . Ill
A Lover's Complaint (Bound up with the Sonnets).
Last page but one. Bottom line, 33 letters.
Last page :
Verses 45 and 46 . . . . . . . . 91
Add letters in The Lovers . . . . . . . . 9
100
Last verse number . . . . . . 47
Words in last verse 53
100
Henry V., 1600
Title-page. 4th line contains 33 letters.
5th and 6th lines contain 33 letters.
Last two lines of play each has 33 letters.
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Richard III., 1602
Title-page. Last line but one, 33 letters.
Omitting the first two lines in very large type, there remain 48 roman
words. Add the figures in the date — as 16 and 2 :
Total .. .. ..18
48
66
Last page. Bottom line, 33 letters.
Last four lines of play:
Roman words . . . . : . . . 34
Deduct italic word . . . . . . . . . . 1
33
Merry Wives of Windsor, 1602
Title-page. Roman and italic letters, 66.
The first five lines of the play have 66 roman and italic words.
Last page. Last eight lines, 66 roman and italic words. Omit the
symbol but include " Exit Omnes."
Hamlet, 1603
Title-page :
Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 47
Figures in date, added as 16 + 3 = . . . . 19
66
Last line. 38 roman, less 5 italic, in " Finis " = 33.
Hamlet, 1604
Title-page :
Printer's footnote. Roman letters . . . . 86
Deduct ths date 16 + 4 as . . . . , . 20
66
Last nine lines and " Finis," comprise roman and italic words, 66.
King Lear, 1608
Title-page. 3rd and 7th lines, 33 letters each.
Last two lines of play :
Roman letters . . . . . . . . . . 67
Deduct for " Finis " . . . . 1
66
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Same (Second Edition)
Title-page. 6th and 7th lines, 66 letters.
Last seven lines :
Words 65
Add "Finis" 1
66
Henry V., 1608
Title-page. First four lines have 66 letters.
Last four lines of play, 33 words.
RicJiard II. , 1608
Title-page. First three lines, 33 letters.
Last line but two, 33 letters.
First page of play. First four lines, 66 letters.
Last page, 66 italic letters.
Pericles, 1609
Nothing found (but see Appendix).
Troylus and Cressida, 1609
There are two title-pages. The real reason for the second title-page is
probably that young Watley, the printer, had not followed his instructions.
The first title-page gives no sigil which could be relied upon.
Second title-page (" The Famous"), has 33 italic letters in the 4th line,
and 66 roman words in all.
Last line:
Roman letters . . . . . . . . 71
Deduct letters in " Finis '' . . . . . . . . 5
66
The Whole Contention (Part 1 ; no Date)
Title-page. First line of italics, 33 letters.
Last line of play, 33 letters.
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The Whole Contention (Part 2)
Last four lines of the play :
Words .. .. .. ..31
Add " Exeunt Omnes " . . . . . . 2
33
Richard III., 1622
Title-page. 7th line :
Italic letters . . . . . . . . . . 41
Less roman . . . . . . . . 8
33
Second line of printer's footnote. Roman letters, 33.
Last line of play, 33 letters.
Othello, 1622
Title-page. 2nd and 3rd lines, 33 letters.
Roman and italic words . . . . . . 55
Add figures in date . . . . . . . . 11
66
First line of play, 33 letters (omitting the large ornamental letter which
never seems to be counted).
The last line sigil is very doubtful, so is not recorded here.
Richard II., 1634
This edition does not appear to be sealed.
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Chapter VII
SHAKESPEARE PLAYS FOLIO, 1623
THE numerical sigils 33, 66, 100, and 111 are very plentiful in the Folio. We
repeat again that our list being mostly confined to vestibules and ends of
plays can by no means be considered exhaustive.
Even in those places they seem to be available in several instances by
alternative methods to guard against their being overlooked by searchers.
The ingenuity displayed in the composition of some of them is remarkable.
In the first place we noticed that a full column of a Folio page contained
66 lines, and, of course, a half column 33.
We cannot say if this was exceptional at the period. We only note it, with
the remark that one or two books in Folio, of about that date, available to
our inspection have fewer lines in a column.
Tempest
Last page. Deduct the 5 letters in " Finis " from the 71 italic words = 66.
The last pages of all these various plays are interesting from the ingenious
use as counting material of such words as " Finis," " Exit,"'" Exeunt," " Exit
Omnes," etc.
Last page :
In names of Actors, italic words . . . . . . 61
Add roman letters in " Finis " . . . . . . 5
66
Merry Wives
Last page. Last three lines :
Roman letters . . . . . . . . . . 71
Deduct letters in " Finis " . . . . . . 5
66
44
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Measure for Measure
Last page. In the names of the Actors there are 62 italic words, and the
figure 2 appears twice. Total 66.
Comedie of Errors
Last speech contains :
Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 23
Add italic letters . . . . . . . . 10
33
Much Adoe About Nothing
Last two lines have :
Roman letters : . . . . . . . . . 75
Deduct italic letters . . . . . . 9
66
Love's Labour Lost
Last three lines. Roman letters, 66.
Midsummer Night's Dreame
Last Speech of play :
Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 87
Deduct italic letters . . . . . . 20
67
Deduct word " Finis " . . . . . . 1
66
Merchant of Venice
Last two lines. Roman and italic letters, 66.
As You Like It
Last line of each column together have :
Roman letters to total of . . . . . . . . 70
Deduct letters of italic word " Exit " . . . . . . 4
66
Twelfe Night
Last three lines contain 66 italic letters, reckoning " &c " as two.
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The Winter's Tale
Last two lines in the names of the Actors contain 66 italic letters.
History of King John
Last page contains 66 italic letters, in the names of the Actors in the
Play-
Last Speech contains:
79 roman words and 10 italic letters . . . . . . 89
Add page number . . . . . . . . . . 22
111
Richard II.
Last Speech has:
Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 121
Deduct italic letters . . . . . . 11
110
Add for " Finis " .. .. .. .. .. 1
111
Last two lines, 66 roman letters.
Henry IV. (Part 1)
Last Speech contains :
Roman words . . . . . . . . S3
Italic letters . . . . . . . . 25
Roman words in brackets 3
Last Scene:
111
Henry IV. (Part 2)
Roman words . . . . . . . . 83
Italic letters . . . . . . . . 31
114
Deduct roman words in brackets . . . . . . 3
111
Epilogue :
Real page number . . . . . . . . 99
Unbracketed roman letters . . . . . . 33
66
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Henry V.
Chorus at the end contains 111 roman words.
Henry VI. (Part 1)
Last Speech :
Roman words . . . . . . .,'„ 49
Italic letters . . . . . . . . 17
66
Henry VI. (Part 2)
Last line has 33 roman letters.
Henry VI. (Part 3)
Last page. Top of left column the paragraph has the direction, " Counting
my selfe."
Therefore counting the paragraph gives :
Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 144
Deduct the word in brackets 1
143
The difference between the real page (204) and the wrong
paged number (172) is . . . . . . 32
111
Last lines:
Roman letters . . . . . . . . 69
Less italic words (2) and " Finis " (1) . . . . 3
66
Richard III.
Last line has 33 roman letters.
Henry VIII.
Last two lines in the Epilogue contain 66 italic letters.
Troylus and Cressida
Last two lines contain :
Roman letters . . . . . . • • 72
Deduct italic letters . . . . • • • • 6
66
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Coriolanus
Last Scene contains :
Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 180
Deduct roman words in brackets . . . . . . 9
171
Deduct the 61 italic letters . . . . . . 61
110
Add for the word " Finis " .. .. .. 1
111
Titus Andronicus
Last two lines of left-hand column each contains 33 roman letters
Total 66.
Romeo and Juliet
The last two lines contain:
Roman and italic letters . . . . . . 64
The printer's mark being put close to add as letters . . 2
66
Timon of Athens
After the end of the play begin with " Finis," and count all words on the
next page devoted to the names of the Actors. Total 66.
The letters in the last two lines of the left column of Actors' names (30),
added to the letters in the last two lines of the right column (36), total 66.
Julius Ccesar
Last two lines of the play contain 61 roman letters. Add the 5 roman
letters in " Finis " - 66
Macbeth
Last Speech contains :
Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 129
Italic letters 19
110
Add for " Finis " .. .. .. .. .. 1
111
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Hamlet
The correct number of the last page is . . 174
The last Speech contains roman and italic words . . 68
111
King Lear
The last line of each column on the last page have, together, 66 roman
letters.
Othello
The last two lines of the play contain 72 roman letters. Deduct the 6
italic letters — leaves 66.
Names of the Actors at the end. The last two lines in each of the two
columns together contain 66 letters.
Anthony and Cleopatra
Last Speech contains :
Roman words . . . . . . . . 98
Deduct the italic letters . . . . . . 27
71
Deduct the 5 in " Finis " . . . . . . 5
66
Cymbeline
Last line of play :
Roman letters . . . . . . . . 38
Deduct 5 roman words bracketed . . . . . . 5
33
The roman letters of the last line of each column on the last page
total 73. Deduct the 6 italics in " Exeunt "—leaves. 67. Then deduct 1 for
the word " Finis " —leaves 66.
The total letters in the heading and footnote, which are
in the same description of type, is . . . . . . 79
Deduct " Finis "
78
Deduct the total of the numerals in 1623
66
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Adding as single figures the actual or wrong page number, 993 = 21, to
the figures in the correct page number, 291 12 — makes a total of 33.
The last Speech contains :
Roman words . . . . . . . . 69
Italic letters . . . . . . . . 18
Roman letters bracketed . . . . . . 24
111
Deduct from the wrong page number . . . . . . 993
The correct page number of the Folio . . . . 893
100
You obtain the total figures in the name " Francis Bacon."
Prince Charles, afterwards Charles L, when he saw Lord Chancellor Bacon,
after his removal from office, driving in his coach with about a hundred
gentlemen attendants on horseback, remarked, " That man scorns to go out
with a snuff."
The man, or men, responsible for the 1623 Folio scorned to end it without
a blaze of typographical fireworks on the last page.
THE first edition of this work is dated 1621. It purports to have been printed
at Oxford for Henry Cripps by John Lichfield and James Short, as were also
the second edition in 1624, the third in 1628, and the fourth in 1632. The
fifth, published in 1638 by Henry Cripps, appears to have been printed in
Edinburgh, and the sixth in 1652 was printed by R. W. of London for Henry
Cripps of Oxford. At the end of the 1632 edition is the following address:
To THE READER
Be pleased to know (Courteous Reader) that since the last Im
pression of this Book the ingenuous Author of it is deceased,
leaving a Copy of it, exactly corrected, with severall considerable
Additions by his own hand; This Copy he committed to my care
and custody, with directions to have those additions inserted in
the next Edition : which in order to his command, and the Pub-
licke Good, is faithfully performed in this last Impression.
H. C.
We invite attention to two things in this notice. The first is that there are
no " considerable Additions " to the 1638 edition in this of 1652, as the former
contains 809 pages and the latter 810, the unpaged synopsis not included.
The pages of the latter do not contain more printed matter on them, as many
pages are word for word the same, commencing and finishing on the same
letter. Even several mispaginations are alike in the two editions.
Then why did Henry Cripps speak of the " ingenuous Author " and not
" Robert Burton," the real author of the book ? For it must not be over
looked that only in the first edition does the name of Robert Burton appear,
and then not on the title-page, but at the end of an Epilogue entitled " The
Conclusion to the Reader. ' ' This Epilogue was omitted from the later edition s,
and only the name of Democritus junior appears as the author.
In the 1624 or second edition, as if to compensate for the absence of Robert
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Burton's name, certain references are made to his family, etc., none of which
are in the first edition: " To my brother Ralfe Burton " (p. 445). " To W.
Burton, mine elder brother " (p. 12). "To Lindley, where was my father's
house, and to my mother " (pp. 220 and 324).
To the third edition of 1628 a new frontispiece was added, composed of
ten little engravings, one of which is a portrait with the name under it of
' Democritus junior."
In the fourth edition of 1632, each of these little engravings has a number
given to it, and verses are put on the opposite page descriptive of the drawings
The verses are called " The Argument of the Frontispeice," and the verse
to the Democritus portrait is as follows :
" Now last of all to fill a place
Presented is the Author's face,
And in that habit which he weares
His Image to the world appeares.
His minde no art can well expresse.
That by his writings you may gr.esse
It was not pride, nor yet vaineglory
(Though others doe it commonly)
' Made him doe this; if you must know,
The Printer would needs have it so.
Then doe not frowne or scofTe at it,
Deride not, or detract a whit,
For surely as thou dost by him
He will doe the same againe.
Then looke upon't, behold and see;
As thou likest it, so it likes thee."
These lines are similar in idea to those in the First Folio, opposite the
portrait of Shakespeare. The Anatomy and the 1623 Shakespeare Folio
have another thing in common : both exhibit the 287 seal in a preliminary
verse. In the Folio, as has already been shewn, the seal is very simple, the
verse consisting of 287 letters. In the Anatomy verse it is more involved,
but none the less shewn, for there are 506 italic words, 173 roman letters, and
46 in figures, the two latter added together making 219, and this total being
deducted from the total italic words leaves the 287 seal.
There are several references in the various editions of the Anatomy
to the Rosy Cross brotherhood — namely :
In the 1621 edition, on p. 68, is the following: " I should here except that
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omniscious, only wise fraternitie* of St. Roses Crosse, if at least there be any
such: as Hen. Neuhusius makes a doubt of: and Elias artifex their Theo-
phrastian master: For they are all betrothed to wisedome, if we may
beleeve their disciples and followers."
In the 1624 and later editions is added to the above after " master " as
follows: " Whom though Libavius and others deride and carpe at, yet some
will have him to be the renuer of all arts and sciences, and now living, for so
Johannes Montanus Strigoniensis that great patron of Paracelsus contends
and certainely avertes, a most divine man, and the quintescence of wisdome
wheresoever he is, for he, his fraternity, friends, etc., they are all betrothed to
wisdome, if we may beleeve their Disciples arid followers."
In the 1621 (p. 55) and in the 1624: " Wee had need of some generall visiter
in our age, that should reforme what is amisse." To which the 1628 (p. 58)
and later editions add : " A just army of Rosie Crosse men, for they will amend
all matters (they say) Religion, Policy, manners, with arts, sciences," etc.
The 1621 (p. 467) and later editions have: "Let Paracelsus . . . and the
brethren of St. Roses crosse defend themselves as they may."
Lastly, the 1632 (p. 281) and later editions : " But our Alcumists meethinks
and Rosie Crosse men afford most rarieties, and are fuller of experiments," etc.
The Rosicrucian numeral signature 287 is shewn in the first edition of 1621 :
On the first title-page are 164 roman letters of large type, and on the
second page 123, making together 287. (Note. — The w's are really two y's,
the " s " in philosophically and the " a " in historically are roman and not
italic letters.)
Pr.ge 1 of Democritus to the Reader contains 208 roman words, and there
are 79 italic letters on the second title-page, which added, make 287.
If the roman words from the commencement be counted, the 287th word
is " bee," which is immediately above the significant words " I have masked
myself e under this visard."
On page 68, which has the first reference to the fraternitie of St. Roses
Crosse, there are 276 roman words, counting Low-countries as two, and four
figures, 2, 2, 3, 4 = 11, which add, making 237.
Page 1 of the first partition contains 170 roman and italic words, and in the
heading 116 roman and italic letters and 1 italic capital as a turnover word,
together making 287.
* Fratres sanctae Roseae crucis.
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The Second Partition commences on page 287, which might be considered
sufficient in itself, but counting from the first word " inveterate," this page
contains 135 roman words and 84 italic letters, and there are also 68 italic
letters in the marginal notes, together making 287.
On page 495 the Third Partition commences. This page contains 137
roman words and 134 italic letters, and there are 16 roman and italic words in
the heading, making 287.
The last two pages of the work are 782 and 783. The first of these is 287
backwards, and the second has a 2 just above.
The last subsection (called 6 in the heading and 5 at the top of the next
page) contains exactly 287 roman words.
Page 783, the last one, contains 208 roman words and 79 italic letters;
total 287, counting the symbol " &c." in both types as 1.
In the Couclusion to the Reader, on the last 2 pages, counting from the last
marginal note at " It now remains," there are 373 roman words and 86 roman
words in brackets. These latter being deducted leave 287.
<^
The above facts furnish strong prima facie proof that the author was one
of the Rosie Crosse brethren and used the " 287 " sigil.
In the " Bi-literal cipher of Francis Bacon " (by Mrs. Elizabeth Wells
Gallup), on pnge 111, Bacon claims the authorship of the Anatomy of
Melincholy in these words: " When you have fully decypher'd this, you will
not at once see our next worke. . . . Th' worke beareth the title of th'
Anatomy of Melancholy, and will bee put forth by Burton."
Is there anything in the work itself (apart from the personal cipher signa
tures, which will next be considered) to cause one to doubt whether Burton
wa-; the real author ? The following extracts would seem to do so :
Page 1, Democritus to the Reader: ' I presume thou wilt be very in
quisitive to knowe what personate Actor this is, that so insolently intrudes
upon this common Theater, to the worlds view, arrogating another mans
name," etc.
' Seeke not after that which is hid, if the contents please thee, and bee for
thy use, suppose the man in the Moone, or whom thou wilt to bee the Author:
I would not willingly be knowne."
Page 2: Although there bee some other circumstances for which I have
masked my selfe under this visard, and some peculiar respects, which I cannot
so well expressed '
After this, at the end of the first edition, but in none of the later ones,
appears the following, extracted from the Got/elusion of the Author to the
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Reader. (Note. — Whenever a conspicuous word like " conclusion " is spelt
wrongly, look out for something hidden.) :
" I intended at first to have concealed my selfe, but secundae cogitationes,
etc., for some reasons I have altered mine intent, and am willing to subscribe."
The Epilogue ends with the name " Robert Burton." This explanation
may be accepted for the first edition, but why should not the later ones openly
bear Burton's name, as the Epilogue was suppressed in these ? Great care
seems to have been taken not to put anything in the work likely to discredit
the belief in Robert Burton's authorship, but the two following passages
seem to do so. On page 50 of Democritus to the Reader the writer is refer
ring to laws and lawyers, and says :
" A Deede (as I have oft seen), to convey e a whole Manour, was implicite
contained in some twenty lines or thereabouts. But now many skinnes of
Parchment will scarce serve turne, he that buys and selles a house, must have
a house full of writings, there be so many circumstances, so many words,
such Tautologicall repetitions of all particulars (to avoid cavillation they say),
but we find by our wofull experience, that to subtile wits it is a cause of much
more contention and variance, and scarce any Conveiance so accurately
penned by one, which another will not find a crack in, or cavell at, if one
word be misplaced, any little error, all is disanulled." Then later, speaking
about lawsuits, he says: " And at this present, as I have heard in some one
court I know not how many 1000 causes."
Do not the passages in italics seem rather the words of a lawyer or
judge than of this divine who on page 3 reminds us " that I have liv'd a silent,
sedentary, solitary, private life, mihi and musis, in the University this twentie
yeares, and more, penned up most part in my study."?
The other passage to which attention is called is in the Couclusion of the
Author to the Reader. The writer says: " It is most true, st}dus viram
arguit, our style bewray es us, and as hunters find their game by the trace,
I have laid my selfe open (I know it) in this Treatise." How could Burton
have been betrayed by his style ? He was a new author if he wrote the book.
There are other oddities in the Anatomy pages. On the first title-
page, when considering the 287 signature, attention was drawn to the w's,
shewn as v's, and to the roman letters " s " and " a," put wliere italic letters
should have been used. These letters were probably selected, not only to
make the 287 count correct, but to represent " Viscount St. Alban " (V.S.A,).
There are references in the Anatomy to finds at Old Verularn (St. Albans)
which Robert Burton could hardly have known of.
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On this same title-page there is a Latin quotation— " Omne meum, NihiJ
meum " (" 'Tis all mine and none mine "), as the author gives the translation
on page 9. The quotation in itself is significant, but why is " Macrobius "
shortened to " Macrob," and the quotation put after the name of its author
instead of before ? Why was a capital letter put to " Nihil " when, as on
page 9, a small one would be correct ? An anagrammatic signature certainly
resulted :
MACROB Mr. Bacon.
N
Bacon made no scruple of referring to himself as Mr. Bacon in his
Apophthegms, published in 1625. In the 1624 edition of the Anatomy the
anagram is shewn even more plainly. We give facsimiles of both title-pages.
It will be observed that the words " by the Author " have been placed
over the word " Macrob," and the Capital " N " is in a larger type than the
" 0 " to call attention to it, the " 0 " often being used to indicate cipher. It
now reads " By the Author Mr. Bacon."
While looking at the 1624 title-page, it will be noticed that the 287 count,
though still shewn, is altered. There are now 368 roman letters of large size.
Deduct 81 large italics=287. Page 1 contains 314 roman words and there
are 27 large type letters in the heading, which deducted leave 287.
In the 1621 edition there is a suspicion of an anagram on the first page
of Democritus to the Reader : " / am/ree feorne and " (I am Fr. B.)
In the 1628 edition this has been improved upon, for by the addition of
one or two extra words and capital letters, this is shewn as :
/ am a/ree man borne
who can com- ' I am Fr. Bacon.
On page 287 of the 1621 edition, there would seem to be several anagrams
of the name " Bacon " :
The 2nd line has " bee a con "
The 5th line has "ba Con"
The 8th line has "bCon"
The 18th line has " bee con "
Let us now consider the numerical personal cipher signatures. In a previous
chapter it will be recalled that the numerical signatures very frequently
used in other books examined are the 33 (" Bacon ") and 66 (" Fra Baconi ")
in the simple count, and the 111 (" Bacon ") of the Kaye count. They are
also a feature of the Anatomy.
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First title-page : 66 roman and italic words not counting the date. There
are 33 roman and italic letters in the three lines immediately above the name
" Democritus junior " and 33 in the next belowihe name.
The last three lines of the printer's foot-note contain 49 roman letters,
7 italic letters, and in figures 10 — together 66.
First page of Democritus to the Reader contains 66 completed italic words.
First page of the First Partition : In the marginal notes are the following
figures: 3.6.5.3.5.1.4.2.4, which added together make 33.
The first page of the Third Partition has 33 italic words in the marginal
notes.
The last two pages of the work itself are 782 and 783. On page 782 the
member and subsection are called 1 and 3, but should really be 2 and 5. This
error appears to have been made intentionally, to make the large figures
on these two pages 3.4.1.3.782.6.3.4.2.5.783. to add together to make 66.
In the two headings on these two pages there are 41 italic letters, and
on the same line as the headings are figures — 3.4.1.3.3.4.2.5. — together 25.
Add the above 41 letters, making 66.
On the last page (783) there are 208 roman words. Add the 79 italic
letters to the addition of the page number 783=18 plus 79 makes 97, which
deducted from 208 leaves 111.
There are six stars at the end, and then follow 27 large roman letters,
making 33.
The Conclusion to the Reader commences by saying: " The last Section
shall be mine, to cut the strings of Democritus visor, to unmaske and shew
him as he is." And thoroughly he does try to shew us, by his Cipher signa
tures in these last seven pages, who he really was. The first page of the Con
clusion has 33 lines.
In the marginal notes there are 17 italic words and the figures 9.1.6.-
equals 16, which added to the 17 make 33.
Page 2: In the margin are 42 roman letters and the figures 1.5.3.—
equal 9, which deducted leaves 33. If all the small italic letters ex
cepting " Fr. Bacon " are counted, there are 33. Result: " Fr. Bacon, 33."
(" Annal " is in a larger type, so must not be included.)
Page 3 : In the margin there are 33 italic letters.
Page 4: The top group of marginal notes contains 87 letter s=Fra'cis Bacon.
The lower group of seven lines contains 66 letters.
Page 5 has only 17 italic letters and the figure 3, which would not give a
signature. But going on the principle that the cipher would be on every page
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having marginal notes, the investigator added all the small italic marginal
letters together, excepting the " Fr. Bacon"; the result was as follows:
There are 321 small italic letters, 28 in figures, and there are 6 large italic
letters (the letter u in the fifth line of the first page and the word " annal "
on the second).
321 less 28=293 less 6=287, thus leaving " Fr. Bacon, 287."
If all the figures in the Couclusion to the Reader are added together, both
in the text and the margins, the result is: 9.1.6.15.3.50.300.3.17.8.5.1620.
—equals 66.
(Note. — The O's being nulls or non-significants are not counted.)
If the little dashes (----) like those in the third line of the first page
before the word " amphora " are counted, they will be found to total 33.
(Note. — On the fourth page one is a dot, and so is not counted.)
The Errata on the final page is well worth examination. The first re
markable circumstance about the 17 lines of Errata is that there are over
20 mistakes in them. In 14 cases the wrong line is given, in 4 the wrong
page, 3 are out of their proper rotation of page number, in 1 there is no altera
tion whatever, " transire " in the Errata being also " transire " in the book.
In about 12 cases the alterations seem unnecessary; for instance:
» *
" pulvinari " is altered to " pulvenari "
" pa " is altered to " pagi "
' Valentinian " is altered to " Valentine "
Neither of these are altered in the next edition, excepting that " pa " appears
as " pag," then—
" infelicity " is altered to " infelicitie "
' Lewes " is altered to " Lues "
" Clitemnestra " is altered to " Clytem.ne.stra "
It is evident from the above that these Errata were inserted for other
objects than the usual one.
Omitting all abbreviations, such as r. for read, 1. for line, p. for page,
mar., hemor., etc., also the words enclosed in parentheses, it will be found
there are 287 italic letters in the completed words = " Fra Rosicrosse."
There are also 132 roman letters, which in simple count stands for " Francis
St. Alban " or " Lord Verulam."
The figures in the Errata also have a cryptic use, as is shewn below. The
O's being nulls or non-significants are not shewn.
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59
6.1
1.3
1.9
1.8
2.6
1.3
1.1
2.8,
3.2
3.6
4.9
1.3
5.8
6.2
6.7
2.4
.3.9.8.2.2.
1.8.3.4.1.1.6.1.6.
1.1.3.1.4.8.1.6.1.5.4.2.6.1.6.0.
6.2.1.8.7.3.6
1.2.7.7.2.3.1.2
4.1.2.1.1.2.4.1.1.4.2.5.2.1.2.6.9.
6.5.1.6.2.2.4.1.1.
3.0.8.3.2.9.5.2.3.2.1.2. ..
4.2.1.9.1.3.3.5.1.8.1.9. ..
7.1.9.3.9.
L2!4!l.Ll'.6.4.1.4.2.9.4.6.'3.
3.5.5.9.9.6.1.2.2.2.
.3.3.6.6.3.5.6.6.5.1.6.1.1.
3.2.5.7.3.1.1.6.7.3.5.7.4.4.
7.4.8.7.6.4.8.7.6.7.7.7.3.
Total
Deduct
Leaves
ERRATA
t
66
- 35/
42/1]
33
52
30]
50U32
52
4\
57j
- 87
773
287
486
" Fra Baconi " (simple count).
"Bacon" (Kaye).
" Bacon " (simple)
" Sir F. B." (simple).
" Lord Verulam " or " Francis
St. Alban" (simple).
" Francis Bacon " (simple).
•• '^ »
" Fr. St. A." (simple).
" Francisco Bacono " (simple)
" Fra'cis Bacon " (simple)
" Fra Rosicrosse " (Kaye).
" Franciscus de Verulamio "
(Kaye).
The last signature total is as used in Bacon's Novum Organum, 1620, on the second
page.
Note. — The fourth figure on the eighth line should be a " 2," but the type has been
altered to look like an " 0." This alteration is in two copies of the 1621 that we have
examined.
Chapter IX
OTHER PRIVATE SEALS
Bright's Treatise of Melancholy, 1586 (Vantrollier's Edition)
Title-page. 12th, 13th, and 14th lines, 66 letters.
Last two lines of last page contain 33 letters.
Faults escaped. 2nd line of italic, 33 letters.
Lines (with words) on the page, 33 letters.
Same, 1586 (Windet's Edition)
Title-page. 14th, 15th, and 16th lines contain 33 letters.
Last line of the Epistle :
Roman letters . . . . . . . . 18
The date .. .. .. .. ..23
The year 1586 .. .. .. .. ..20
Five italic words . . ... . . . . . . 5
66
Last two lines of last page. Letters, 33.
Same (1613 Edition)
Title-page. The four lines immediately above the name of Author,
Letters, 66.
Last line of title-page. Data 1613, if added as 16 + 13 = 29 + 4
words = 33.
Last page of Epistle. First three lines, letters 66.
Last page. 32 roman and 1 italic word, 33.
Bacon's Advancement of Learning, 1605
Title-page. Last line but one. Small roman letters, 33.
Last two pages. Small italic letters, 33.
Spenser's Faerie Queene, 1611
Title-page. Counting " Arch-poet " as 2, there are 33 words.
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The line " Edw. Spenser," and the one above, contain together 33 roman
letters.
The two last lines (printer's footnote) contain 33 roman and italic letters.
Page 1. Last line of the completed Canto, 33 roman letters.
The last page has the date 16012, the 0 being of smaller size. This may
indicate that a cipher of some kind has been placed in the book. Printer's
footnote contains 33 roman and italic letters.
Page with the verse to the Countess of Pembroke. Last page of all
contains :
Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 113
Less italic words . . . . . . . . . . 2
111
Ben Jonson's Works, 1616
Ben Jonson in his Dedication states that a certain " happy genius "'
had collaborated in " Sejanus." In his verse to Bacon, on the latter's sixtieth
birthday, Jonson writes:
' Hail, happy genius of this ancient pile."
The biliteral decipher claims " Sejanus " to have been written by Bacon,
and that it contains in it the rules for working Bacon's word-cipher.
Title-page. The two lines above the Author's name contain 23 letters,
and the date 1603, added as 10, makes 33.
There are 76 italic letters on the page. Deduct the 10 in 1603 = 66.
The Letter to Aubigny on next page contains 111 roman and italic words,
omitting those in brackets.
In the Argument there are 60 italic words in brackets, the only roman
word bracketed is " Senate," containing 6 letters. Total 66.
In the last two lines of the names of the Actors there are 33 letters.
Last page of book (1015). The last two lines have 68 small roman letters.
Deduct the 2 roman words in large type = 66.
Bacon's Advancement of Learning, 1640
On one side of the book in the Portrait Frontispiece there are :
Fancy letters . . . . . . . . 10
On the other side . . . . . . . . 20
Two books at the figures side are marked on their leaves as
I and II 3
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Chapter X
SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY CURIOSITIES
" That every word doth almost sel my name,
Shewing their birth and where they did proceed ?"
Shakespeare's Sonnets, 1609 (No. 76).
BACON could see his name upon the headings of all the Sonnet pages.
" Shakespeare's " means " Shakespeare is." Is what ? Sonnets. Well ?
The count of Sonnets is 100. The count of Francis Bacon is 100. To
Bacon the headlines affirmed, " Shakespeare is Francis Bacon." Note the
precaution of not using " tell " in the Sonnet line above. He did not desire
any contemporary counting.
Emblemata, 1616
The actor, William Shakespeare, of Stratford-upon-Avon, who well played
his part of ascribed author of certain of Bacon's poems and plays, died in
April, 1616. ' That he grew immortal in his own despight," is quite true.
From all there is to be known, no discredit attaches to his name in respect
of this authorship business. He made no personal claim to authorship of
the writings ascribed to him, and he may have considered the position in which
he was situated an intolerable burden, whether he was well paid for it or not.
Requiescat in pace. Bacon was the cause of all the trouble. Blame him if
you will, but reserve a little for your own lack of imagination and perceptive
power. Had you searched under the 1616 date for a book to tell you all
about it, you would have found one in every way satisfying. It was printed
at Amsterdam, and was entitled.
C. Plempii Emblemata, 1616
It is in Latin, the universal language of scholars of that day and long after.
The " author " prints his name " Cornelii Giselberti Plempii." Add the
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figures representing the letters in this name. The total simple count is 259.
But in Kaye method 259 represents the total value of the letters in the name
' Shakespeare."
On the page containing the first Emblem, count all the letters from top
of the page downwards until you have counted 287. Mr. W. T. Smedley
has pointed out something curious in the line (the 9th) which immediately
follows the 287 count — viz., the initial letters of the words in that line are
o n c F B. Next to the B is " a." Turning to the Emblem picture, it will
be seen to depict the goddess Fortune pushing an actor off the top of a pin
nacle, and also assisting a man, garbed like Francis Bacon, to rise from his
knees.
The Repertorie of Records, 1631
This is a strange and a rare book.
It describes itself as " The Repertorie of Records, remaining in the four
Treasuries on the Receipt side at Westminster. The two Remembrancers of
the Exchequer, with a briefe introductive Index of the Records of the Chancery
and Tower, whereby to give the better Direction to the Records abovesaid.
" As also a most exact Calendar of all these Records of the Tower, in which
are contayned and comprised whatsoever may give satisfaction to the
Searcher for
Tenure or Tytle
of anything."
It is anonymous and dedicated " To the Unknowne Patron." On the
following page are a few words, " To the same Patron, the Great Master of this
Mysterie." After this, two hands with forefinger pointed at one another.
The short address to the Reader is signed " Sub rostro Cyconie." It has
been assigned to the authorship of Thomas Powell, who wrote the Attorney's
Academie, with its mysterious verse dedication to Francis Bacon, Lord
Chancellor.
Title page:
Roman words before the word " Tower," which seems to
have been printed separately from a plate
Roman words on whole page . . . . 66
Roman letters up to the printer's rule . . . . 273
Roman words below printer's rule . . 16
Less italic words below printer's rule . . 2 14
— — 287
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Dedication :
Roman words, except words indicated by brackets 181
Roman letters in heading . . . . . . 19
Letters in italics and in above excepted words
(which include the word " unthankfulnesse ") 70
Italic letters in heading . . . . . . 19
289
Deduct letters below printer's rule . . . . 2
287
On page 31 you obtain, by adding the two words of heading, 33. Deduct
the italic words from the roman words until 33 is again obtained; you come
to a passage:
' Item in a box contayning a booke of the enormities of Cardinall Woolsey,
and his surrender of Yorke-house and Saint Albans, with other Lands."
The curiosity is the special mention of two places closely associated with
Francis Bacon.
An account of the contents of the fourth Treasurie begins on page 92.
A count of 81 roman words leads to :
' Item, a bag of Cordover sealed with a scale of Privy Councellers, and it
is not to be opened but by the Prince and those of the privie Councell, wherein
are secret matters."
Note that there are 33 words in the sentence. 81 is said to be a number
of the highest importance in Freemasonry.
The item immediately above is Henry the Eighth's Will. The item next
below is of matters " of King Henry the Eighth's time, Queene Elizabeth's,
and King James."
On the last page of the book :
Page number . . . . . . . . . . 217
Roman words . . . . . . . . 54
Numerals . . . . . . . . . . 16
287
On page 33 commences a curious lettering of the chests. The first three
are marked A B, as though to draw attention to the alphabet or A B C, the
letters referred to specially on page 34. The list is begun again on page 85
with C, which is above a description containing 28 words, and the figure
1 = 29, which is the value of C in Kaye cipher. The enumeration pro
ceeds to Z, which is said to indicate the 24th chest. The 25th chest is marked
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&, and the 26th with E. The 27th chest is " a " and the 28th " b." It is
this marking which suggested to Mr. W. E. Clifton, the owner of the book,
that here was a direction concerning the cipher referred to in the De Augmentis,
1623, as a Kaye cipher, because K is the first letter in the Elizabethan alphabet
to be expressed by two numerals.
The discovery of the Kaye cipher has proved of great utility in arriving
at the threshold of Rosy Cross secrets. The count of A in Kaye cipher as
27 is further indicated in the message pasted over by blank paper on one
of the early title-pages of the Resuscitatio, 1671.
John Milton, 1632
There is practically no doubt that the poet Milton was well aware who
was the real " Shakespeare." He had a particular genius for devising
acrostic signatures, as Mr. W. Stone-Booth, of Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.,
has fully demonstrated in his brilliant book on the subject.
John Milton wrote a poem extolling " Shakespeare," which was printed
in the Shakespeare Folio, 1632. Mr. Stone-Booth has shown some acrostic
renderings of the name Francis Bacon in this poem. That we like best is
the one which Keys upon the N in " unvalued booke," both counting from the
first F upwards and the first F downwards. (After the F you take the
next R, then the next A, and so on.)
Milton's poem goes much further. It is a mass of disclosure.
The first line of the heading has 33 roman letters.
The poem has 66 roman letters.
There are 32 italic capitals which begin words. Two words " starre-
ypointing " and " slow-endevouring," ought not to be hyphenated.
Add all the letters of words in which are no italic capitals 349
Deduct for the words beginning with italic capitals
Also the letters in the wrongly hyphened words 30 62
287
It would seem that Milton, while extolling " Shakespeare," was stating
occultly that Shakespeare was " Francis Bacon," was " Bacon," was " Fra.
Baconi," and was " Fra. Rosicrosse."
John Philips
From Milton one can pass to his nephew Philips, who issued a new transla
tion of Don Quixote in Folio in 1687. Shelton's was the only previous English
edition.
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Title-page. The English rendering of the name of author as given in
Shelton is Michael Cervantes. But there is no author's name on the Philips'
title-page.
The first square on this title-page, as bounded by printer's rules, contains
exactly 33 roman words.
The bottom square has :
Roman letters . . . . . . . . 58
Ctalic words . . . . . . . . . . 8
66
Also roman and italic words spell out . . . . 23
Add, page 10, figures in date, MDCLXXXVII . . 10
33
The Dedication gives roman words . . . . . . 121
Deduct italic words . . . . . . 18
103
Which is the simple count of "Shakespeare."
Second page of Epistle to Reader has roman words . . 269
Italic words, including wrongly hyphenated, counted at
two each . . . . . . . . 19
288
Deduct turnover word 1
287
Last page; 616 :
Add roman letters not in brackets . . . . . . 138
Italic words . . . . . . . . . . 147
Large italic words " The End " .. .. .. 2
287
Page 211. The lllth roman word down is " Bacon." The lllth word
up is also " Bacon." Ill is the Kaye cipher total of the name " Bacon."
'211 is Kaye cipher for " Rosicrosse."
Page 384. The lllth roman word is " Bacon." 384 is Kaye cipher
total of " Michael Cervantes."
Page 385. The 33rd word is " Bacon."
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Page 513. From the word " Bacon " two-thirds way down the page
there are :
Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 256
Italic letters . . . . . . . . . . 31
287
-This count is difficult, as it is impossible to be sure whether one or two
odd letters connected by apostrophes with words are to be counted singly
or not.
It is curious to find these references in a translation of Don Quixote.
King John, 1623 (Folio, page 2, column 2)
287 roman words down the column takes the "Teller" to a phrase:
" Catechize my picked man of Count-ries."
The cross-examination commences : ' ' My deare Sir. Thus leaning on
mine elbow, I begin."
This is said to be the starting-point of a clever word-cipher. The American
gentleman who claims to have successfully followed it has at present not
explained how the cipher is worked with sufficient elementary detail to enable
the " man in the street " to check its accuracy. A mere statement of general
rules is not enough. A narrative, showing step by step how the decipherer
was guided from word to word and sentence to sentence, would be very
helpful, if given. There is a character called " Elbow " in Measure for Measure,
and special prominence is given to the leaning on the elbow in the Bacon
statue at Gorhambury, and the Shakespeare statue in Westminster Abbey.
Baconiana, 1679
Considerable store appears to have been made of this book, having
regard to the many copies of it which have survived to the present day.
Count all words on pages 3 and 4 of the Introduction (but
leave out words in italics, words not fully spelt, and
words in brackets), and you will arrive at a total of . . 276
Add the first eleven words on page 5 . . . . . . 11
287
This takes you to the words " I begin." The compiler seems so anxious
about the 287 count that one of the eleven words above mentioned is
" buteven," which we have never seen as one word elsewhere. The vestibule
of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Introduction being thus provided with
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the Privy Seal, it is a matter of course to expect to find it at the end of the
same Introduction.
Page 103. All words (not in brackets) . . . . 176
Page 104 (last page). All words (not in brackets) . . 124
300
Deduct roman words in brackets . . . . 6
And shortened roman words of prefix . . 7
13
287
Last page of the whole book :
Page number . . . . . . . . . . 270
Italic letters . . . . . . . . 17
287
Tenison's Introduction distinguished between " ordinary " or " inferior "
readers, and presumably those who were able to read the concealed information
in the book.
It shows that Tenison knew of Bacon's intentions with regard to s
particular explication and application of the Second Part of The Great
Instauration. Also that Tenison was aware of bequests and directions not
disclosed in Bacon's administered Will.
Tenison wrote : " Posterity (I hope) will do his Lordship Honor and
Benefit to themselves in a larger and more accurate Collection of his Works."
• SHAKESPEARE FOLIO, 1623
Much Adoe About Nothing (page 111)
The page number being suggestive of Bacon's mysterious activities in
duced to an examination of the text. A line in the 1st column says, "If it
please you yet, Count." A telling of the words from " Count " to " Exit " (latter
on top of the 2nd column) gave 316 roman and 29 italic words. The usual
deduction having revealed a Seal we noticed in the text of the 2nd column
a direction to watch the sequel. George Seacole was ordered to carry the
lanthorn because of his special suitability. A seacoal lanthorn is a beacon
(pronounced bacon). Shortly comes a direction by Dogbery to presently
" call the rest of the watch together;" 287 lines from this passage leads to
another remark by Dogbery, " goe, get you to Francis Seacoale." Seacole
became Bacon and George became Francis.
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TRAGEDIES (PAGE 287)
King Lear
The change from " Leir " to " Lear " had its uses, as it enabled the reputed
elder son of the alleged secret marriage of Queen Elizabeth with Lord Robert
Dudley to describe himself allegorically as having been thrust out of the throne
which rightfully was his. " Lear " should read " Real," it is said.
At the bottom of the right-hand column Mr. W. E. Clifton noticed the
five terminals, " Sir . France . is . bee . con." They occur in lines which
both begin with an italic word and go right up to the outer margin. Each
line in which one of above terminals occurs has exactly 33 letters before
the terminal. Comparison with the Quarto of the play indicates a special
arrangement in setting the type of the Folio.
Chapter XI
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS
The Shakespeare Bust at Stratford-on-Avon
. THE letters of the inscription below this bust from " Jndicio Pylium "
downwards
Total to .. .. .. .. .. ..289
Deduct for the two symbols . . . . . . 2
287
The Grave Slab at Stratford-on-Avon
The inscription—
GOOD FBEND FOR lESVS SAKE FOBBEARE
TO DIGG THE DVST ENCLOASED HEABE
BLESE BE y MAN y SPARES THES STONES
AND CUBST BE HE y MOVES MY BONES.
—contains 106 letters and three symbols, each symbol being composed of two
letters one above the other.
Deduct the symbols as 3, and there remains 103, the simple count of the
letters in the name " Shakespeare."
Deduct the symbols as 6, and the total left is 100, which is the simple count
of the letters in the name " Francis " (67), and " Bacon " (33)— total, 100.
The First known Engraving of the Stratford Bust
. This appears on page 520 of Dugdale's Antiquities of Warmckshire, 1656.
William Dugdale was a Warwickshire man, born in 1605.
About 1634 he was employed as a local draughtsman to make sketches in
the county churches for a book which Sir Simon Archer, a member of the
Society of Antiquaries, was preparing upon the antiquities of Warwickshire.
As one of the sketches Dugdale drew, and dated July, 1634, the Stratford bust
of Shakespeare, and there is good reason for thinking that the drawing was a
careful rendering of the monument as it appeared to young Dugdale in 1634.
Over his sketch Dugdale wrote: " In the north wall of the Quire is t Ins monu-
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ment for William Shakespeare, the famous poet." That the Stratford actor
had been a famous poet was evidently the local opinion at the date of young
Dugdale's sketch — viz., eighteen years after the actor's death.
The myth, if it were one, had become well set locally. . In 1635 Archer
took young Dugdale to London, where the latter obtained a position in the
Heralds' College, of which he eventually became chief, with the title Sir
William Dugdale.
He took over the Antiquities of Warwickshire from Archer, and published
the book in 1656. Against his engraving of the Shakespeare bust he did not
repeat in the book the note in his sketch-book, but it will be noticed that the
letters of the note, inscriptions and epitaph above and beside the engraving
(page 520) total 157.
At the end of a very long account of various (one would think) less im
portant persons at Stratford and neighbourhood, and of their tombs and other
details of local history, Sir William Dugdale added the following words:
" One thing more in reference to this antient town is observable — that it gave
birth and sepulture to our late famous Poet Will Shakespere, whose monu
ment I have inserted in my discourse of the Church."
The words " our late famous Poet " are ambiguous. The roman words
in the paragraph are 33, the simple count of the letters in the name
" Bacon." The number 157 is the simple count of the name " Fra. Rosi-
crosse." So that we may assume that Dugdale was a member of the secret
Fraternity of the Rosy Cross, the 287 Impresa of which he gives in his dedica
tion. Further, that while keeping in being the authorship illusion in accord
ance with the rules of his Society, he yet provided the occult means of demon
strating that he knew that Bacon was the real Shakespeare.
The Droeshout " portrait " of Shakespeare in the 1623 Folio
The letters above and below this " portrait " total 157 (the symbol for
" and " is not counted), indicating that behind the dressed-up mask was " Fra.
Rosicrosse." " This Figure that thou here seest put."
The Shakespeare Monument, 1740 — Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey
This statue was erected in 1741 under the auspices of Dr. Richard Mead
(the leading physician of his day), Alexander Pope, and the third Earl of
Burlington.
Shakespeare is shown as a full-length figure resting easily on his elbow
against a pedestal. The first finger of the left hand points to an inscription
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on a scroll hanging on the pedestal. Over the head of the statue is a marble
tablet bearing the inscription:
GULIELMO SHAKSPEARE
ANNO POST MORTEM CXXIV.0
AMOR PUBLICUS POSUIT.
Near the foot of the monument is the grave of an obscure derelict, said to have
sought the sanctuary of the Abbey and to have borne the name of Tudor.
The scroll inscription reads:
" The Cloud capt Tow'rs
The Gorgeous Palaces
The Solemn Temples
The Great Globe itself
Yea all which it inherit
Shall dissolve
And like the baseless Fabrick of a Vision
Leave not a wreck behind."
According to the Gentleman's Magazine of 1741, there was some strong criti
cism of the Latinity of the inscription on the head tablet. The critics did
not perhaps know that it was important that it should not contain more or
less than 56 letters, the simple count of " Fr. Bacon." The roman letter
numerals must be counted in the total. We do not know of any criticism as
to why the scroll inscription did not correctly follow the words as first printed
in the play of the Tempest, never put into type until the Folio of 1623. As a
matter of fact, several words are spelt differently on the scroll to the words
in the Folio, and one line is altogether out of place. Why ?
But the inscribers so managed that the letters of the scroll inscription
totalled exactly 157, which is the simple count of " Fra. Rosicrosse."
The inscribers evidently did not fear the gaze of the general public. They
had good authority for their confidence: " But in regard of the rawness and
unskilfulness of the hands through which they pass the greatest matters are
many times carried in the weakest Ciphers." (Bacon's Advancement of
Learning).
Stat,ue of Francis Bacon in St. Michael's Church, Gorhambury, near St. Albans
The inscription below this statue, as it appears now, shows:
Total large size letters . . . . . . . . 260
Figures in year of death (1626) . . . . 15
Figures in age at death (66) . . . . 12
287
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Owing to interferences with the inscription upon the tomb of Sir Thomas
Meautys in the same church, the means of understanding the tombs promised
in the Latin sentences describing the tombs in Wat's 1640 translation of the
Advancement of Learning seem to have been removed.
The inscription on the tomb of the great Verulam, as given at page 258 of
Archbishop Tenison's Baconiana, 1679, shews the 287 total letters (treating
the symbol for " et " as two letters).
The next page in Tenison's book is 259, which is the total Kaye value of
the letters in the name " Shakespeare." The words which immediately follow
are " That is, Francis Bacon." ' That is " has nothing to do with the Latin
on the preceding page.
If these discoveries drive still firmer home the fact that Francis Bacon,
Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, was the real Shakespeare and a volum
inous author, the value of first editions of other works from the pen of the
world's greatest poet-philosopher must grow in value. As a mere matter of
pounds, shillings, and pence, owners of doubtfully ascribed books should
search for the sigils 287 or 157. The play of Tamburlaine the Greate, 1605,
printed as by the deceased Marlowe, has :
Roman words of dedication . . . . . . . 245
Roman letters in brackets . . . . . . 42
287
The Jew of Malta, printed in 1633, has in its dedication :
Words in roman type (not abbreviated) . . . . 170
Deduct 13 words in roman type in brackets . . . . 13
157
10
FRANCIS BACON may have had faults of character, like other great men,
but in seeking to know more concerning his personality it is unsafe to rely
upon the jealous remarks of Alexander Pope or the ponderous misjudgments
of Lord Macaulay. Both of them wrote long after Bacon's death, and without
knowledge of the circumstances under which Bacon had to live, to write his
letters, or to take the courses- he had to pursue. Pope was humpbacked
and deformed. He was only four feet six inches in height. As Bacon ob
served in his Essay of Deformity, he had " somewhat to repay " the writer of
the Essay who was, to Pope's knowledge, also the writer of the lines about
Deformity at the beginning of the play of Richard III. Macaulay is no
longer considered a safe guide on many matters as to which he pronounced
final judgment. To understand Bacon, reference should be made to the
statements of the men of his time who knew him personally and intimately—
viz., Tobie Mathew, Ben Jonson, Thomas Campion, and William Rawley,
to whom may be added the person — probably M. Dray ton — who supplied
information for the " Life of Bacon " in UHistoire Naturelle, 1631.
Sir Tobie Mathew, 1618
" A man most sweet in his conversation and ways, grave in his judgments,
invariable in his fortunes, splendid in his expenses; a friend unalterable to
his friends, an enemy to no man ; a most hearty and indefatigable servant to
the King, and a most earnest lover of the public — having all the thoughts
of that large heart of his set upon adorning the age in which he lives, and
benefiting as far as possible the whole human race.
' It is not his greatness that I admire, but his virtue; it is not the favours
I have received from him (infinite though they be) that have thus enthralled
and enchained my heart, but his whole life and character." — Letter. Mathew
to Grand Duke of Tuscany.
75
Sir Tobie Mathew. Preface to Italian Translation of Bacon's Essays
The fourth (Sir Francis Bacon) was a creature of incomparable abilities
of mind. . . . ' A man so rare in knowledge of so many several kinds, indued
with the facility and felicity of expressing it all in so elegant, significant, so
abundant, yet so choice and ravishing a way of words, of metaphors, and
allusions, as perhaps the world has not seen since it was a world."
Thomas Campion (Poet], 1619. Epigrammatum Libri II.
' How great standest thou before us, whether the thorny volumes of the
Law or the Academy or the sweet Muse call thee (0 Bacon !). How thy
prudence governs great things ! And the whole tongue is moist with celestial
nectar. How well thou combinest merry wit with silent gravity ! How
firmly thy kind love stands to those whom thou hast once admitted."—
Translation.
From Ode on Bacon's Birthday, 1620-1, by Ben Jonson (January 21)
'* Hail happy genius of this ancient pile,
How comes it all things around thee smile,
The fire, the wine, the men, and in the midst
Thou standest as if some mystery thou didst.
Give me a deep crown'd bowl that I may sing
In raising him, the wisdom of my King."
Ben Jonson 's (d. 1631) Discoveries
' I have and do reverence him (Bacon) for the greatness that was only
proper to himself, in that he seemed to me ever by his work one of the greatest
of men and most worthy of admiration that hath been in many ages."
' His language, when he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious."
" It is he that hath filled up all numbers, and performed that which may
be compared or preferred to insolent Greece or haughty Rome."
Life of Bacon, prefixed to Histoire Naturelle, 1631
'' Francis Bacon was born in the purple and brought up with the expecta
tion of a grand career. He employed some years of his youth in travel.
France, Italy, Spain, as the most civilized nations of the whole world, were
those whither his curiosity carried him. He saw himself destined one day
to hold in his hands the helm of the kingdom.
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It should be noted that the great expectations of Francis Bacon's career,
mentioned in the Histoire Naturelle, 1631, are borne out by the letter to
Bacon from Sir Thomas Bodley, of December, 1581, written while young
Francis Bacon was abroad. It is to be found in Reliquiae Bodleianae.
1657
Another intimate contemporary of Bacon was his chaplain, William
Rawley, whose Life of Lord Saint Alban, " the honourable Author," was
somewhat remarkably deferred until 1657, when it was printed in the
Resuscitatio. Even then Rawley was careful, no doubt for political reasons,
" not to tread too near upon the heels of Truth," and only giving documents
which were " communicable to the Publick." In the Preface he mentions
" his Lordship's Happy Vein." Rawley alludes in the Life to his conduct
at Greyes Inn, where " he carried himself with such Sweetness, Comity, and
Generosity, that he was revered and loved by the Readers and Gentlemen
of the Inn." Rawley only refers specially to his lordship's writings during
the last five years of his life. He mentions his lordship's " Sharpness of Wit,
Memory, Judgment, and Elocution." '' His meals were refections of the
Eare as well as of the stomach .... and I have known some of no mean
Parts that have professed to make use of their note-books when they have
risen from his table." " Neither was he one that would appropriate the
speech wholly to himself or delight to outvie others." " He contemned no
man's observations, but would light his torch at every man's candle." :< His
opinions and assertions .... were rather like oracles than discourses."
" When his office called him ... to charge any offenders ... he
was never of an insulting or domineering nature over them ; but always
tender-hearted and carrying himself decently towards the parties."
" Many young gentlemen of blood and quality sought to list themselves
in his retinue. And if he were abused by any of them in their places, it was
only the errour of the goodnesse of his nature."
" He was free from malice, which (as he said himself) he never bred nor
fed. ' ' — Resuscitatio, 1 657
Appendix
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES AND ERRATA
UNTIL this book was nearly ready for the press we had not searched for the
seal number 157, which is the simple count of the letters used in the name
" Fra. Rosicrosse."
Pericles always being accounted a Shakespeare play, we again examined
the 1609 quarto, with the result that we found it had the 157 sigil.
We also searched the endings of the Comedies, Histories, Troylus and
Cressida, and the Tragedies in the Shakespeare Folio, 1623, for the same sigil;
our findings being as below :
COMEDIES
Winter's Tale (last page)
2nd column. All words . . . . . . . . 195
Deduct for 37 italic words below the column and for
" Finis." Total . . . 38
157
HISTORIES
Henry VIIL (last page)
Correct page number . . . . . . • • 264
Roman letters in the words " The Epilogue " and in
"Finis" .. ..16
280
Deduct italic words in the epilogue itself . . . . 123
157
Troylus and Cressida (last page)
1st column. All the italic letters . . .... 157
" Exeunt " being in a separate line is not counted.
2nd column. All words in the verse . . . . 127
" Exeunt " being in the last line is counted.
Add Page number (if it had been paged)
157
77
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TRAGEDIES
Cymbeline (last page)
All the italic words . . . . . . 82
" Exeunt " being in a separate line is not counted.
Letters in " Finis " . . . . . . 5
Total of large italics and figures in printer's note . . 70
157
Bacon's Essays, 1625
The Epistle and the last page each give 287.
Bacon's De Augmentis, 1623
As this book contains Bacon's elaborate description (with engraved plates)
of the biliteral cipher invented by him in 1578, together with other typo
graphical curiosities, it would take a considerable time to scheme the types.
In a letter of June, 1622, Bacon announced that the book was then already
in the hands of the persons who were translating it into Latin. Yet the first
copies (for the King and the Duke of Buckingham) were not presented by
Bacon until over a year later — namely, in October, 1623.
The introductory epistle and the second title-page give the 287 seal. So
does the last page.
The Shakespeare Folio, 1623, because of its wonderful arrangements of
counts, ciphers, concealed signatures, and other tricks of typography must
have taken a long time to prepare.
No wonder that Alexander Pope, who knew all about Bacon's tremendous
abilities (although jealous enough to deprecate them in print), told his friend
Spence that " Bacon ivas the greatest genius that England (or perhaps any
country) ever produced."
No wonder also that Ben Jonson, in 1631, and Archbishop Tenison, in
Baco liana, 1679, gave similar testimony. The Folio was not entered for copy
right on the Stationer's Register until November 8, 1623, and although Sir
Sidney Lee is reported (Observer, February 6, 1916) to have told a Royal
Institution audience that Count Gondomar, the Spanish Ambassador, bought
and carried away with him to Spain a copy of the Folio on its production in
1623, he seems to have forgotten that Gondomar (an intimate personal friend
of Francis Bacon), was not in England after the year 1622.
No. The probabilities are that Bacon sent Gondomar a copy of the Shakes-
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peare Folio about the same time (which we take to have been April, 1625),
that he gave one to their mutual friend Sir Tobie Matthew. Bear in mind
that the year 1624 saw nothing printed from Bacon's busy pen. The Folio,
probably not finished until early in 1625, must have been the " great and noble
token " for which merry-minded Matthew thanked Lord Viscount St. Alban
in a letter, the date of which is " suppressed," though it mentions April 9th
as the month and day of Bacon's letter accompanying the gift. Matthew was
in England from December, 1621, until the date, of Bacon's death in 1626.
His postscript, " The most prodigious wit that ever I knew of my nation and
of this side of the sea, is of your Lordship's name, though he be known by
another," was a merrily occult allusion to the two names: (1) Lord Viscount
St. Alban, and (2) " Shakespeare." The fraternity of the Rosy Cross knew
that Francis Bacon was " Shakespeare " the author, and that it was not
the deserving actor of Stratford, but the name (used with permission) under
which many of the best of Bacon's educational series of plays had masqueraded.
The suggestion has been made that Sir Tobie Matthew (who had been
Bacon's close and intimate friend ever since he, as a lad of eighteen, had
played the Squire's part in the Device Bacon wrote for Essex in 1595) took a
most unsuitable opportunity of belauding, as the most prodigious wit, a Jesuit
Professor of Theology named Thomas Southwell, who was born Thomas Bacon.
Southwell, born in 1592, from his eighteenth year lived abroad. He was
admitted to the Jesuit College, Rome, in 1613, did not pass his four vows until
1626, and spent most of his life afterwards at Liege as a Professor of Theo
logy. He died in 1637.
Sir Tobie Matthew was fifteen years older than Southwell, and there is no
evidence that they ever met.
Southwell published two books of Roman Catholic polemics, one in 1631;
the last bore date 1638, and was title-paged " F. Baconus." In 1638, Sir
Edmund Bacon (a grandson of Lord Keeper, Sir Nicholas Bacon), living at
Culford in Suffolk, made inquiry of Sir Henry Wootton about this Book of
Controversies, title-paged " F. Baconus," no doubt wondering whether it was
a posthumous publication of one of the great Francis Bacon's works.
Sir Henry, who had been a close personal friend of Francis Bacon, and
who wrote the epitaph placed upon his monument at St. Michael's Church,
Gorhambury, replied that the book was by a man who was alias Southwell,
and described him as a shifty sort of person. Had Southwell been a
" prodigious wit," Sir Henry most unaccountably missed an opportunity of
saying so.
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From this digression let us pass to the so-called " Kyd " plays, facsimiles
of the title-pages of which are given in that very excellent book by Professor
Boas, The Life and Works of Kyd.
The " Cornelia " dedication is not given in facsimile, but it may be a
fairly faithful representation of the type.
All roman words (except " Gamier " special type) . . 234
Roman words in brackets . . . . . . 19
Italic letters . . . . . . . . 14
Letters in " The Countesse of Sussex " . . 20
287
Solyman and Perseda, 1599
Title-page :
Total roman letters . . . . . . 157
(The big letters " Tragedye Of " omitted, and the tied letters " st " counted
as one.)
One cannot tell whether this is a trick to baffle decipherers or a mere
accident.
The title-page of Cornelia below the first line of large letters, down to and
including " Kid," " also gives 157, if we count as one the tied letters ' st '
in downcast." Our practice has been to count tied letters as two.
First Part of Jeronimo, 1605.
Title-page :
All letters not on the printer's device total . . . . 157
Spanish Tragedie, 1615 .
Title-page. Above the plate :
Small roman letters . . . . . . 194
Less small italics 37
157
We now take
Peachanis Minerva Brittanna, 1612
>
This Emblem book, the only English one since " A Choice of Emblems,'
1586, positively abounds with numerical signatures. We only give a selection.
Last two introductory verses signed E. S. contain 111 roman and italic
words.
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Emblem No. 1 contains 111 roman and italic words, not counting the
large " A."
Emblem No. 33, on page 33 (which has the picture of an arm with hand
grasping a spear, the point of which is concealed in cloud), contains 33 italic
words and 124 roman words— total 157. The last line of each verse has
33 letters.
Opposite Emblem 33 is Emblem 34, the device being addressed to Sir
Francis Bacon.
In this emblem, omitting the words " Francis Bacon " and " Solon," there
are:
Heading words . . . . . . . . . . 13
Verses words . . . . . . . . . . 89
Latin lines words . . . . . . . . 23
Marginal notes words . . . . . . 13
Footnotes words 19
157
Again, in this Emblem 34 there are :
Roman words in verses . . . . . . 89
Roman letters in brackets . . . . . . 34
Latin lines, smaller roman letters . . . . . . 129
Marginal, foot, and above omitted words . . . . 35
287
The Stratford Grave Inscription
At page 70 we made a guess as to the correct count of the above inscrip
tion and as to its meaning. Malone and other observers copied the first word
of the third line as " Blese." A modern rubbing of the inscription indicates
a T between the " s " and the second " e." In that case our surmise does
not scan.
Of course, the clever introduction of the top curl of the letter T may have
been to baffle decipher. In that case, it would be on all fours with the defaced
inscription on the Meauty's gravestone, which, according to De Augmentis,
1640, was to tell some story, and with the modem alterations in the inscrip
tion on the Spenser monument in Westminster Abbey.
Baconiana, 1679, shows the 157 and 287 signs rather cleverly on its two
first pages. We refer our readers to Plate No. 63.
Spenser Folio, 1679. On Plate 70 we show the sign on the frontispiece to
this book, and on Plate 71 as it is given on the Spenser monument at West
minster Abbey.
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Abraham Cowley's Works give the 287 sigil on the last page of Author's
preface :
Roman words with carry-over word . . . . . . 217
Page number . . . . . . . . 40
Italic words . . . . . . . . 30
287
In looking through our Plates, we noticed a cleverly concealed signature
in the quarto of Romeo and Juliet, Plate 19. This was the first quarto
play of the 1507 Shakespeare group, and one may have expected young
Francis to have conveyed a message in it to his intimates. You will see the
words, " Come scale your mouthes and let us seeke to finde the Author/s."
The roman capitals commencing lines spell Bacon. The sentence can be read,
' I am the most worthie Prince, Fr. Bacon." This ingenious item is not
repeated in the Folio copy of the play.
In conclusion, we offer apology for any errors of count or assumption,
and to the present-day " grand possessors " of Bacon's secrets, if there be
any. It seems only fair that his towering position in the world's history
should be openly recognized.
The Real History of the Rosicrucia'is, 1887, gives on its title-page:
Total letters . . . . . . . . 263
Count of figures . . . . . . . . . . 24
287
Its first page " Analysis of Contents " shows below the heading:
Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 162
Less italic words . . . . . . . . . . 5
157
Its " Preface," first page gives 211 words, the Kaye count of Rosicrosse.
Last page of " Preface," 159 roman words, less two words in italic=157
The last page of the book has :
Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 230
Less italic letters . . . . . . . . 12
Italic letters in heading . . . . . . 24
Roman letters in brackets . . . . . . 37 73
157
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The book is by Mr. Arthur Edward Waite, evidently a most patient in
vestigator.
As far as we have any knowledge, we judge him to have been like our
selves, only a self-taught and self -introduced " member " of the once existent
fraternity of the Rosicrosse.
NOTE. — On page 30 we mention Thomas Vaughan. On page 311 of Mr.
Waite's book there is reference to a book by Vaughan, The Fame and Con
fession of the Fraternity of R. C., London, 1652. In this Vaughan said, " I
am in the humour to affirm the essence and existence of that admired chimaera,
the Fraternitie of R. C." Also "You may advise me to ... a review of the
library of that discreet gentleman of La Mancha, for in your opinion, those
knights and these brothers are equally invisible."
Again, page 312, " As for that Fraternity, whose History and Confession
I have here ventured to publish, I have for my own part no relation to them,
neither do I much desire their acquaintance." Page 314, " I have no
acquaintance with this Fraternity as to their persons."
NOTES ON THE PLATES
As it was not possible to give facsimiles of all the books in which hidden signatures have
been found, a selection has been made of those likely to prove the most interesting.
Before giving the list of Plates, we prelude some remarks upon the various methods
which appear to have been used to prevent ready discovery of these Cipher signatures.
In the first place, it is evident that, had a simple count of letters or words, as on
Plates I. to IV., been invariably adopted, the numerical signatures could not have escaped
observation, and therefore it was necessary to vary the system of counting in all sorts
of ways.
The more general method seems to have provided for a count of the words or letters
of the kind of type which formed the majority of the printed matter, and the addition
or deduction of words or letters printed in the minority type, as on Plate V.
In some cases the italic words r -e simply omitted from the count, as on Plates VII.
or IX. This is also of; en the case when words or letters are enclosed in brackets, as on
Plate XI. or Plate XVI.
There seems to have been no absolute rule about hyphenated words, it probably
having been left to the ingenuity of the decipherer to count them as 1 or 2. On Plate XXIV.
" under-worketh " has to be counted as 2 words, whereas on Plate XIII. scarce-cold-
Battaile " is counted as 1 word. The first by the hyphen seems to be purposely forced
into 2 words, and the 3 separate words of the second are tied by hyphens to count as
a single word.
Figures are often used in the count, especially the year of publication printed on a
title-page, but almost invariably the figures are added together separately. For instance,
1019 was to be reckoned as 17. The page number has often to be taken into account.
The figure " & " is usually counted as a word, but is not counted in a letter count.
Largv1 ornamental letters at the commencement of chapters are rarely counted. ' Turn
over words" are often included in a count, and such words as " Finis," " Exit," " Ex
eunt,'' " Exeunt omres," appear to have been used in various ways to complete a numeri
cal signature.
LIST OF PLATES
*
Frontispiece. — A ROSICRUCIAN PORTRAIT.
Facsimiles from the 1st Folio Shakespeare, 1623
Plate I.— 4' To THE READER."
The 2 tr's on the 9th line are really 4 vs, and must be counted as 4 letters.
Plate II. — PORTRAIT OF SHAKESPEARE.
The W iu the first line is really 2 F's. In the Staunton facsimile from
uliic-h this is produced the letter is rather indistinct, but in the Clarendon
Press facsimile it is clearly 2 letters.
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Plate III. — FIRST PAGE OF " THE EPISTLE DEDICATORIE."
Plate IV. — SECOND PAGE OF " THE EPISTLE DEDICATORIE."
Plate V. — " THE NAMES OF THE PRTNCIPALL ACTORS."
Plate VI. — " A CATALOGUE OF THE PLAYS."
The 287 count of the Histories is simple and straightforward, but the signa
tures in the Comedies and Tragedies required more finding. It seemed evident
that it would be placed in all three divisions, so a closer examination was made.
In the Comedies The Merry Wives of Windsor was found to commence
on Folio 39, and not on 38 as stated; and The Winter's Tale on 277, instead ot
304. The first is, therefore, one wrong, and the latter 27 wrong. These
together make 28, which number, added to the number of italic letters in this
section, 259, gives 287.
A somewhat similar method applied to the Tragedies produced a like result.
All the page numbers are right, excepting Anthony and Cleopatra, which
should be Folio 340 and not 346: or 6 wrong. Troyhis and Cressida is omitted
altogether from the Catalogue and must therefore be first added. There are
31 ita'ic letters in its title. But Troylus and Cressida has only 2 pages with
printed numbers, viz., numbers 79 and 80, on the third and fourth pages,
which suggests 77 for its first page. The whole Play occupies 30 pages, a
difference of 47. The 2 wrongs, 6 and 47, equal 53, which, added to the 234
italic letters of the Plays, again gives 287.
Having written the above, and before passing on to the description of
the next Plate, we noticed an unusual number of capitals used in the Cata
logue. A count of them gave 111, which, as we have said, is "Bacon" in
the Kaye Cipher method of count.
First and Last Pages of the Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies
Although only first and last pages of these divisions have so far been examined for
the " Fra Rosi Crosse " numerical signature, it is possible it may be found in every Play
in the Folio.
Plate VII. — FIRST PAGE OF THE COMEDIES.
Plate VIII. — LAST PAGE OF THE COMEDIES.
Plate IX. — FIRST PAGE OF THE HISTORIES.
Plate X. — LAST PAGE OF THE HISTORIES.
Plate XI. — FIRST PAGE OF " TROYLUS AND CRESSIDA."
(With reference to page No. 77, see Notes to Plate VI.)
Plate XII. — FIRST PAGE OF THE TRAGEDIES.
It may be objected that this facsimile is rather forced, and it would perhaps
have been better to have illustrated the 2nd Citizen count, but to do so would
have required two Plates. There are 287 words in the 2nd Citizen's lines,
and it seems evident that the author, or authors, meant this count to be taken,
as it is pressed on the attention. The 2nd Citizen commences by saying " One
word, good Citizens." then the following significant words appear in the dia
logue: "accounted" "Country," " Countrey" "account" "with surplus."
"The other side" (the surplus of the words to be counted is "on the other
side"), " Countrimen," "I shall tell you," and "Sir, I shall tell you" (both
these remarks are addressed to the 2nd Citizen), " Awdit up." This last
hint could hardly have been put strai?1 ter, and yet for nearly 300 years no
one has taken the trouble to " Awd it up." The 2nd Citizen's last line is
" We have ever your good word."
Plate XIII. — LAST PAGE OF THE TRAGEDIES.
The Quartos
The Quartos examined were the 43 facsimiles issued under the superintendence of
the late Dr. F. J. Furnivall. In every one the " Fra Rosi Crosse " numerical signature
was found, excepting in The Passionate Pilgrime, 1599, and Richard II., 1634, but the
latter bears the personal signature at its end.
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Plate XIV.—" SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS," 1609. LAST 2 PAGES.
Plate XV.—" LUCRECE," 1594. LAST 2 PAGES.
The Printer's mark " AT " seems to have been placed where it is for a pur
pose. The last 2 lines contain 65 letters, and the " Ar " would make 66, or
" Fra Baconi." This " N " also draws attention to the anagrammatic signa
ture in the ending words of the last 2 lines, " con sent & ba-nishment,"
or Bacon.
Plate XVI. — "THE TROUBLESOME RAIGNE OF JOHN KING OF ENGLAND," 1591.
Ihis is the earliest of the Shakespeare Quartos, and the 287 signature is
clearly shown in the epistle "To the Gcnthrmn Readers.'' Ihe 1591 Quarto
is anonymous.
" LOVES LABORS LOST," 1598 (ALSO ON PLATE XVI.).
The 287 signature is put both at th<» beginning anJ end ot the Play, but
the one in the " Armado " letter is shown as being more interesting. (First
Quarto title-paged to William Shakespeare.)
Plate XVII. — " TITUS ANDRONICUS," 1600. FIRST AND LAST COMPLETE PAGE.
Plate XVIII.—" THE MERCHANT OF VENICE," 1600. TITLE-PAGE AND LAST COM
PLETE PAGE.
Of the Quartos examined, this is the only one in which we have found
the 287 signature on the title-p&ge.
Plate XIX.— " TROYLUS AND CRESSEIDA," 1609: "THE EPISTLE TO THE READER."
" ROMEO AND JULIET," 1597. THE BEGINNING OF THE FRIARS
WORDS ON PAGE 75.
After this Plate was made, the anagrammatic signature, already referred
to in this Appendix, " Fr. Bacon " was noticed.
Plate XX. — " ROMEO AND JULIET," 1597. LAST 2 PAGES, WITH THE REMAINDER OF
THE FRIARS WORDS.
There are 291 words in these lines, but the 4 letters composing any of the
3 words " know." " Prin," or " Come," when deducted, " make good the Fryers
wordes."
Plate XXI.— T. BRIGHT'S " TREATISE OF MELANCHOLY." 1586 AND 1613 EDITIONS.
Plate XXII.— VSPENSER'S "FAERIE QUEENE," 1611. PAGE 1.
Plate XXIII.— SPENSER'S "FAERIE QUEENE," 1611. LAST PAGE.
Plate XXIV.— BEN JONSON'S " SEJANUS," 1616. " THE ARGUMENT."
Plate XXV.— BACON'S " NOVUM ORGANUM," 1620. END OF BOOK.
The " 0 " ot Corpora is a roman capital letter, and must not be counted.
Plate XXVI.— BACON'S " ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING," 1640. THE PORTRAIT PAGE.
Plate XXVII.— BACON'S " ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING," 1640. THE TITLE-PAGE.
Plate XXVIII.— BACON'S " ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING," 1640. THE " CAROLO "
PAGE.
Plate XXIX.— BACON'S " ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING," 1640. PAGE 287.
This page is printed as 215, probably to invite attention to it.
Plate XXX.— DUGDALE'S " WARWICKSHIRE," 1656. LAST PAGE OF " THE EPISTLE
DEDICATORIE."
Plate XXXI.— W. RAWLEY'S " RESUSCTTATIO," 1657. TITLE-PAGE.
Plate XXXII.— N. ROWE'S " SHAKESPEARE," 1709. LAST 2 PAGES OF " THE DEDI
CATION."
REVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA 87
Plate. XXXIII.— W. KAWLEY'S " RESUSCITATIO," 1671. LAST PAGE OF "THE LIFE
OF LORD BACON."
This Plate gives the 157 count, and also shows the footnote referred to
on page 28. The strip of paper over the note has been carefully raised and
turned back. There is no letter to a Doctor A. on page 27.
Plate XXXIV. — REFERENCE PLATE.
The Quartos (Personal Seals)
The personal signatures 33 or 66 are shewn on every title-page of the Quartos examined,
excepting on The Passionate Pilgrim and Pericles. The title-page of the Sonnets (British
Museum copy) seemed to be another exception, but a final count of the letters revealed
the fact that there are on it exactly 111 letters giving " Bacon " by the Kaye method.
It will be seen that the title-page and last 2 verses are thus in agreement. (See Plate XIV.)
The copies sold by William Aspley do not give this count, but the printer's imprint (figures
from letters) yields 33.
Plate XXXV.— TITLE-PAGE OF " VENUS AND ADONIS," 1593. TITLE-PAGE OF " THE
TAMING OF A SHREW," 1594.
Plate XXXVI. — TITLE-PAGE OF " ROMEO AND JULIET " (UNDATED). TITLE-PAGE OF
"MERCHANT OF VENICE," 1600.
Two editions of The Merchant of. Venice have the date 1600 on their title-
pages. One is stated to be printed by J. Roberts, and is shown here. 1 he
other is " Printed by J. R. for Thomas Heyes." and is shown on Plate XV11I.
It is oi interest to note that the first carries the 157 signature (note the italic
" s1 " put in the sixth line), the second carries the 287, and both have the 33
count. There is another possible count oi 33 in the first, as " Printed by
J. Roberts" contains 17 letters, and is followed by 16 = 33, but this being
rather against the usual rule of counting figures separately was not illustrated.
Plate XXXVII.— TITLE-PAGE OF " SECOND PART OF HENRY IV." TITLE-PAGE OF
" THE MERRIE WIVES OF WINDSOR," 1602.
Ending i of all Plays in Shakespeare Folio
Plate XXXVIII. to LXIX.
It will be seen irom the facsimiles that every Play bears Bacon's persona!
numerical signature, 'ihe Plates speak for themselves, and require no iurther
explanation; but it may be of interest to ca1! attention especia'ly to Plate
XXXIX., The Comedie of Errors. Ihe last page of this Play being Folio
100, two crosses are put on either side, to call attention to the iact that 100
meant " Francis Bacon " in the simple method of count. After the Plate
was made: it was noticed that, as if to emphasize this, on the second line is
" thirtie three" =Eacon, and the 9 lines contain 68 roman words and 1 ita ic
word, which deducted = 67 =" Francis " also by simple count.
The Anatomy of Melancholy
Plate L. — THE 2 TITLE-PAGES OF THE 1621 EDITION.
Note the ingenious insertion of the double v's for w/s, and also the 3 roman
letters, to make the 287 count. They are the " S " in Philosophically, the
" A " in Historically and the small roman " o " on the next page.
Plate LI. — FIRST TITLE-PAGE OF THE 1624 EDITION.
Plate LII. — SECOND TITLE-PAGE OF THE 1624 EDITION.
Plate LIII. — SECOND TITLE-PAGE OF THE 1628 EDITION.
If the 2 <S's in " Illustrissimo " had been roman letters, the 157 signature
would not be shown.
88 SECKET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS
Plate LIV.— FIRST l'.\« -i-: "To nil-: HEADER" IN THE 1621 EDITION. PAGE 287 IN
mi: I <•>•_> I KIHTION. THE FIRST PAGE TO THE SECOND PART.
Note the anagrammatic signatures on lines 2, 5, 8, 18 — " Bacon."
Plate LV. — LAST 2 PAGES OF THE WORK. 1621 EDITION.
Plates LVI. to LVIII. — " THE COUCLUSION OF THE AUTHOR TO THE READER.''
This Conclusion is only contained in the First Edition of 1621, and as
it is a rare book, it was thought it might be of interest to publish the whole
in facsimile. It is also only at the end of this section that the name of the
assumed Author appears, and it is omitted in all the later editions. The
" Conclusion " is full of Cipher interest.
Plate LIX. — THE PAGE OF " ERRATA " AT THE END OF THE 1621 EDITION.
To follow this delightful scheme of signatures, a comparison of the Plate,
with the results on page 59, is necessary. An " Errata " page, with over
20 errata in its own lines, is also a bit of a novelty.
Plate LX. — SPENSER'S "FAERIE QUEENE," 1611. TITLE-PAGE.
Plate LXI. — SPENSER'S " FAERIE QUEENE," 1611. LAST PAGE.
Plate LXII. — "THE REPETOIRE OF RECORDS," 1631.
This facsimile with Plate XXXIII. show the clues by which the key to
the Kaye Cipher was found.
Plate LXIII. — " BACONIANA," 1679. PORTRAIT AND TITLE-PAGE.
Plate LXIV. — " BACONIANA," 1679. LAST 2 PAGES OF THE " BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REMAINS."
Notice how neatly Archbishop Tenison tells us that 259 " Shakespeare "
is really " Francis Bacon."
Plate LXV. — PAGE 287 IN THE TRAGEDIES OF THE IST FOLIO.
This shows the interesting signature "Sir Francis Bacon" in the right-
hand bottom corner, with the 33 pointers. Note the shortened word " Knigh."
Plate LXVI. — THE DUGDALE MONUMENT AND THE REFERENCE TO SHAKESPEARE IN
THE " HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE," 1656.
Plate LXVII. — THE PRESENT STRATFORD MONUMENT.
Plate LXVIII. — THE WESTMINSTER MONUMENT.
Plate LXIX. — THE SCROLL ON THE WESTMINSTER MONUMENT.
Some months ago, when this photograph was first obtained, it was a dis
appointment not to find the 287 signature upon it. Quite recently, on making
a iurther examination, it seemed evident that the letter "e" had been taken
out of the word " Tow're " for a definite purpose. There was plenty of room
for the letter, and it was not omitted in the Folio. It could be said that
" Tow'rs " was an incomplete word, and it left on the Scroll 33 complete words,
but this did not seem to be sufficient. A count of the letters gave 157, and
by a fortunate guess it was found that this was " Fra Rosi Crosse " in the
simple method of counting, incidentally confirming the meaning to attach
to the 287 sign.
Compare tne letters and words of the Scroll with the facsimile of the lines
from The Tempest given on the previous Plate, and notice how they have been
altered to allow this Cipher result to be obtained.
Plate LXX. — THE SPENCER MONUMENT IN THE " WORKS," 1679.
Plate LXXI. — THE SPENCER MONUMENT IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
Plate LXXII. — THE BACON MONUMENT AS IN " RESUSCITATIO," 1671.
Plate LXXI II. — THE BACON MONUMENT IN ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, CORHAMBURY,
WITH THE PRESENT DAY INSCRIPTION.
These inscriptions have evidently been recut. It seems probable that
in doing this the small "j" jn ^Etatis was overlooked, thus losing the 111
count shown in the 1671 portrait.
To the Reader.
This Figure, that thou here feeft put,
It was for gentle Shakefpeare cut >•
Wherein the Grauer had a ftrife
with Nature, to out-doo the life :
O,could he but hauedrawne his wit
As well in brafle, as he hath hit
His face - the Print would thenfurpafle
All, that was euer writ in brafle.
But,fmcehe cannot, Reader, looke
Not on his Pidure, but his Booke.
B.I.
FACSIMILES FROM THE FIRST FOLIO SHAKESPEARE, 1623.
PLATE 1. "TO THE READER."
MR. WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARES
COMEDIES,
HISTORIES, &
TRAGEDIES.
Publiftied according Co the True Original! Copies.
L 0 T) 0
Printedby Ifaac laggarc^and Ed.Blount. i
PLATE II. PORTRAIT OF SHAKESPEARE.
TO THE MOST NOBLE
INCOMPARABLE PAIRE
OF BRETHREN.
M
Earle of Pembroke, <3cc. Lord Chamberlaine to the
mojl Excellent
AND
PHILIP
EarleofA/Iontgomer^acc.GGntlemanofhisMaieAies
Bed-Chamber. Both Knights of thcinoft Noble Order
of the Garter, and our fingujar good
LORDS.
Right Honourable,
v...../f f<?£? than^fulmour particular for
themanyfauors Vt>e haue recewedfromjow L.L
l*>e artfalne-s vpontbe ill fortune, totnmgl^
moftdiuerfe things that can bee, f ear e,
^; ra/bneffe in the enterprise, and
r^, ~"" <*?»•"•#* ; nyvrujjc wive enterprise, and
Jeareofthe/ucceJJe. For, vbenvewlen the places jowH.H.
JWainew cannot but tyov? their dignity gr eater >then to defcendto
there™MgtftkefetriflerMnd^
deprmdour/elues of the defence of our Dedication. <B«t face jour
L.L. hauebeenepleatd to thinly thefe trifle sjome-tbmg, heereto-
fore* and battepofetjuuted both them, and their tJuthour living
Whfo muchfauour : *e hope,that(they outing him, and be not
^ne> to be exeqwttor to his o^ne wri*
•ence toward thtrn-j7you bane done
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PLATE III.
FIRST PAGE OF "THE EPISTLE DEDICATORIE.'
<? The Epiftle Dedicatorie.
// vnto their parent. There is agreatdifference^ohetherany^oof^e
" chooje his *Patrones, or finde tlienu : 7 hi* hath done both. For,
/2 fo much werc^your L L. likings of the^feuerall parts, when
/£ they were aSe^as before they werepublifljed, the Volume asljdto
// bey ours. We haue but collefled thenLj,and done an office^ to the
<f dead, to procure his Orpbanes> (juardians^ without ambition ei-*
V ther offelfe-profo, or fame : onely to ^eepe the memory ojfo worthy
'0 a Friend& Fellow alwej* was our SH AXES p E A a E,bybum-
^ ble njfer of bis play es, toy our mojl noble^> patronage. Wherein, as
// we haue iuftly objerued, no man to come neereyour L.L. but with
V a kind of religious addreJJLsftbath bin the height of our care, who
y are the Tref enters Jo mak$ theprefent worthy of your H. H. by the
'& pe>feftionffiutytbercwmujialjocraueourabflti^ conJiderJ,
// my Lords. We cannot go beyond our owne powers. Country bands
// reach foorth milke> creameyjruitesy or what they haue : and many
/# 3\£a tions (we haue beard) that hadnotgummes & incenfe,ol>tai~
rf nedtheirrequejlswitkaleauenedCaty. Jtwas nofaulttoapproch
'/ their (jods, by what meanest hey could: <zAndtbe moft, though
// meanejly of things are made moreprecious,wken they are dedicated
// to Temples. In that name therefore y we mojl humbly confecratc^ to
^ jour H.H. tbe/L; remaints ofyourjeruant Shakefpeare^ that
// what delight is in tbem->, may be eueryour L.L. the~> reputation
^~ his, & the faults ours, if any be committed >by a payre^fo carefullto
^ Jhcw their gratitude both to the liuing>andtkedead>asis
IOHN
HENRY CONDELL-
PLATE \M. SECOND PAGE OF "THE EPISTLE DEDICATORIE."
containing all his Comedies, Hiftories, and
Tragedies :Truelyfet forth, according to their firft
OT^JGJNJLL.
The Names of the Principal! Aftors
mallthefePlayes.
SamueKjflb
Robert ojfrmin.
OJUer.
John Hemmings.
zAugufline Thillips.
William J^empt.
Samuell Croffe.
Alexander (oofy
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Tcoley. V
William £cdeftone.
fofephTaylor.
(joughe.
PLATE V. "THE NAMES OF THE PRINCIPAL!. ACTORS."
A C AT ALOGVE
of the feuerall Comedies, Hiftories, and Tra
gedies contained in this Volume.
c> ^
COMEDIES.
61
85
101
122
HeTempeft. Folio i.
The t"too Gentlemen of Verona. 20
The Merry Wiues ofWmdfor. &~* / - 3 8
Meafurefor Meajure.
The Comedy ofErrours.
Much adoo about Nothing.
Loues Labour loH.
Midfommer Nights Dreame.
The Merchant of Venice.
As you Like it.
The Taming of the Shrew.
AH is wtll, that Ends well.
Tvelfe'Night, or whatyou will.
The Winters Tale.
HISTORIES.
The Life and Death ofl(ing John. Fol. i .
The Life £7* death of Tfychard thefecond. 2 $
The Firftpart oft(ing Henry the fourth. 46
Tke Second part of^. Henry fix fourth. 74
Tie Life offing Henry the Ffi.
The Firftpart of^jng Henry the Sixt. 96
The Second part offyng Hen, the Sixt* 1 20
77;? Third part ofKjng Henry the Sixt. 1 47
The Life <sr Deatl)of^iclarci tbf Third. 1 7 j
The Life offing Henry the Eight. 205
TRAGEDIES,
JS,
The Tragedy ofQjriolanus.
Titus Andronicus.
Borneo and Juliet.
Timon of Athens.
The Life and death of Julius £<efar.
The Tragedy oj Macbeth.
The Tragedy of Hamlet,
Lear.
>,the Moore ofVenice.
n
Anthony andQcopater.
(jmbelhte f^ing of 'Bntaine.
Foi.J.
31
5?
80
109
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PLATE VI. A CATALOGUE OF THE PLAYS.
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TEMPEST.
(*A duiprimui, Scenaprima.
ifc ofTbmufer und Ligbtntug
ter a 5htf-maftert and a Bel cfwame.
£;;.
Ma/ier.
Otc-fwainr.
Battf. HecreMafter: Whacciiecre?
Mflft. Good.'Spcakctoth'Marincis: fall
too'c, yarcty , orwrrm our fclucs a ground,
line,. £A it.
Enter \JM*rmer:.
Bottf. Heigh my hearts, chccrcly, chccrcly my harts ;
yarc, yare : Take in the toppe-falc : Tend to th'M afters
•whiftlc: Blow till thouburft thywindc, if roomc e-
nough.
Enter Alonfo, Sebuftian, /jntbanio, Ferdintnib,
Good Botcfwaine haue care : wherc's the Ma.
fter? Play the men.
"Settf. I pray now keepc below.
A*tb. Where is the Mafler, Bofon ?
#«r<r/Doycunof hcarc him ? you marre our labour,
Kecpc your Cabincs : you do afsift the ftorme.
CMC. Nay, good be patient.
Botef. When the Sea is^ hence, what cares thcfe roa
rers for the name of King ? to Cabine; filcncc : trouble
vponthis howling: they are lowder then the weather,
or our office : yet againe ? What do you heere. Shal we
giue ors and drowne,haue you a mindc to finkc ?
Sefaf. ji poxe o'your throa'^you bawling, blafphe-
mous incharitableDog.
"Sotef. Workc you then.
^w/^.Hang cur^ang.you whorefon infolem NoyOi-
ma"ker,we arc lefTc afraid to be drownde.then ihou arr.
tyow*.. lie warrant him for dfowrsing, though the
Ship were nc flronger^hcn a Nuit-fhcll, aud as leaky u
an vnftanched wench.
Botef. Lay her a hold.a hold , fee bcrtwo courfes off
to Seti againc,lay her off.
Eater Murmtri vet.
Mfri, All loft,to prayer$,to prayers,all loft.
'Botef. What muft our mouths be cold ?
<&w/Good, yet rememberwhom thouhaftaboord.
• Be tef. None that I more louc then my felfc. You arc
a Counfcllor,if you can command thefc Element's to fi-
lencc,and worke the peace of thcprcfcnt, wee will not
hand a rope more, vfc your authentic : If you cannot,
giue thankcsyou haueliu'dfo long, and make your
lelfe rcadie in your Cabine for the mifchance of the
houre, if it fonap. Chccrcly good hearts :oue of our
way I fay. Exit.
Gen. I haue great comfort from this fcllowtmethinks
he hath no drowning marke vpon him, his complexion
is perfect Gallowes : ftandfjft good Fate to his han
ging, make the rope of his deftiny our cable, for our
ovme doth little aduantage: If he be not borne to bee
hang'd, our cafe is mifetable. Exit.
Ewer Ttotepvaiiie.
5«///TDownewith the top-Maft ryare^ower^owcr,
bring her to Try with Mainc-courfe. A plague- ....... *
A cry vithm. Enter Sekflian, Antonio & (jonx.rb.
King,and Princ<zatpjaycrs,lct'saflift them,
for our cafe is as theirs.
Se&*f. I'am out of patience.
An, We arcmeerly cheated ofourliuesby drunkards,
This wide-chopt-rafcall.would thou ruighift lye drow
ning the waOiing often Tides.
Gonz~ Hec'l be hang'd yer,
Though etiery drop of water Tweare againft it.
And gape at widft to glut him. Aconfufedtimfe within.
Mercy on vs. '
We fplit,wc fplit , Farewell ray wife and children,
Farewell brother : we fplit,we fplit,we fplit.
SiMth. Let's all finkc with' King
Set>. Let's take leaue of him. £jrrf.
Genz,. Now would I giue a thoufand furlongi of Sea,
for an Acre of barren ground .• Long heath , Browne
firrs , any thing; the wills aboue be dene, but I would
faine dye a dry death* Exit
ScenaSecunda.'
Enter frofrerttndAfirtiid*.
Mir*. If by your Art (my deercft father^ you haue
Put the wild waters in this Rore;alay them:
The skye it fcemes would powre down ft inking pitch,
But that the Sea,rnounting to th' welkins cheek c,
Dafhes the fire out. Oh ! I haue fufifered
With thofe that 1 faw fuffcr. A braue veflell
^ A (Who
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FIRST & LAST PAGES OF THE COMEDIES, HISTORIES & TRAGEDIES.
PLATE VII. FIRST PAGE OF THE "COMEDIES."
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I awful! ai Earing.
Pol, She embraces him,
Cam. She hangs about bis neclte,
If fhe pertame to life, 1« her fpeake too.
Pol. I, and make it manifeft whete ffie has liu'd,
Or ho w ftolne from the dead ?
Pout. That fhe is lining,
Were it but told you, fhould behooted at
Like an old Tale : but it appeares fhe liues,
Though yet fhe fpeake not. Marke a little while :
Pleafe you to iiucrpofe (fairc Madam) kneele,
And pray your Mothers blefling : turne good Lady,
Our Perdita isfoURd-
Her. You Gods lookedowne,
And from your facred Viols pourc your grace?
Vpon my daughters head : T«II me (mine owne)
Where haft thoubinpreferu'd ? Where liu'drHow found/
Thy Fathers Court ? For rhou fhalt heare that 1 /?
Knowing by PjW/W, that the Oracle </-
Gaue hopethou waft in being, haue prcferu'd <f
My felfc, to fee the yflue. /
Paul. There's ttmc enough for that, </-
Leaft they defnc (vpon this pufh) to trouble <f>
Your ioyes, with like Relation. Go together ?
You precious winners all : your exultation $
Partake, to euery one ; I (to old Turtl e) „
Will wing me to fome withcr'd bough, and there f
My Mate (that's neucr co be found againe) £
Lament, till I am loft. j-
Leo. O peace 7>a»tma: I
Thou fbouldft a husbond take by my confcnt, S
As I by thine a Wife. This is a Match, /t
And made bctweene s by Vowes. Thou haft found mine,
But how, istobequeftion'd . forlfawher */f
(As I thought) dead : and haue (in vame) fai'd many /f
AJprayer vpon her graue» !)«. noc feeke farre /
(For him, I partly know his minde) to findethee //^
An honourable husband. Come Camilla, /
And take her by the hand : whofe worth,and honcfly //
Is richly noted: and heereiuftified /
By Vs,apaireofKings. Let's from shis place. /J
What? looke vpon my Btother : both your pardons, S
That ere I put betweene your holy lookes f
My ill fufpition : This your Son-m-l» w, /
And Sonnevnto the King,whomheaaens directing <f
Is troth-plight to your daughter. Good Paulina, /
Leade vs from henc/, whe*re we may leyfurcly f
Each one demand, and anfwere to his part <f
Perform'd in this wide gap of Time, fincc firft p
We were diffeuet'd : Haftily lead away.
The Names of the Adors.
Rentes, Ktr.g ofSictllitt.
dtamittMon Princ
Cemlho.
g Prince ofStctllta.
Foure
Lords of Sicillta,
Her mane, Quetne to Lf antes.
Perdna, Daughter to Leontet andHerm'tone .
wife i
Emilia, a Ludj,
Polt::entti King of 'Bohemia.
Flortz*ttt Prince of Bohemia.
Old Skephetrdy refuted F tuber offerdita.
, his Sonne.
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Arckidamht, a LerdofBohemitt.
O ther Lords, and Ctntlemen, andSeruantt,
Sriepteardt, and Shephearddefles.
FINIS.
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PLATE VIII,
LAST PAGE OF THE COMEDIES.
The life and death of King loha
D
, Scsena
>;, Qutcne Elinor, Pembioke, ffix, and Sa-
lubttrj, with the Ck&tjhon tf France-
King John,
Ow fay Cbatilbon, what would France with v> ?
Chut, Thus (after grecting)fpeakcs the King
ofFrance,
In ray behauiour ro the Maieity ,
The borrowed Maieity of Lug U*d hecre.
£/M. A ftnnge beginning : borrowed Maiefty /
K./fbn. Silence ('good rnother)heare thcEmbaiTic,
Chut. Philip of France, in right and true behalfe
Of thy deccafed brother, Ceffreyei fonne,
Arthur Plant Agiftet, laies moft lawfull claimc
To this faire lland.and the Territories :
To Ireland, Ftyttiers. Aniovft, Torque tAfat»e ,
Dcfiring thee to lay afidc thefword
Which fwaiesvfurpingly thcfe feucrall titles,
And put the fame into yong Anhttrt hand ,
Thy Nephew, and right royallScueraigne.
K. John. What foilowcs ifwedifallow ofthh ?
Chat. The proud controle of fierce and bloudy warre,
To inforce thcfe tights, fo forcibly with-hcld,
K.Io. Heere haue we war for war,& bloudforbloud,
Corttrolcmein for controktient: fo anfwer Trance.
Chat. Then take my Kings defiance from my mouth,
The farthcft limit of my EmbalTie.
K. lohn. Bearc mine to hi<n,and fo depart in peace,
Be thou as lightning in the eies of France \
For ere thou canft report, I will be there :
The thunder of my Cannqn fhall be heard.
So hence :be thou the trumpet of our wr.uh ,
And fullen prcfagc of your ownc decay :
An honourable conduct let him haue,
fetnbrokf looke loo'i : farewell ChAttillion.
Exit Chat, and Tern
Ele. What now my fonne, haue I not euer laid
How that ambitious C«ntt<tncf would not ceafe
Till Hie had kindled France and all the world,
Vpon the right and party ofher fonne.
This might haue beene preuenied,and made whole
With very eafic arguments of loue ,
Which now the tmunage of two kingdomes muft
With fearcfull bloudy iflue arbitrate.
K.lobn. Our ftrong pofleffion, and our right for vs.
£/». Your ftrong poffefiio much more then your right,
Qr elfe it muft go wrong with you and roe ,
So much my conference whjfpers in your eare,
Which none but heauen, and you, and I, fliallhcare.
fnter <i Skertjfe.
EJJr*. My Liege, here is thcftrangcftcontrouerfie
Conic from the Country to be judg'd by you
That ere i heard : fhall Iproduce the men ?
K.lobn. Let them approach :
Our Abbtes aud our Priories fhall pay
This expeditious charge • what men are you ?
Enter Robert haHlconbrtdge^ndThilip.
Philip. Your faithful! fubicftj a gentleman,
Borne in Northtnnpt9nfhirey ai>d eldetl fonne
As I fuppote, to Robtrt fattlctnbridge ,
ASouldict by the Honor-giu>ng-Uand
Of fi,rtU/ta>t, Knighted in the field.
K.lohn, What art thou?
Robert. The fon and he»rc to that fame Ftulconbridft.
K.lobn. Is that the eldcr.and art theu the heyre ?
You came not otone mother then if feemes.
Philip. Moft certain of one moiher,mighty King,
That is well knowne,and as I thinke one father ;
Buifor the cerraine knowledge of that tiuth,
I put you o're to heauen, and to ony mother;
Of that I doubt, as all mens children may.
£//. Out on thee rude mart, ^ doft fhame thy mother,
And wound her honor with this diffidence.
Phil. I Madame ? No,l haue no reafon for it ,
That is my brothers plea, and none of mine.
The which if he can prouc, a pops me out,
At leaft from faire fiue hundred pound a yeere :
Heauen guard my mothers honor, and my Land.
KJob*. A good blunt fellow:why being yonget born
Doth ic lay claime to thine inheritance?'
1'hil I know not why ,except to get the land:
But once he flanderd nne with baffardy :
But where I be as true begot or no,
That rtill I lay vpon my mothers head,
But that I am .\s well begot rny Liege
(Faire fall the bones that tooke the paine* for me)
Compare our faces, and be 1 udge your felfe
If old Sir Robert did beget vs both,
And were our father, and this fonne like him :
0 old fir f^gbfrt Father, on my knee
1 giue heauen chankes I was not like to thee.
K. lohn. Why what a mad-cap hath heauen lent vs here?
Elen. He hath a trickeof Cardelion$ face,
The accent of his tongue affefteth htm t
Doe you not read feme tokens of my fonne
In the large compofition of this man ?
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PLATE IX.
FIRST PAGE OF THE "HISTORIES'
2 3
<? ofKjng Henry the Eight.
Hofy'and Heauenly thoughts (till Counfell her .
She (hall be lou'd and fear'd. Her ovvnc ftisll blcffe her;
Her Foes (hake like a Field of beaten Cornc,
And hang theii heads with Ibrrow :
Good growes with her.
In her dayes, Euery Man (hall eate in fafcty^
Vndcr hisowne Vine what he planes; and (ing
The merry Songs of Peace cd »1I his Neighbours.
God (hall be truely knowne, add thofe about her,
From her iliaH re^ad the perfect way of Honour,
And by thofc Jaime ihe-.r greatncflc;not by Blood.
Nor fhall this pe"ate fleepe with her: But as when
The Bird 0f Wonder dye?, the Mayden Phoenix,
Her Afhes new create another Hey re,
As great in adrhiration as hor felte.
So fhaBfre le'aue her Bleffedriefle to One,
(W he'll Heiueu fhal call her from this cJowd of cjarknes)
Who^rom vhc fa-ci ed Afhes of her Honour
Sh*l}Star-likc nfe,a-< gteat m fame as (he was,
And fo Hand fix'd. Peace, Plenty.Louc, TruthjTcrror,
That we're the SeruaiH' '» -hischofcn Infant,.
ShaM then be hrs-, and like a Vine grow to him ;
Where euer the bright SunrteofHeaueflfliall fhin*,
His Honour,afld the greatifetfe of his Name,
Shall be^ndtna-ke new Natioor. He
And like a Mountains Cedar, teach his branches,
To til the Plaincs about him . Our Children; Child en
Shall fee this.and blcfle Heauen.
Km. Thou fpeakeft wonders.
C ran. She (hall be to the happinefle of England,
An aged Princcfle; many daycs fhall fee her,
And yet i;o day without a deed to Crowne it.
Would I had knowne no more : Bur (he muft dye,
She mult, the Saints muft hauchcr; yet a Virgin,
A moft vnfpotted Lilly fhall (he pafle
To th' ground, and all the World fhall moorne her.
Kint OLordArchbifhop
Thou haft made me now a man, neuer before
This h«ppy Child, did I get any thing.
This Oracle of comfott , ha i fo pleas'd me,
That when I am in Heauen, i fhall defire
To fee what this-Child does, and prtrife nty Maker,
I thanke ye all. To you my good Lord Maror,
And you good Brethren, I a*n much beholding;
] haoe rcceiu'd much Honour by ydUrprekfnce
And ye fhall find me thankfull. Lead the way Lords,
Ye muft all fee the Queene, aad (he muft thartke ye/
She will beficke els. This day, no-man thinke
'Has bufineflcathishoufe; for all (hall ftay:
Thu Luile-One fhall make it Holy.dky. £xcx*t.
THE EPILOGVE. = //
Tff tea te offe.lfot PLy atn r.tutr
ARtha: are heere : Scm'e ctjvte ta take (heir eofer
jfnd/lt*pta* AR or two ; but theft we fear e
ffhatitfrtfbttd with otfirTtimpets : fo 'tis cltAfet
Tfafffa tit naught. Orher s to heare the City
\Atmt dextre*rnlj,andto cry that') srttt?,
Which we biufe net done rfctther; tb& Ifexrc
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The mercifull conftrultton of gyr>d women.
For fnchao»e tveflicve'd em: Ifthcyfmile,
And f<tj ttfttl doe', I kyoro wtthin a while,
j$[l the beft men are ours; for 'tis itl hap,
If they hold) if hen I heir Ladies bid 'gmcfa
FINIS,
PLATE X.
LAST PAGE OF THE HISTORIES.
The Prologue.
NTroy there lyes the Scene : From lies of Greece
The Princes QrgiUoiMy their high blood chaf'd
Haue to the Tort of Athens fent their fiifpcf
Fraught with the'mimfters and inflruments
Ofcruell War re : Sixty and nine that wore
Their (jownets T^gill^ram th 'Athenian bay .
Tut forth toward fhrygta, and their ^o^ is made
To ranfacke Troy^ithin whofeftrong emures
Therauifh'd Helen, Menelaus Queene,
With wanton ParisyZee/?w3 and that's the QuarrelL
To Tenedos they come,
And the deepe-drtTbing Barke do there dijgorge
Their Warlike frautage : now on DM dun Tlaines
Thefrejh andyet rvnbruifed Greekes do fitch
Their braue *Pauillionr.}?riztt}sJixfgated (jty,
Dai dan and Timbria, Helias, Checa^, Troieny
Ani Antcnonidus1 Tbith ma fsie Staples
And correjfionjiue and fulfilling Bolts
Stir re <vp the SonnesofTroy.
No> Ex fetation tickling tkittijh fyiritf,
On one and other fide, Troian and Greek,
Sets alt on hazard. And hither am J come,
A Prologue armdy hut not in confidence
Of Authors pen, or ^clors yoyce • hut fated,
Jn like conditions, op our Argument ;
To ttttyou (faire Beholders) that our flay
Leapes ore the ^vstunt tmdfirjllings ofthofe broyles,
Beginmng in the middle iftarting thence aJbay,
To what m*j be digejkd in a flay :
, or finde fault, doafjourphafures are,
r bad, 'tit hit the chance ofWarre,
PLATE XI FIRST PAGE OF " TROYLUS & CRESSIDA."
The Tragedy of Coriojanus:
<t/f8tis Triwus. Scoena *Prima.
€nt«r 4 Ceffipafy vfljfatinout Citizens, {with StAuet,
"* C Inkstand ether weapons.
Efore we proceed any further, heare me fpeake.
All. Speake.fpeake.
l. Cit. You are all refolu'diathcr to dy then
AH. Refolu'd.refolu'd.
i .Cit . Firft you know, fiius TMartitts is chiefe enemy
to the people.
All. Weknow't,weknow*t.
i.£}f.L« vs kill him,and wee'l haue Corne at our own
price. Is't a Verdict?
e^i//.No more talking on't; Let it be done,away,away
i.Cit. One word, good Citizens.
i. Cit. \VcateaccountcdpooreCitizens, the Patri
cians good: what Authority furfetsone, would rclecue
vs. ifthey would yeeldevs but the fuperfluitie while it
were wholfome, wee might guefle they rcleeued vs hu
manely : But they thtnke we are too decre, theleanneiTe
:*- "t afflifts vs, the obis.it of our mifcry, is as an inuento-
ry to particularize their abundance, our fufferance is a
gainetothcm. Let vs reuenge this with our l»ikes, ere
we become Rake* For the Gods know, 1 fpeake this in
lunger for Bread, not in thirft for Reuenge.
t Cit. Would you proceede efpecially againft Caiut
All. Againft him firft : He's a very dog to the Com.
monalty.
i.Ctt. Confider you what Scruices he ha's done for his
Country f
l.Cit. Very well, and could bee content to giue him
»ood report fot't, but that hec payes himfelfc with bce-
ng proud.
All. Nay.but fpeak not malicioufly.
i. Cit. 1 fay vnto you, what he hath doneFamouflie,
ic did it to that end : though fof: confcienc'd men can be
content to fay it was for his Countrey , the did it to pleafe
lit Mother,and to be mly proud, which he is, euen to
he altitude of hisvettue.
t.dt. What he cannot helpe in his Mature , youac-
ount a Vice in him : You muft in no way Gy he is co-
letous.
i.C*t. If I muft not, I needenot be barren of Accufa.
ions he hath faults (with furplu$)to tyre in repetition.
Shnvt i within.
What (howts arethefe ? The other fide a' th City is rifen:
why ftay we prating heeref To th Capi toll.
All. Come,come.
i Cit. Sof^who comes heere?
Enter Menemu! A grift**.
a Cit. Worthy Menemut tsSgrippa, one that bath al-
waycs lou'd the people.
1 Ctt . He's one honed enough ,wold al the reft wer fo
Men. What work's my Couiuiimeu in hand I
Where go you with BaU and Clubs? The matter
Speakel pray you.
z Cit. Our bufinesis not vnknownetoth'Senat, they
hauc had inkling this fortnight what we intend to do , ^
now wee'l (hew cm in deeds : they fay poote Sutcrs haue
flrong breaths, they dial know we haue iirong arms too.
THenen. Why Mafters,my good Friends, mine honef
Neighbours.will you vndoyour fellies .'
2 Cit . We cannot Sjr.we are vndone already,
Men. I tell you FnenJs, moft charitable care
Haue the Patricians of you for your wants.
Your fuffering in this dearth, you may as well
Strike at the Heauen with your ftaues, as lift them
Againft the Roman State,whofe courfe will on
The way it takes : cracking ten thoufandCurbes
Ofmore flrong linke afiunder, then can euer
Appeare in your impediment. For the Dearth,
The Gods, not the Patricians make it, and
Your knees tothem (not atnaes) muft helpe. Alacke,
You are tranfported by Calamity
Thether, where more attends you,an J you (lander
TheHelmeso'th Statej who care for you like Fathers,
When you curfe them.as Enemies*
i Cit . Care for vs.* True indeed, they nere cat'd for rs
yet. Suffer vs to famt(h,and their Store-houfes cramm'd
with Graine : Make Edicts for Vfurie , to fupport Vfu
rers; repeale daily any wholfome Ad eftablifhed againft
the rich, and prouide more piercing Statutes daily, to
chaine tp and reftraine the poorc. Ifthe Warre» eatc vs
not vppe, they wills and there's allthcloue theybeare
vs.
Meuea. Either you muft
Cenfcffc your (elues wondrous MalrciotlSf
Or be accus'd of Folly. 1 (halt tell you
A pretty Tale, it may be you haue heard it,
But (ince it feruec my purpofe, I will venture
To fcale't a little more.
^(iri^ftt. Well,
He heare it Sir : yet you fnoft not thinke
To fobbe offour difgrace with a tale :
But and't pleafe you deliuer.
Mtn.Thctc was a time, when all the bodies members
Rebell'd againft the Belly; thus accus'd it :
That onely like a Gulfe it did remaine
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PLATE XII. FIRST PAGE OF THE TRAGEDIES.
Make no Collection efit« Lcthimfhtw
His skill in the conflrudton.
TheTragectyofCymbeline.
Sooth. Hccre,my good Lord.
L*c Rctd,and declare the meaning.
Promifcj Britainc, Peace and Plenty,
Cjm. Well,
My Peace we will begin : And O/MI Lucitu^
Al. hough ihe Vi&or,we fubmit to Cf/irj
And tothc Romanc Empire ; prbmifing
To pay our wonted Tribute, from the which
We were diffwadcd by our wicked Qu^eenc,
Whom heauens in luftice both on hcr,and hers,
Haae laid moft heauy hand.
So9th. The fingers of the Powrcsaboue, do tune
The harmony of th'u Peace : the Vifion
Which I made knowne to Lncitu ere the Broke
mifcridt BntxiHt btfortx*<*tet ttttdJlsMn/b it> ~Peac«*tjdPlfn*f\ Of yet this fcarfe-cold-Batta>le, at this inftant
out firing findt, tndlte cnbrtc'd bjApetceofttn<br
Ajr«> j4ndv>ktnfrom* ftAtelj Ctdtr (hall bt left brM&tt9
vthica btiig dtAdoiany jetreiipiaUtfter rtuinet btiio)*t<dte//
tbeoldStvcke
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Thou LecnAtm art the Lyons Whelpe,
The fit and apt Conftruaion of thy name
Being Letvatw, doth import foniuch*
The pccce of tender Ayre,thy vcrtuous Daughter,
Which we call Mill* Jcr, and UMtllit Atr
We tcrmc it Mutter ; whicb Malterl diuine
I« this moft conftant W»fe,^rho euen now
Anfwcr mg the Letter of the Oracle,
Vnknownctoyou vnfought.wcrc dipt about
With this moft tender Aire.
Cjnt. This hath fomc feeming.
Sooth. The lofty Cedar,Roy all Cjmbthne
Pcrfonates thce : And thy lopt Branches.point
Thy two Sonnet fotth : who by Tttlantu ft'olne
For many yeares thought deadtare now reuiu'd
To the Maicfticke Cedar ioyn'd; whofc Iffuc
Is full accomplifh'd. For the Romame Eagle
From South to Weft,on wing foarmg aloft
LclTcn'd her feifc, and in the Beamcs o'th'Sun
So vanilVd j which fore-fhc w'd our Piinccly Eagle
Th'Impcriall C//5rr, fliould againe vnitc /
His Fauour,vrith the Radiant Cjmbeljnti /
Which fliineihccre in the WelK
Cjm. Laud we the Gods*
And let our crooked Smoakct clioabe to thejr Noftrils
Ftom our blcft Altars. Publifli.wc this Peace
To all our Subic&». Set we forward : Lee
A Roman, and a Brittiib Endgne waue
Friendly together : fo through Lnds-Twae match, /
And in the Temple of great Jupiter
Our Peace wee'J ranfie : Seale it with Feafts.
Set on there : Neucr was a Wme did ceafe
(Ere bloodie hands were wafli'd) withfuch a Peace. *^
FINIS.
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T. BRiGHT's 'TREATISE OF MELANCHOLY." isee. FIRST PAGE.
AND THE FIRST AND SECOND PAGES OF THE 1613 EDITION.
THE FIRST BOOKE
OF THE FAERIE
QVEENE:
C OBTAINING
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Of HolineJJL,.
O,t the nwn,whofe Mufc whilom did mask, <?
As time her taught, in lowely Shcpheards ?
Am now enforc't a far vnfutcr Msfc, (weeds, /
Fortrupets (tern to change mine oatc reeds, <r
And fing of Knights,& Ladies gentle dccds$ <f
Whofe praifcs hauing flcpt in filcnce long, /
Mee, all to meane, the facrcd Mure arecds <P
To blazon 'broad, amongft her learned throng : ?
Fierce warres, and faithful loucs, Hull moralize my fong. //
Help then, 6 holy Virgin, chicfcofninc,
Thy weaker Novice to pcrformc thy will :
Lay forth out of thine cucrlafting ferine
The antique rolic*, which there lie hidden ftill,
Of Faerie Knights, and faircft Ttmaqmtt,
Whom that mod noble Briton Prince (o long
Sought through the world, and differed fo much ill,
That I mud rue his rndeferucd wrong :
0 1 help thou my wcake wit,and flurpcn my dull tongue.
And thou moft dreaded impe of higheft I cue, ?
Fairc ytnm fonne, that with thy cruell dart p
At that good Knight fo cunningly didft roue, /"
That glorious fire it kindled in his hart, S
Lay now thy deadly Hcbcnbowe apart, y
And with thy mother mildc come to mine ayde : /
Come both, and with you bring triumphant Mart, />
In loues and gentle iollities arrayd, 6
After his murdrous fpoiles and bloody rage al layd. <f
And with them eke, 6 GoddcfTehcauenly bright, <f
Mirrour of grace and Maicftie diuine, /
Great Lady of the greatcft Iflc, wbofc light <f
Like Tlceiiu lampe throughout the world doth Hiioc, /
Shed thy fairc bearr.es into my feeble cync, <?
And raiJc my thoughts, too humble, sod too vile, f
To think of that true glorious type of thine, f
The argument of mine afliftcd ftilc: ^
The which to hare, vouchlafe, 6 deareft dread a-while. f
Canto
PLATE XXII. - SPENSER'S "FAERIE QUEENE," 1611. PAGE 1.
Cant.rill.
THE FAERIE QJTEENE.
Mow 3f *r* tlut valiant man is changed moft :
For.hc iotmtimcs (b far rr.nncs out of fquarc,
That lie his way doth (com quite to hauc loft,
And clcane without bis vliull (pbeerc to {arc 5
That cuen tfcefe Star-gazers ftomlht arc
At light thereof .and datnoe then lying Uookcs :
So likcw:fe,grtm Sir Saturnt oft doth (pare
His fternt a!pe#,md oltne his crabbed lookes :
So many tinning cranks thefc faauc,fo many crookcs.
S?
But you 7>4M/OM«,toatonely conftantarc,
And King of all tbe reft, as yc doe clatic,
Are you not fubicct ecke to this misfarc ?
Then let me askc you this w it ho ur en blame.
Where were ye borne ? Some fay in Crete by name,
Others in 7V*t«,and others otherwhere :
But whcrefbcucr they comment the fame,
They all confcnt thatyc begotten were,
And borne here in ibis woi lc',ne other can appeare.
Then areyc mort.iUborne^nd thrall tome,
Volcffe the Kihgdome of the sky yce make
ImmortalLand vnchangeablc to be 5
Bcfidcs.that power and vertue which ye (pake*
Thar ye berc worke,doth many changes take,
And your owne natures change : for.each of you
That vertue baue,or th is ,or tha: to make,
Is checkt and changed from his nature trew,
By others opposition or obhquid view.
5*
Bcfidcs.tbe fundry motions of your Spheares,
So fuadry wayes and fafiiions as clcrkes fame,
Some in (hort fpace.and fome in longer ycarcs ;
What is the fame but alteration plaice ?
Onely the (tarry skie doth (till remaine :
Yet doc the Starres and Sign cs therein ftill moue,
And euen it feltc is mov'd,as wizards faine.
But all that mouetbjdoth mutation loue :
Therefore both you and them to me I fubicft prone.
I ~
Then face within (his wide great f iwWr/i
Nothing doth fn me and permanent ap,.
But all things toft and turned by tranfucrf c :
What then fhould let, but I aloft fhould rcare
My Trophce^nd from all, the triumph beare I
Now iudgc thcu (O thou greateft goddcHc trcw /)
According as thy fclfc doeil fee and heare,
An ,i vnto me id doom that is my dew 5
That is the rule of all, all being tul'd by you.
So haning ended, filencc long enfcwed,
Nc T^ature to" or fro fpakc fora (pace,
But with firme eyes affixt,thc ground ftill viewed.
Mcane while,all ci eaturcs, looking in hcrfacc,
Expecting th' end of this to doubtful! cafe, ,
Did bang in long fuipcnce what would cnfc w,
To whether fide fhould fall the (ouerjinc place :
At length , (he looking vp with cbearefull view,
The fiknce brakc,and gaue her doomc in fpeechcs fcvr.
58
Z well con fi<1cr all that ye haucfaid,
And find that all things ftcdfaftneiTe do hate
And changed be : yet being rightly wayd
They are not changed from their firft eftatcj
But by their change their being do dilate :
And turning to themfelucs at length againc,
Do woike their owne perfection (o by fate :
Then ouer them Change doth not rule and raigne ;
But they raigne ouer change, & do their dates maincaioe.
59
Ccafc therefore daughter further to a(pirc,
And tbee content thus to be rul'd by mce:
For thy decay thou feekft by thy dcfirej
But time (hall come that all fh ..11 changed bee,
And from thenceforth .none no more change flul fee.
Sowasthe Titanejjjrput downe and whift,
And lout confirm^ in his imperial! fee.
Then was mat whole aflembly quite difmift,
And Tif.iui'fktfc did vanifli j whither, no man wift.
TberULCMto,'
Hen I bcthinke me on that fpccch whylcare, Then gin I thinke on that which Nature faid,
Of Mt*al>ilitiet*nd well it way :
Me feemcs,that though (he all vnworthy were
Of tbe Heav'ns Rule ; yet very footh to (ay,
In all things clfclhc bcarcs the greatcft (way.
Which nukes me loam this (late of life fo tickle,
And loue of things fovaine and caftawayt
Who(c flo wring' pride.fo fading and (o fickle;
Of that fame Jime when no tnorc Change (hall be,
But ftedfaftreft of all things firmely ftayd
Vpon the pillours of Eternity,
That is contray r to Mutdilttie :
For,all that moueth.doth in Change delight:
But thence-forth all (hall reft eternally
==s WithH«mtha£istheGodofSab.iotbhight: (fight.
•
wnoit nowniigpnoc>iwi<»uu'g«»"**'v«»^«x" ••• — —• o ^
/ Short Time /hall fbon cut down with his cofuming fickle. O that great Sab«*h God, greunt me thzi Sabaoths
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PLATE XXIII.
SPENSER'S " FAERIE QUEENE." LAST PAGE.
The Argument
</* TT^Lius Seianus, yowie to Seius Strabo5 ^ gentleman of
<f / \ j Rome , and borne M Vulfinium } after his tongferuice in
^ court :^j?5 Tender Auguftus , afterward^ Tiberius :greu>
^ into thatfauour 'frith the lafter, and icon. him by tbofe artes , as there
/£ panted nothings but the name , to make him a copartner of the Em-
/ fire. Which greatneffe of his, Drufus/ie Emperors fonne not broo-
// king y after many /'mother d dijlikes , it one day breaking out , the
/# Prince /irooke him publikely on the face. To reuenge ^hich dtfgrace^
& Liuia Ji he ~toife o/Drufus '(being before corrupted by him to her #//-
konottr,and tbe dtfcouery of her husbands ceuncells) Seianus^nfl?/-
/ feth Dpith, together ^ith her Thy/irian 5 tailed Eudemus , and ont
<f Lygdus, an Eunuch 5 to poyfon Drufus. This their inhumane att
J hauirigfuccefjefutt, and Vnjujfrefled paffage, it emboldeneth Seianus
/£ tofartherjS' more infolent proiec7s,euen the ambition of the Empire:
^ Esther e finding the letsjbe muft encounter Jo be many^ & bard, in re-
9/' ff>t£t of the iffm o/Germanicus(i^^o yere next in hope for thefuc-
/ ceffionyyc dwifetb to make Tiberius felfe,his meanes:& inftill's in-
/^ to bis eares many doubt s^ and fufyicions, both againjl the Princes ^and
? their mother Agrippiiia: *tokich Cxfar iealoujly hearkning to9as co-
/£ Hetoujlj confentetb to their ruine^and their friends. In this time, the
// vtttertB mature and [Irengthen his defigne , he labours to marry Li-
^ hia, dndivorketb ( -frith all his ingine ) to rernoue Tiberius frtini
" the knowledge ofpublike buftneffe 5 "frith allurements of a quiet and
^ rttyred bfe : the latter of vhicb , Tiberius ( out of a prouenefle to
luHytnda defire to hide thofe ynnaturafl pleafures , «%bkh he could
f notfo publikely praffife} embraceththe former inkinJltth his feares,
'/ tiriJ there giues bimfirftcanfe of doubt, or fufyeff toward $£ianus.
<f jfgainft "frhoniyhe raifeth (in pritute) a ntv in ftru mention? Serto-
^ rius Macro, and by him 'bnder-'frorketh , drfcouers the others coun-
'•# fells ; his meanes,bis endsjoundt the affefftons of the Senator^ , di-
'<? uidesy dijtrtfts them : at laft ., then S^eianus lea ft looketk , and is
* moftfecure ("frith pretext of doing him an 'bn-'fr on ted honour in the
^ Senate) he traines him front hisguardes, ~tottk one letter, an din one
'/ day, hath kimfuffxtfed, auufed, condemned^ and tor»e HI pieces^ by
^ the rage of the people^,,
PLATE XXIV. BEN JONSON'S "SEJANUS," 1616. "THE ARGUMENT.
N
On abs refuerit admonere^> , quod , cum necejje
fit mult a ex Experiments fub duobus Titulis T>el
pluribii! cadere, (wluti Hiftoria Plantarum , &*
Hiftoria Artis Hor tulanae mult a habebuntfere com-
mmia') commodior fa Inquifitio per Aries, T)ifl)ofi~
no vero per Corpora. ^Parum enim nobis cur a eft de
ribus ip/is tStyfechamcis, fedwntum de ijs
qua ajfferunt adinHruendam *Pbilofo*
. Verum hac e re nata
melius regentur,
FINIS.
Errata.
frttiem ipfam. P.Bz.l 3,f>ro Pntdftttia^gf Safitnti*. "P
num. 'P.iii.l.f It. iegt Ideas. <P.
I, l.ltgt pro lolo 3 loco. P.i6o./ i+ltgt trudantnr, P. ijS./. 26. ley demontliavi.
tdtrnt antf*. P. 3 13 .l
L O N D I N I,
loANNEM BlLLlVM,
M. DC. XX
PLATE XXV. BACON'S " NOVUM ORGANUM," 1620. END OF BOOK.
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PLATE XXVI. BACON'S "ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING," 1640.
N$;TAV&M#G?p
ye -A °F THE
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PLATE XXVII. BACON'S "ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING," 1640.
TITLE PAGE.
DEI GRATIA MAG.BRITANNI^
FRANCIS ET HIBERNI^E R E G I.
TERR^ MARISQ^ POTENTISSIMO
PRINCIPI. OCEANI BRITANNICI
AD QJIATUOR MUNDI PLAGAS
DISPARTITI JMPERATORI. DNO
VIRGINIA ET VASTORUM
TERRITO RIORUM ADJ ACEN TI U M
ET DISPERSARtlM INSULARUM
IN OCEANO OCCIDENTALI
CHRISTIAN/E FIDEI DEFEN5ORI
PACJS INSTAURATORI PUB.
SECURITATIS AUCTORI
PIO FEL. AUG.
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PLATE XXVIII. - BACON'S "ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING," 1640. " CAROLO " PAGE.
OF LEARNING. LIB. VI.
THE COLOVR. $
5 That fide to which all other Parties and Setts nnttnimoujly ^
conferre fecondwices after every Particular hath affined a f
Primacy to itfelfijeems to bejuftly preferred before the reft: 't
for every fett may be prefumd to ufurpe t be fo& place fut of /J
Pafiion and Partiality^ but toyeeld.thefecond Placet out of //
truth and merit. <j
SoCfcmwent about to prove the Selt^fAcddemiques^ /#
which (ufpended all afleveration for to be the beftof all //
Philoiophiesj for (faith he) aske a Stoique which fell is better ^ f
i ii -ii r i • i r i n t-icero« x
then other ) he will freferre his own before the reft: Then aske Q^A. /^
him which approacbeth next in dignity, he will confefje the Acade-* /#
mique^fo deale with an Epicure that will f cant endure the Stoique '2
to be in fight ofhim->fofoone a* he hath placed himfelfe in the /c/~
chiefo-roome^he will place the ^Academique next him, So if a /£
place were void^nd aPrince fhould examine competitors /
feverally, whom next themfelves they would ipccially /
commend, it were like that the mod fecond voices would /^
concurre upon the ableft man- *'
THE REPREHENSION. t
He fallax of this (Colour is in ref peel: of Em>y: for men /&
are accuftomed after themfelves,and their own fadtion , ^
to incline and bend unto them,which of all the reft are the /<J
fofteft and weakeft, and are leaft in their way in deipight //
and derogation of them who have moft infiilted over themi /#
and have held them hardeft to it- /
THE COLOVR. ^
6 That whofe excettency<>andj/£ipercminency is better* the ^
fame is every way tetter. ^
Appertaining to this are the ufuall ./c^mr 5 Let utnotwan-
der in generalities* Let w compare Particularwith Particular ?
THE /
PLATE XXIX. BACON'S "ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING." 164O. PAGE 287.
The Epijlle 'Dedicatorie.
// they have been feated in the Countie ; and , where I could,
/^ pointing briefly at their extractions : for to have gone farther
// would have been both improper , as out of my bounds 5 and
/2 impoflible for me to effedl 9 as may well be deemed by thofe
// that underftand what a taske it is to find out authorities foi the
/^ averting of no more than one Defcent. Great is the commen-
// dation that is juftly due to moft of you 3 for promoting this
/J publique work , by fo noble a freedom to me in the fight of
s your antient Charters and Evidences,which have afforded air
// fo many notable difcoveries in relation to others afwell as your
// felyes : Nor is it a little honour you deferve for that pious ,
$ though due refped, (hewed to your dead Anceftors,by repre-
'J fenting to the world a view of their Tombes, and in fome fort
s preferving thofe Monuments from that fate , which Time9 if
/ not contingent mifchief, might expofe them to.
^ But principally rriuft I acknowledge the fignall furthe-
f ranee , which this Work hath received by my much honou-
^ red Friend Sir Simon Archer Knight „ a perfon indeed natural-
// ly qualified with a great affe<5lion to Antiquities, and with no
/0 fmall pains and charge , a diligent Gatherer and preferver of
/ very many choice Manufcripts 5 and other rarities 3 whereof I
'2 have made fpeciall ufe , as aimoft every page in the Book will
/ manifeft.
w That this my endeavour will have a candid acceptance 3 1
't no whit doubt ; my principall ayme having been , by fetting
'0 before you the noble and eminent Adtions of your worthy
// Anceftors D to incite the prefent and future ages to a vertuous
/0 imitation of them;the continued welfareDand lafting honour cf
s your felves and hopefull pofterity , being the unfeigned
J wi(hes9of
— Your moft devoted and
humble fervant
DUGDALE'S WARWICKSHIRE, 1656.
PLATE XXX.
LAST PAGE OF THE EPISTLE DEHI^ATORIE
Refufckatio,
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FRANCIS BACON
Baron of Ffw/4^, Vifcount Saint AU>«n.
According to the beft Corredted C O P P I E S«
Together, With his Lordffiips LIFE.
By WILLIAM RAWLEY, Dodor in Divinity, His
Lordfhips Firft, and Laft, CHAPLEINE.
Afterwards, C H A P L E I N E, to His late M A i E s T Y.
LONDON,
Printed by Sarah Griffin^ for William Lee , and are to be fold at
his Shop in flee tjireet , acth« fign of the Turks -head, ncur
the Mitre Tavern, 1^57.
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LAST 2 PAQES OF "THE DEDICATION."
Francis Lord Bacon.
Pfighgate, near London, tb which Place he cafually
repaired about a. Week before, God To ordaining
that he fiiould die there of a gentle Fever y acciden
tally accompanied with a great Cold, whereby the
defluxion of $(heum fell fo plentifully upon hi$
Breaft, that he died by Suffocation, and was buried
in St. Michael's Church at St. ^flbans, being the Place
defigned for his Burial by hislaft Will and Tefta-
meat, both becaufe the Body of his Mother was Inter
red there, and becaufe it was the onely Church then
remaining within the Preempts of old Ferulam:
where he ,hath a Monument ere&ed for him in white
JMarUe, by the Cafe and Gratitude of Sir Thomas
Meautys Knight, formerly bis Lordfhips Secretary,
afterwards Clerk of the King's Honorable tPrivy-
Council under two Kings, rcprefenting his full Por
traiture in the Pofture of Studying, with an In*
fcriptieh Compofed by that accomplifh'd Gentleman,
and rare Wit, Sir Henry Wotton.
But howfoever his Body was mortal, yet no doubt
his Memory and Works will live, and will in all pro
bability laft as long as the World lafteth. Iti order
to which I have endeavor'd (after my poor Ability)
to do this Honour to his Lordflnp, by way of en-,
ducing to the fame.
THe Reader isdehreH to take notKC ot a L«t^r to Doftor A. that (houia not have been
Printed j butforhafte being done in three Printingrhoufes there bapneda miftake.
The true Copy, Correaed by Drv*»*A?> cojfietHin tbe twenty fcventh Folio following.
No other miftake is in the Book. ' .
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TITLE PAGE OF "THE TAMING OF A SHREW," 1594.
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TITLE PAGE OF "THE SECOND PART OF HENRIE IV," 16OO.
TITLE PAGE OF "THE MERRIE WIVES OF WINDSOR," 16O2.
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EPILOGVE,
0rv my Char wes areattore-throvene,
Andwhatflrength I haw: 's mtae owe.
Which u moftfaiur: vow re true
I muf he heere confnde hj yw,
Or f frit to Naples, Let me not •
Since I bane my Dukedomegot ,
And par don d the deceiuer^ dwell
Inthis harel^andy hyyour Spell,
Butreleafe me from my hands
Wtffoheheipe of your good hands :
GentlehrcAth of jour ^ my Saiies
Mttftjill, or elfe my fnufffiilf^
which to as tople&fe : Now Ivodnt
Spirits to enforce : Art to inchant,
And my ending u dcj]>airet
Vnleffcl be relieud hy prater
Which pier fes fit that it affaultj
Mercy itfilft, and frees all faults,
As you from crimes would pardotfd be,
Let your Indulgence fet me free. Exit.
TheScene,anvn-inhabicedIfland J
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J>{amesofthe Aftors,
A lonfi,K.of Naples:
Sebafttan his Brother.
Proftero^ the right Duke ofMilUi
Anthovio his brotherjhc vjurping Du
Ferdinand* Son to the King ofNaflcs,
Gonzale, anhoneft oldCouncellar.
Adrian* & Franci/co, Lords.
Caliban* a faltutge and deformed Jlaue,
Trint»/o,a fetter.
StephanOy a drunken Butler.
MafterofaShip.
Boate-Swaine*
Marriners.
Miranda^ daughter to frojf
Arte/l) an ayriefpirit.
Irit
Ceres
Juno
Nymphes
Reapers
Spirits*
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FINIS.
The two Gentlemen of Verona.
The names of all the Adtors.
Duke: Father to Siluia,
Valentine.*) .
Prothcus* * * two Gentlemen,
Anthonio: father to prothtus.
lljurio: afoolijh ri/talt to Valentine.
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Eglamoure : Agent for SilutA in her efcape.
Hoft: where lull A lodges.
Out-latpes with Valentine.
Speed: a clowmjkfcruantto Valentine.
Launce : the like to P rot hew.
Panthioniftruantto Antonio.
lull A: beloued of Protheu*.
Siluia: beloved of Valentine.
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ENDINGS OF EVERY FIRST FOLIO PLAY.
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PLATE XXXVIII.
The Merry Wive* of Windsor.
Slcn. I came yonder at Ettan to marry Miftris Anne
P4get and fhc's a great lubberly boy. If it had not bene
i'th Church, Iwouldhauefwing'dhim, orheefhould
haue fwing'd me. Ifldidnotthinkeithadbeene Anne
t would I might ncuer iV,rre,and 'tis aPoft-mafters
Boy.
Good husband, let vs euery one go home,
And laugh this fport ore by aCounsrie fui>
"Sir 706* and all.
Ford. Leti
. you yet (hall hold your word,
For he, co night, (hall lye with Miftrts fords
FINIS.
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Measure for Measure.
The Scene Vienna.
The names of all the Aftors,
rincentio : the Duke,
AnvelO)thcQeptttie.
Efctlvf, An Ancient L ord.
Claudia, ayon^ Gentleman,'
LUCID- A ftvtafl/atie.
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i .Other like Gentlemen.
Prouoft.
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2. friers.
Thomas.
Peter.
Elbow ',
Frothy afio/t/b Gentleman*
Clowne.
^ an Executioner.
efri finer*
^ fifer to Claudio.
Afariatiat betrothed to Avgdo*
lulfetfaloued of Claudia.
Francifca^affun.
Miftrit Quer-don^ a Bawd,
The Comedie of Errors.
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The Comedie of Errors.
And we fliail make fall fat isfaction.
Tbirtie three yeores hauc I but gone in tranaile
Of you my Tonnes, and till this prefent houre
My heauie burthen arc dcliuered r
The Duke my husband, and my children both,
And you the Kalenders of their Natiuiry,
Go to a Gofiips fcaft, and go with mee,
After fo long greefe fuch Natiuitie.
. With alt my heart, lie Goflip at this feaft.
"Exeunt otnnes . t*M<tnet the tvtoDromid sand
two Brothers.
f SJDvo. Maft.ftall I fetch your ftuffe from fhtpbord?
^ E,AnJZ>romt<t,Vihtt. ftuffc of mine haft thou imbarkc
/^ S.Dro , Your goods that lay at hoft fir in the Centaur.
/ S-Ant. _Hc fprafrcs to rne, I am your matter Dromio .
Come go with vs, wec'l looke to that anon,
Embrace thy brother there, reioyce with him. Exit
K S.<Drot There is a fat friend at your maftcrshoufc,
That kit chin' d me for you to day at dinner :
She now (ball be my fitter, not my wife,
f.D.Me thinks you are my glafle,& not my brother :
I fee by you, J am a fweeufac'd youth,
Will you walke in to fee their goilippiog^
S.Dro. Not I fir,you are my elder.
£/2>*. That's a qucftion^ow (hall we trie it.
St<Dre. Wee'l draw Cuts for the Signior, till then,
lead thou firft.
£.Dro* Nay then thus:
We came Into the world like brother and brother :
And now let's go band in hand, not one before another.
Exeunt*
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PLATE XXXIX.
Much adoe about Nothiny.
Clan. Giue me your hind before thi s holy Frier,
I am your husband if you 1 ike of mer
Hn-i-. And when 1 liu'd I was you t other wife,
And when you lou'd, you were my c thct husband.
Another Herot
ftatf more rcuercnd then one tipt with horn» £*ter.Mef.
Me Jen. My Lord,your brother fokn is tane in flight,
An d brought with armed men backe to U^fcJJina.
Bttte* Thmke not on him till to morrow , ile deuife
the c braue pun;fhments for him: ftrikc vp Pipers,Z>0rc<.
L F 7 N I S.
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Loves Labour s lost.
Ent
"Brag. Sweet Maiefty vouchsafe me.
Qu. W>* not that He&or?
"Dttm. The worthic Knight of Troy.
*%rAg. I wil kifle thy royal finger,and take leaue.
I am a Vocarie, I hauc vow'd to laquenetta to holde the
A mcrrie note,
While greafie lone doth keele the pot,
Brag, The Words of Mercurie>
Are harfh after the fongs of Apollo :
You that way; we this way.
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A Midsommer niyhte Dreame.
Puts the wretch thathes in woe3
In remembrance of a ftirowd.
Now it is the time of night »
That the graues, all gaping wide,
Eucry one lets forth his fpright ,
In the Church-way paths to glide.
And we Fairies^har tk> runne,
By thetriplc Hccates teamc ,
From the prefence of the Sunnc,
Following darkeneffe like a drcamf,
Now arc trollickc ; not a Mo'ufc
Shall difturbe this hallowed houfe.
I am fcnt with brootnc before,
To fweep the duft bchindc the doore.
Enter King *»A Q*tt»c of Fairies with tkeir frame.
O6, Through the houfe giue glimmering light «
Rofan. If we ftmdowes hauc offended,
Thinke but this (and all is mended)
That you haue butflumbred hecre.
While thefc vifions did appcare.
And thi* wcakc and idle theame,
Norn ore yeclding but adreame,
Centlcs, doe not reprehend.
If you pardon, we wil! mend.
And as I am an honeft /*«<%,
If we hauc vncarncd luckc,
Now to fcape the Scr penis tongue,
We will make amends ere long:
Elfe the f.uckf* lyar call,
So rood night vnto you all.
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Giue me your hands, if we be friend*,
And Roktn (hall rcftore. amends.
FINIS
Tim Merchant of
Ant. Heere Lord BtiffMtiofvtcM to keep this ring.
Bof. Bybeaueflitisthe fame I gane the Doctor.
Per. I had it of his n : pardon. "Baflamo,
For by this ring the Doctor lay with me.
Ner. And pardon me my gentle GrAiUtto,
For that fame krubbed boy the Doctors Clarke
In Hew of this, laft night did lye with me . </_
Cm. Why this is like the mendingiof high wales
InSotnmcr,where the waies are faire enough :
What, are we Cuckolds ere we haue deferu'd it.
And we will anfwcr all things faithfully,
CTA. Let it be fo, the fir ft intergatoty
That my Nerrijfa fhall be fwornc on, is,
Whether till the next night (he had rather flay,
Or goc to bed,now being two houres to day,
But were the day come, ] flbould wi(h it darke t
Till I were couching with the Doctors Clarke.
> Well, while lliue, He feaie no other thing
So forc,as keeping (ak Herri/as ring.
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PLATE XL.
As you like it.
With mcafurc beap'd in ioy, to'th Meafures fall.
/4^. Sir,by your patience : if I heard you rightly,
The Duke hath put en a Religious life,
A ndthrowne'mto neglect the pompous Court. = *?
plcas'3 me, complexions that hk'd me, and breaths that
I deh'de not : And I am fure, as many ashauegood
beards, or good faces, or fwect brenhi,will for my kind
offer ,whcn 1 make curc'fie,bid me farewelj. - aJy £#&
FINIS.
The Taming of the Shrew.
Hucn fuch a woman oweth to her husband :
And when (he is froward,peeu»{h,fullen, fowre,
And not obedient to his honeft will,
Whac is (he buc a foule contending Rebcll,
And gracelcffe Traitor to her louing Lord ?
I am afliam'd that women are fo fimple,
Twas I wonne the wager, though yoa hit the while,
And being 3 winner, God giueyou good night.
Sxit Petruebio
Hvrten. Now goe thy wayes, thou haft tamM a curft
Shrow.
Lwr.Ti $ a wonder, by your leaue, fhc wil be tam'd fo.
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All* Well, that End* Well,
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Will you be mine now you are doubly wonne?
Rof. If (be my Liege can make me know this clearly,
He loue her dearely, euer, cue: dearly.
He/. If it appear c not plaine, and proue vntr ue,
Deadly diuorce ftep betweene me and you.
O my deerc mother do I fee you liuing ?
Laf. Mine eyes fmell Onions, I (hall weepe anon :
Good Tom Drumme lend me a handkercher.
So I thanke thee,waite on me home, He make fport with
thee : Let thy curtfies alane, they are fcuruy ones.
All yet feemes well, and if it end fo mcetc,
The bitter pafl, moie welcome is the fweet*
flourijh.
T
He Kings A "Begger^ now the flay u done, <?
Thttjou txprefle Content : which w veittfay, <f
Witbftrift toplcafejoti.da) exceeding day :
Ours bfj9ur faiience thent and jours our part/, --Jt ^ #
Tow gentle hands lend vst and take, our ^/zrr; . Exeunt omn .
FINIS.
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PLATE XLI.
Twelfe Night, or, What you will.
Rrft cold me thoa waft mad ; then cam'ft in froUing,
Aad in £uch formes, which heere wtrc prefuppos'd
Vpon thccio the Letter :prethecbe content,
This practice hath moff fhrcwdly pa ft vpon thee :
But when we know the grounds ,and authors of it,
Thou {halt be both thcPlaintiffcandthcIudgc
Of thine ownccaufe.
lab. Good Madam hcarc roe fpeakc,
And let no qijarrell, nor nohraulc to come,
Taint the condition of thiiprcfent houre,
Which I hauc wondrcd ac. In hope it (hall not,
Moft freely I confcffe my fclfe, and Toby
Set this dcuicc againft .ityiWwhecrc,
| Vpon {b'meftubbornc and vncourteoos parts
We had conceiu'd againft him. M*n* wrk
The Letter, at fir Tefyes great importance,
In rccompencc v?hereof, he hath married her:
How with a fpoTtfoll malice it wa» follow'd,
M»y rather pluckc on laughter ther reuenge,
If that the iniurics be iuftly weigh* ,
That hauc on both fidei paft.
Ol. Alas poorc Foole.how bauc they bafTcI'd thec f
Cb. Why fome are borne •grcat/omc atchicuc great-
ncfle, and force hauc greatncflc thrownc vpon them . I
was one fa, in this Enterludc, one fir Topas fir, but that's
if*
tf
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ivhen th\a Twos and a little tine bojt
frtbbfjt kot the vrixele and the raine :
fi . i<-eg WAS (rut a toy,
for ilse TMJt it rainetb entry day.
But when I cxrnc to moots efl<Ue,
ryithhejhofyc.
Cain ft Kiaxei andTbeenesmenfhut their gate t
for the i
"But when fcamt ttfas to wirtet
wttb hej ho, (*rc.
"By Daggering conld / nentr tbrwe,
for the raixe^&Ct*
"But when I came vnto mj 6edt,
with bey bo,&c.
JPitb toftittct ftitt had drunken
for the
ji great while ago the v(f^libegfny
ney bo, &c.
"But that's till one, our flaj it done,
and jveetflritJetofleajejou excrj day.
The Winters Tale.
If Hie pmaine to life, let her fpeake too.
tot. \ , and make ic mamfcft where (he ha'sliu'd,
Or How Itolnc from the dead ?
P*x(. Th»r fhejsliuing,
Were it but to!d you, fhould be hooted at
Like an old Tale . but it appcarci fhc hues,
Though yet Oie fpeake not. Mirke a little while;
Pleafc you:o uiterpofe (fairc Madam) knecle,
And pray your Mother* bleffi^g : turne good Lady,
Our Ptrdita is found.
Her You Gods lookcdowne,
And from your (acred Viols pourc your graces
Vpon my daughters head : TcU mr (mine owne)
Where haft thoubin prcferu'd ? \Vhcrc hu'c?How found
Thy Fathers Court ?Forthou fhalthearc that I
Knowing by PWrn^.tHar the Oracle
Gaue hope thou w jfl in being, haue prc fctu'd
My fclfe, to fee the yffue.
r<i*l. There's ttmc enough for that,
Lcaftthcy delire (vpon thijp\jfi->)to trouble
Your ioyes, with like Relation. Go together
You precious winnersall : your exultation
Lament, tilt I am loft.
l*». O peace faulnia:
Thou (houldrt a huiband take by my confcnt,
A»I by thine a Wife. Thins a Mitch,
And made bctwcenc'* by Vo wet. Thou haft found mine,
But how, is to be queftion'd : forl faw her
(As I thought) dead : and haue (in vainc) Cud. many
Alprayer vpon her gr aue. lie oot fecke farre
(Fo: him, I partly lcnowhiirr»indc)tofindethee
An honourable husband, CemcCaffuR*,
And take her by the hand : whofe worth,and honvfty
Is richlv noted . and hcere iufLfied
By Vs, a paitc of Kingi. Let's from this pla,cc.
What?1 looke vpon my Brother : both you? pardons,
Thai etc I put betweene your holy lookes
My ill fufpition : Thii your Son-m-l»\v,
A nd Sonne vr»ts the Kiog,whom heaycns dircfting
Is troth-plight to your daughter. Good Paxlitu,
Leade vjfromhrnce, where we may Ifyfurcly
Each one de:nind,and anfsvert toliis part
Performed inthitwideg3pofTiaie,finccfirft --J?
We were diffcuetM : Hsftily lead away. -^ Exeftnt.
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The Names of the A&ors.
ong Prince
LEcntei,
Camilla.
Aniigtnus.
Cletmines . ?Lerdt efSictHnt,
rDien. }
Prrdita, D-tughttr to Le»*tcs MslHtrmloxt.
£milit, a Ltdj.
Poltxents^ KJHg efBahemia.
FlffrixsR, Prince of Bsktmi*.
Old Shtphtardy refitted Father offtrdita,
Clowe, hit Scnne,
jircbtsUmKt, A
O ther Lvrds, and Gentlemen,
FINIS.
The life, and death of King John,
Were in the Wafocs all vnwarily.
Dcuoured by the vnexpefted flood.
Sal. You breath thcfe dead newes in as dead an eare
My Liege, my Lord : but now a King, now thus.
Hen. Eucn fo muft I run on, and euen fo flop .
What furety of the world, what hope, what flay.
When this was now a King, and now is clay ?
2?<f/?, Art thou gone To ? 1 do but flay bchinde.
To do the office for thee, of reuenge,
And then my foule (hall waite on thee to heauen,
And knowes not how to do it, but with teares.
'Baft. Oh let vs pay the time : but needfull woe,
Since it hath beene before hand with our greefes.
This England neucr did, nor neuer (hall
Lye at the proud foote of a Conqueror,
But when itfirft didhelpetowounditfelfe.
Now,thefe her Princes are come home againe,
Come the three comer.3 ofthe world in Armes,
And we (hall fhocke them : Naught ftiall make vs rue,
If England to it felfe, do reft but true. Sxettnt.
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The Life and Death of Richard the
Scoena Quint a.
Flonrtfh, Enter rBtttttngbrcol
othfr Lords or Attendants.
Bui. Ktndc Vnkle Yorke, the iateft newes we heare,
Is that the Rebels hajc confum'd with fire
Our Towhe ot Ciceter jn Gloucelkrfbue,
But whether ihey be tane,or ftainc, we heare not.
Welcome my Lord : What is the newes ?
Nor. Firftcothy Sacred State, wifh I allhappincfle;
The next newes >s, I haue to London fcnt
The heads of£<i//£«?7>Sp**r<?r,'2>/**rJand Kent.
£*,Fromyourownernouthtr>y Lordvdic) I this deed.
*Bul. Thcyloucno; poyfon,chat dopoyfonneede,
Nor do I thee : though I did \vifh him dead,
IhitetheMarthercr,loi:ehjmmurthefed.
The guilt ofconrcier.ee rake thou for thy labour,
Rue neuher my good word, nor Princely fauour.
With CAine &° wander through the fhado of nighr 3
And ncuer fhew thy head by day, nor light.
Lords, I proteft my foule ;s full of woe,
That blood fhould fpnnkle me, to make me grow*
Come mournc with me, for that I dc lament,
And putonfullenBlacke incontinent:
He make a voyage to the Holy-land,
To \vafh this blood off from my guilty hand. ^
March fadly iiter, grace my noumng hcere^Z^
In weeping after this vntimdyBcere, /^ \<JsExett>it
FINIS.
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The xeeoud Part of k'imj Henri! the fourth.
Not to come neere odr Pcrion, by ten mile.
For competence ofl'.ic, I will allow you,
Thar lacke of mtanes enforce you not to cuill :
Andaswehesre youdoreforincyour felues,
We will according to your ftrtngth, and qiuii ties,
Giue you aduarvccment. Be it your charge (my Lord)
To fceperfortn'd the 'enure of our word. Set on.
Exit Ki>;«.
T*l. Matter Shaffawji owe you athoufand pound.
Shut. I marry Sir loha, which I bcfcech you to let me
haue home with me.
F4/.That can hardly be,M.5&«/fotf, do not you grieuc
atthis:! fhall be fent for in priuatetohim : Looke you, i
he muft feeme thus to the world: feare not your aduance-
ment : I will be the man yct,that fiiail make you grcar.
Inhn, I like this faire proceeding of the Kings :"*
He ruth intent his v/ofted Follower^
Shall all be very well produced for :
But all are ban; flu, till their conuerfations
Apptare more wife^nd rr.odeil u> the woild.
Ch.Ittft. And fo they nre.
lohn. The King hath cali'd his Paihament,
My Lord.
Ch.l»ft. He hath.
Ioh»t I vvill by oddes,that ere this yeere expire, ^
We bearecurCiuillSworo's.and Natiuefire <*"
As farre as France. I heare a Bird fo fjng,
Whofe Muficke (to my thiuking)pleai'd ths King, t/
Come,will you hence ? * ^Sxwnt
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FINIS.
PLATE XLIII.
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The First Pan of King Henry the Fourth.
Ktvg. Thus cuer did Rebellion finde Rebuke.
Ill-lpirited VVorcefUr.did we not fend Grace,
Pardoned tcarmti ofLouc to all of you >
And would'ft thou turnc our offers contrary ?
Mifufe the tenor of thy Kiofmans truft?
Three Knights vpon our party flaine to day,
A Noble En Ie,ind many a creature clfe,
Had bcctie almc this hourc,
)1 like a Chnftian thou had ft truly borne
Betwixt out Annies, true Intelligence.
;> W. What I haac done, my fafety vrg'd me to,
Euen in the bof uroc cf our Adutrfanes.
King. Then this remaine* : that we diuidc our Powtr.
You Sonne /ehn^znd my Coufin Weftracrland
Towards Yorke fliall bend you,with your deercft fpeed
To meet Noithumbethnd.and the Pi elate Screme
Who(as We heare)arc bufily in Armes.
My Selfe, and you Sonne H*rry will towarcf s Wales
To fight with ff/«fJW«%andthe Harte of March /
Rebellion 10 Urn Land flul! lofe his way,
Muring ihcCheckc of fuch another day:
Auvl iincc tl.ii, Biifmcffe fo fajrc i« done,'
Let v» not leauc till All our ownc bt wonne. j
FINIS.
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The Life of Henry the Fift.
,.Tue ro n^.that thecontenciingKingdomes
Of France and Englandjwhofe very fhoateslookepalc,
VVithcnuy of each others happineffe,
May ccafe their hatred ; and this deare Coniun£hon
Pbnt Neighbour-hood and Chriftian-like accord
In their fwect Bofomes; that neuer Warre aduance
His bleeding Sword 'twixt England and faire France.
Lords. Amen.
A>£. Now welcome Kate and beare me witnefle all,
That here J kiflfe her as my Soucrai«ne O ueene
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FLottnflj.
Q*-t God, the bcft maker of all Marriages,
Combine your hearts in one,your Rcalmes in one :
As Man and Wife being two.areonein louc,
So be there 'twixc yot^r Kingdomes fuch a Spoufall,
That neuer may ill Office,, or fell lealoufie,
Lmer Cbortts.
Thus farre with rough, and all-vnable Pen
Our bending Author hath puriu'd the Sto'y^
In little roome confining norghcie men,
Mangling by ftaus the full courfe of their glory
SiruJl time : buc in that fmal^mof1 greatlyuued
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This Scarre of Kngland. Fortune made his Sword}
By whtch,ihe Worlds beft Garden he auhieued : S>
And of ic left his Sonne Imperiall lord. </>
Henry the Sixt.in Infant Bands crowr.'d King ?
Of France and England,d»d this King furceed: /
Whofe State fo many had the managing •?
Thar they loft France,and made his England bleed : ^
Which ofc our Stage hath fho wnc ; and for their fake^
In your fiirc minds let this acceptance take, f
The first Part of Henri) the
Then yeeld my Lords, and becre conclude \virh mee.
That Margaret mall be Q..iectv., and none but mce.
*JC«g. Whether it be through force of your report,
My Noble Lord of SufYolke .- Or for that
My tender youth was neuer ycc atcamc
Wiih «ny paffion of inflaming Joue 9
I cannot tell : buc this I am aflur'd,
Extt C/octfter.
Suf. Thus Suffolk c hath preuail'd,and thus he goes
A? did the youthfull Pans once toGrcece,
Wuh hope to finde the like cuent in louc,
But profper better than the Troian did :
Margaret (haJl now be Quecoe,and rule the King :
But 1 will rule both her, the Kmg,aad Rcalmc.
Exit
FINIS.
The wond Part of Henri/ the Si-jet.
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Bu» flyc you mult : Vncureablc uif comhtc
Keignes m the he.irt? of ah our p'r rcnt parts.
Away for your rcicrfcsar.d -;ve will hue
To iec their day , and them our Fortune, giuc.
Away my LorJ, away.
\ Now by my hand (L ords) 'twas a glorious day.
[ Suinc Albons battell wonne by famous York<?,
Shall be ctermx'd mall Are tc come.
Sound Drummc and Trumpets, and to London all,
And more fach dayes as ihefe, to vs befall. J
FINIS.
The third Part of King Henry the
With them,
That in their Chaines fetter'd the Kingly Lyon,
And made the Forreft tremble when they rotr'd,
| Such as befits the pleaiure of the Court.
Sound Drums and Trumpets, farwdi fowre snnoy,
For heeic 1 hope begins oUr lifting icy- V^ Exeunt 9mnes
FINIS.
The Life and death of Richard the Third.
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Ricbm. Great God of Heauen, (ay Amen to all.
But tell me, is yong George Stanley liuing ?
Der. He is my Lord, and fafe in LeicefterTowne,
Whither (if you pleafe) we may. withdraw vs.
Ricbm. What men of name areflaine on either fide?
And make poore tngland weepe in Streames of Blood ;
Let them not hue to tafte this Lands increafe,
That would with Trcafon,wound this faire Lands peace.
Now Ciuill wounds are ftopp'd, Peace liucs agen ;
That ihe may long liue heere, God fay, Amen. , Exeunt
FINIS.
The Life of King Henry the Eight.
THE EPILO GV E.
Tit ten to out, tkis Ply can ncuerfleafe
AH th^it are heere : Some wmt tt take tbeir eafet
e an Aft or rvto j (tut theft v/efeare
righted tvith Mr Tttmpets : fo *tn clear et
tu nAHgkt. Others to hetre the City
AusA extretmlj tatid to cry that's vrittf,
Which wee htwe not done neither; tb/tt Ifeare
All the expettedgood tiare like
for this titty at tbu time, if onelf in
7hf mercifull conftrvllion of good vtomen.
For fitch aotevrc fhew 'd 'em : 1ft bej f*iUtt
And fay twitt Aoe\ 1 k»o* mtki* a while,
All the bcft men are ours; fir 'tis til h*p,
If they bo/d> when their Ladieihd 'em flap*
Troylm and Cressida.
There is a word will Priam turnc to ftone;
Make weU,and Nioics of the maides add wiucs;
Coole flatuei of the youth : and in a word,
ScarreTroy oat of it fclfe. But march away,
Heel or is dead : there is no more to f&y.
Some two months hcnce,my will fhall here be made:
It fhould be now,but that my fcare is thi» :
Some galled Goofe of Winchefter would hiflc :
Till then, He tweate, and feekc abouc for eafc« ;
And at that time bequeath yon my difeafes. Exeunt.
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The Trayedie of Coriolanus.
Scaine all your edges on me. Boy, falfe Hound :
If you haue writ your Annales true, 'tis '
That like an Eagle in a Doue-coat, I
Yet he fhall haue a Noble Memory. Aflift.
Exeunt bearwg the 'Body ef Mar tint. A dead March
Sounded.. - J
FINIS.
PLATE XLV.
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The Tragedie of Titus Andronictix.
_ _, . OGrandTire^randfue : euen with all my heart
Would I were Dead ,fo you did Liue againe. <<%£
O Lord» I cannot fpeake to him for weeping, _~Zv \
My scares will choake me, if I ope my mouth. - •/«/ * ^
See loftice done on tstaron that damn'd Moore,
From whom, our heauy happerhad their beginning ;
Then afterwards, to Order well the State, - JJ
That like tucnts, may ne're it Ruinate. „#. f xewt omnes.
FINIS.
The Trayedie of Romeo and Juliet.
Let my old life be facrific*d,fome houre before the time,
Vote the rigour of feuercft Law.
Prat. We ft il 1 haue knownc thee for a Holy man .
Where's ISgmeo's man ? What can he fay to this ?
TSey. I brooghtmy Mailer newes of lultctt death,
The Sunns tor lorrow will not (hew his head j
Go hence, to haoe more talkeof thefe fad things,
Some (hall be pardon 'd, and fame punifhcd.
For neuer was a Storieofmore Wo,
Then this of/ttftett and her Romeo. Exwntomncs
FINIS.
Timon of At It em.
Jeweller.
Merchant,
(jrtame Senatoun.
fertaine M<iskers< =- /J~
Certaine Theeues. - /*/""
Ventigius. one ofjymonsfalfe Frienfa
Semproniuf.
With Jitters other Servants, - JS
And Attendants. ~ /<*? /
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The, Tragedie of Jnlim Cwsai:
Hold then my Sword,and turne away thy face,
While I do run vpon it. Wilt thou Strtto a
Stra. Giue me your hand firft.Fare you wcl my Lord.
Bru. Farewell good Strata. Crf/2tr,no\v be flill
I kill'd not thee with halfe fo good a will. £>/"•
Alarum. Retreat.
Lufitlitu^aad the Army.
O8*. What man is that?
His life was gentle,and the tlemetus
Somixt in him, that Nature might ftandvp,
And fay to all the world; This was a man.
'Oft*. According to his Vertuc, let vs vfehim
Withal/ Refpe63and Rites of Burial).
Within mjr Tent his bones to night (hall ly,
Moft like a Souldier ordered Honourably;
So call the Field to reft, and let's away,^«7/
To part the glories of this happy day. -. «# Exeunt omnes.
The Trayedie of k'iny Lear.
All's cheerleffe,darke,and deadly,
Your eldeft Daughters haue fore-done themfelues,
And defperately are dead ^ ^
Lear. Ifolthinke.
Alb. Heknowes not what he faies,and vaine is ic -#y
Edg. The waight of this fad time we muft obey,
Speakc what we feele,not what we ought to fay :
The oldeft hath borne mo ft, w e that are yong,
Shall neuer fee fo much, nor liuefo long. =- *t&
Exeunt with a deadMtrcb.
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PLATE XLVI.
The Tmgedie of Macbeth.
For it hath Cow'd my better part of man .
And be thefe lugling Fiends no more beleeu'd,
That palter with V5 in a double fence,
That keepe the word ofpromife to our care,
And breake it to our hope. lie not fight with thec.
Mucd. Then yeeld thce Coward,
And hue to be the {hew, and gaze o'ch'time.
Wce'lhauc thee, as our rarer Morifters arc
Painted vpon a pole,and vndcr-wm,
Heere may you fetf the Tyrant.
Aftcb. I will not yeeld
To kifle the ground before young MAlcolme* feet,
And to be baited with the Rabbles cu.fe.
Though Byrnane wood be come to Dunfinanr,
And thou oppos'd, being of no woman borne,
Yet I will try the laft. Before my body,
I throw my warlike Shield : Lay on M*cd*ffi,r
And danm'd be him, that firft cries hold,enough.
Al*rumtt
Hailc King of Scotland.
./4//. HailcKingofScotland. Floitrifh.
M*l. We (hall not fpend a large expence of time,
Before we reckon with your feucrall loues,
And make vs euen with you. My Thanes and Kinfmen
Henceforth be Earles, thcfiift that euer Scotland
In fuch an Honor nam'd ; What's more to do,
Which would beplanted newly with the time)
As calling home our exil'd Friends abroad,
That fled the Snares of watchful! Tyranny,
Producing forth the crueU Miniftcrs
Ofthisdead Butchered his Fiend-like Queene;
Who(a* 'tis thought) by felfe and violent hands,.
Tooke off her life. This, and what needfull clfc
That .call's vpan vs, by the Grace of Crate,
We will pcrfotmc in o>cafure,time,and place :
Sothankes to all « once, and to each one,
Whom we tmjtWj ; to fee vs Crown'd at Scone.
flour ifi. -- f ExettKtQmnes.-V
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The Tragedie of Hamlet.
The Tragedie of Hamlet.
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That fyfinfTMCt and Guildcnfternt are dead :
Where (hould we haue our thankcs ?
HOT. Not from his mouth,
Had it th'abilitie of life to thankeyoti :
He neuer gaue command'ment for their death.
But fince Co iumpe vpon this bloodie queftion,
You from the Polake warres, and yoa from England
Are heere arriued. Giue order that tnefe bodies
High on a flagebeplacedjothevicw,
' Andletmefpeaketoth'yet vnknowing world,
How thefe things came about. So (hall you hcare
Ofcarnall, bloudie, and tnnaturall acts,
Of accidentall Judgements, cafuall (laughters
Of death's put on by cunning, and fovc'd caufe,
And in this vp{hot,purpofe» miftooke,
Falne on thelnuentors heads. All this can I
Truly deliuer.
Tor. Letvshafttoheareit,
And call the Nobleft co the Audience.
For me, with forrow, I embrace my Fortune,
I haue feme Rites of memory in this Kingdomej
Which are ro claime, my vantage doth
Inuitemc,
Her. Of that I (hall haue alvvayes caufe to fpcake
And from his mouth
Whofe voyce will draw on more :
But lee this fame be prefently perform'd,
Euen whiles mens mindes are wilde,
Left more mifchance
On plots, and errors happen. ^
Per. LetroureCaptaines
Bcare Hamlet like a Soldier to the Stage,
For he was likely, had he beeneput on
To haue prou'd moft royally :
And for his paflage,
The Souldiours Muficke^nd the rites of Warre
Speake lowdly for him.
Take vp the body j Such a fight as this
Becomes the Field, but heere (hewes much amis.
Co, bid the Souldicrs fhoote.
Extent UWtrching: after the iff kick t Aftstleef
QrAenance arefhot off.
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PLATE XLVII.
The Tragedie of Othello.
the ^foore a/Venice.
Caf.Thh did 1 fcare, but chough c he had no weapon :
For he was great of heart.
Lad. OhSpartonDogge:
More fell then A nguifh, Hunger, or the Sea :
Looke on the Tragicke Loading of this bed .
This is thy worke :
The Obied poy fon* Sight,
Let It be bid. 6r4**M0,keepe the houfe,
And feize ypon the Fortunes of the Moore,
For the/ (ucceede oa you. To you.Lord Gooeroor
Remaincs ch eCenfuie of this hell iih villai oe :
The Time, the Place,the Tort ur e.oh inforce it r
My felfe will ft raigh t aboor d,and to the State,
Thit heauie Ad, with heauie heart relate. Exeunt*
FINIS.
The Names of the Adtors,
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V' * •)
i the Moore.
Brabanrio, FttbertoDefeUmotM.
CaGo, *n Honourable Lieutenant.
[ago* A
R.odo
Duke tf Venice.
Senaiors.
Montano, Gouernour ffCyfrut.
Lodouico ^WGratiano,
Sailors.
C/ow/x.
Defdemona, wife to QtbetU.
Mm]\\z,wifft»lago. * /S
Bianca, A CurtezAn. = /«/'
The Tragedie of Anthony and Cleopatra.
The T ra^e die of^fnthony and Qeopatra.
Dot, Oh fir, you are too fure an Augcrcr;
Thatyoo did feare,:s done,
She Icaell'd *: our purpofes, and being Royall
Took e her o wue way : the manner of their deaths,
i do not fee tf em blccde.
Dol» Who w*$ laft wirh them ?
i G*ard.A. finable Countrytoar^that broght hirFigs:
This was his Basket.
Cafer. Poyfon'ci then.
i. Guard. Oh £<£/»•.•
This Cbarmian liu'd but now, fhe (tood and fpake :
I found her trimming vp the Diadem *,
On her dead Miftris tremblingly (he ftood,
And on the (odaine drop t.
Crf/kr. OhNoWc weakencfle :
If they bad fwallow'd poyfon, 'twould appeare
By externall fwellmg : but (he lookes like flcepe,
As (he would catch another Anthony
In her (hong toyle of Grace*
'Dot. Heereonherbrett,
There is a vent of Bloud, and fomething blowne.
The like is on her Acme.
- i.Gu.irL This is an Afptckes traile,
And thefe Figge- leaues haue (lime vpen thenijfuch
As th'Afpicke leaues vponthe Caues of Nylc. 6
Cafar. Moft probable
That io (he dyed : for her Phyfitian tels mee
She hath puftu'dc Conclulions infinite
Of ea fie wayes to dye. Take vp her bed,
And beare her Women from the Monument,
She (hall be buried by her idntkonj.
N o Graue vpon the earth {hall clip in ic
A pay re fo famous : high euents as thefe
Strike thofe that make them : and their Story is
Nolefle in pitty,then his Glory which
Brought them to be lamented. Our Army (hall
In folemne (hew. attend this Funerall,
, And then to Home. Come DoUhdla^ fee
Hi gh Order, in this great Solmcronity, ExettntomMet
FINIS.
PLATE XLVIII.
Make no Collection of it« Lethirnfhcw
His skill in che contraction.
IMC. Philarmonm .
Sooth. Heere,my good Lord.
JLftc Read,aad declare the meaning.
ReXdet.
TheTragtdy of Cymbeline. =
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o out feeking finds , (tndbte cmbrac d by Jpcece of tender
•' And vf hen from a ft at eh Cedar frail be lopt br inches f
if hick being dead m*nyye<tres,]t>alLifteT remue, bee tinted to
the old Stocks y and frefhl) grow, then fiall P oft humw end his
mifcritt, Britatne be fortunate, <utdfloKrt[h tn Peace ar.d P ten-
tie.
Thou LecKAtus art the Lyons Whelpe,
The fit and apt Conftrudion of thy name
Being Lfonatw, doth import fo much:
The peece of tender Ayre, thy vertuoos Daughter,
Which we call Mollu <Aery and ^Mel/it Aer
We tertne it Mulier; which Afulterl ditiine
Is this moft conftant Wife,who euen now
Anfwcring the Letter of the Oracle,
Vnknowne to you vnfought,were dipt about
With this moft tender Aire.
Cyrrt. This hath foaie iecming.
Sooth. The lofty Cedar,Roy all Cymbeline
Perforates thee : And thy lopt Branches.point
Thy two Sonnes/brth : who by 'BeUritu ftolne
For many yeareJ thought dead, are now reuiu'd
To the Maicfticke Cedar ioya'dj whofe Iflue
Promifes Britaine, Peace and Plenty
Cjm. Well,
My Peace we will begin : And Cmus Lnciut
Ai; hough the Vi<5tor,we fubmic ro Ct[xrt
And to the Romane Empire ; promifing
To pay our wonted Tribute, from the which
We were diffwaded by our wicked Q^eene,
Whom heauens in luftice both on her,and hers,
Haue hid rnoft heauy hand.
Sooth. The fingers of the Powres aboue, do tune
The harmony of this Peace ; the Vifion
Which I made knowne to Luatu ere the ftroke
Ofyctthisfcarfe'CcJd-Battajle,atthisinftant
Isfullaccomphfh'd. For the Romaine Eagle
From South to Weft^on wing foaring aloft
Lcflen'd her felfe, and in the Bcamcs o'th'Sun
So vanilh'd ; which fore- (new'd our Princely Eagle
Th'Imperiall Cafar, {hould againe vnite
His Fauour,with the Radiant Cymbe(inet
Which (bines heere in the Weft.
Cym- Laud we the Cods,
And let our <:<ootad Siooakes climbe to theii Noftiils
From our bUrt Altars. Publii}) we this Peace
To all oiu Subiecls. Set we forwjrd : Let
ARom^n.and aButtift> Enfigne waue
Friendly together : fo ihrough Luds-Tcmte march,
And in the Temple of great Jupiter
O. * Pea-e vvec'l ratiftc: Scale ic with Fea{\.
Set c ii there : Newer was a Warre did ceafe
(Ere bloodiehand* were wafh'd) with fuch a Peace. -
Exeunt.
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Printed by H. L. for Matkew
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PLATE LX. SPENSER'S "FAERIE QUEENE," 1611. TITLE PAGE.
TO THE RIGHT HONORA
ble and moft vertuous Lady, the CountefTe
REmcmbrance of that moft Heroickfpirit3
The heauens pride, the glory of our daies,
Whkh now triumpheththrough immortall merit
Of his braue vcrtues, crownd with lafting bales
Ofhcauenly blifsand eucrlaftingpraies;
WhofirllrnyMufedidliftoutoftheflore,
To fing his fweec delights in lowlic laies >
Bids me moft noble Lady to adore
His goodly image lining euerraore^
Inthediuinerclemblanceofyourfaccj
Which with your vercues ye embellifli more,
And naciuebeaucic deck wirh hcauenly grace:
For his, and for yourowne efpcciallfake,
Vouchfafe from him this token in good worth to takee
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chicfc of your perfon,it would fcarfely slay.
Edg. Some Villain e hath done me wrong.
£<fai. That's my feare, I pray you haue a continent
brbcarance till the fpeed of his rage goes (lower : and as
fay,retirc v ith me 10 my lodging, from whence I will
itly bring you to hear* my Lord fpcake : pray ye goe,
here's my key : if you do time abroad, goe arm'd.
Edg, Arm d,Brother i
Edm. Brother, I adwife you to the beft,I are no honeft
man, if ther be any good meaning toward you:I haue cold
rou what I haue feene,and heard': But faintly. Nothing
ike the image,and horror of it, pray you away.
Edf. Shall I heare from you anon ? Exit.
Edm. I do ferue you in this bufineffe :
A Credulous Father, and a Brother Noble,
Whofe nature is fo farre from doing harme*,
That he (ufpe&s none : on whofe foohfh honeftie
Ay pra&ifes ride eafie :I fee the bufineffe.
Let me,if not by birth.haue lands by wit,
All with roe's mccce,that I can fa(bion fie.
The Tragedie tfK&g Lwr^
Scena Tert'ta.
Snter GoKvrill>
COM. Did my Father ftrike toy Gentleman for chi
ding of his Foole ?
Ste. 1 Madam.
Gen, By day and night,he wrongs mc,cuery howie
He fiafhes into one grofle crime, or other,
That fets vs all at ods : lie not endure it ;
His Knights grow riotous,and himfelfe vpbraides vs
On euery trifle. When he returnes fromhunting,
I will not fpeake with him, fay I am hckc,
If you come flackc of former feroices,
You fliall do well , the fault of it He anfwer.
Ste. He's comraing Madam, I heare him.
Cjen. Put on what weary negligence you pleafe,
You and your Fellowes: I'de haue it come to queftion;
Ifhedi(hfteit,lethim to my Sifter,
Whofe mind and minel know in that are one,
Remember what I hauefaid.
Ste. Well Madam.
(jon. And let his Knights haue colder lookes among
you : what growes of it no matter, aduife your fellowes
fo,lle write ftraight to my Si tier to hold my courfe;pre-
pare for dinner.
Scena Quarta.
Enter Kent*
Kent, If but as will I other accents borrow,
That can my fpeech defufe,my good i ntcnt
May carry through it felfe to that full iflTue
For which I raiVd my likene flFe* Now banifln Kent,
If ihou canft ferue where thou doft ftand condemn'd,
So may it come.ihy Matter whom thou lou'ft,
Shall find thcc full of labours.
Homes vitbtn. Sitter Lear and Attendants
Lear. Let me not ft ay 3 jot for dinner,
dy:hownow,what art then ?
Kent. A man Sir.
Lear. What doft tlioti profefle ? What would'ft thou
withy*?
Kent. I do profeffe to be no lefle then I feemejto ferue
him truelythac will put me in iruft, toiou* him that is
( honcft.to conuerfe with him that is wife and faies little,to
feare iudgement.to fight when I cannot choofe, and 'to
eatenof.ft.
Lear. What art ihou?
Kent. A very honeft hearted Fellow, and as pbore as
the King.
Lear. If thoube'ft aspooie for a.fubie&,at hee's fora
King,thou art poorje etiough, What wouldft thoti ?
Kent. Secuice.
•Lear. Who wouldft ihou ferue?
Kent, You.
Lear. Do'ft thou know me fellow ?
Kent, No Sir,but you haue thai in your countenance
which I would faine call Maflcr.
Lear. What's that?
Kent* Authority.
Le*r* What feruices canft thon do ?
Kent. I can keepe honeft counfaile, ride, run,marre a
curious tale in telling it, and deliuera plaine msffage
bluntly : that which ordinary men are At for, lam qual-
lifted in, and thebcft of mr,is Dilligence.
Lear. How old art thou ?
Kent. Not fo young Sir to louc a woman for ringing,
nor fo old to dote on her for any thing. I bauc ycarcs on
my backe forty eight. *
Lear. Follow me, thou fhalt ferae me tif I like thee no
worfe after dinner, I will not part from thee yet. Dinner
ho,dinner, Where's my knauefrny Foole hGoyou and call
my Foole hither. You you Sirrah,where's my Daughter?
Emer Steward.
Ste. Sopleafcyou— — - Exit.
Lear. What faies the Fellow there ? Call the Clot-
pole backe: wher's my Foole? Ho, I thinke the world's
afleepc,how now f Where's that Mungrell ?
Knigh. He faies my Lord, your Daughters is not well.
Lear. Why came not the {lane backe to me when I
call'd him ?
Knigh. Sir,hc anfwered me in the roue
would not.
Lear. He would not?
Knight. My Lord, I know not what the matter it,
but to my Judgement your Highnefle is not entertain'd
with that Ceremonious affection as you were wont,
iheres a great abatement of kindnefle appearcs as well hi
the generall dcpendants.as in the Duke himfelfe alfo,and
your Daughter.
Lear. HalSaiftthoufo?
I befeech you pardon me my Lord, if I bee
miftakcn, for my duty cannot befiicnr, when I thinke
your HighncfTc wrong'd.
Lear. Thou but remembreft roe of mine owne Coo*
ception, lhaueperreiueda moft faint neglect of late,
which I haue rather .blamed as mine ownc iealous curio.
fitie,then as a very pretence and purpofe of vnkindnefle;
I will looke further intoo'q : but where s my Foole ? I
haue not feene him this two daies,
. Since my young ladies going into Franct
Sir,
PLATE LXV. PAGE 287 OF THE TRAGEDIES IN THE FIRST FOLIO.
In. tke irortL jraiL oftke CJ
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ir^iqi taw mo muxuuxt ^Shakfocwe wiik
aaioaie gyeQ' '"?«o£e ruunc dcrtk deck -me tomie
more tbcij. co6j litk all tkji lie tuflx.
lirmtf a-rt jjutpagt? ioirrup kit*
:a»t. fj", die ij1 Apn>
me •wall -wrkere tni? tuQiuVrajtut is erected
ly«tk a piuar. ixw £bne tiodevo^dik w-"
"Sogjr j* -fcixfciwl, '-w^tiu*
Good ^erad loc le tu 5 (Ji;
To oU.£(d Il3up ciiilt inclol^ci- neire
J>e tne TIXAU. tbj.1: lpai'>ft? ttele
<f Ana curfi be ne mat ro.ottev? im' ixwtes ""
a Clerk ferv'mg in the Gbapell there iiii /. per an.
The Bayliff or Collector of the Rents xxvi s. viii ^.
per an. And there is this farther obfervable from
the did Survey* ttf*. that once a year, at receiv
ing the Officers accounts, there was a Feaft made
of antient cuftome, to which the whole Fraternity
v/ith their Tenants and Fermors did refort , there
being Liii s. iiii d. affigned for defraying the charge
of it: That the annuall allowance for wine and
wax fpcnt in theChapell was xl/. To thefaid 4
Prieftsfor feverall Diriges there fung vi /. viii d.
And to 4 poor people, who were of the fame Fra-
terntty , and fallen to decay in their eftates Liii s.
iiii d. per an. arhongft them.
Befidcs which, it further appeareth» that K. H,
4. before fpeciffed was accounted the Founder
thereof j and that at the time of the faid Survey
one of the Pri«fts belonging thereto, then Teacher
of the GrammarSchool, didufe to celebrate divine
Service within a Chapell ftanding in the midlt of
the faid town, in regard that the Parifh Church,
Befidesall this, here is at &>fr&tfOjOa fair Bridg
offtone, over 0t)on, containing xiiii arches, with
a long Caulcy at the weft end of it, walled on
both fides: which Bridg and Caufey were fo built h
in H. 7, time by the before fpecified Hugh Clop-
ton , whereas before there was ' only a timber
Bridg and no Caufey, fo that the paflage became
very perillous upon the overflowing of that River.
One thing more, in reference to this antient Town
is obfervable, that it gave birth and fepulture to
our late famous Poetff///. Shakefpere, whofe Mo
nument I have infcrted in my difcourfe of the
Church.
I now come to the particular Hamlets that are
within the compafle of this large parifh.being x. in
number^*,. Melcombe, Bfnge, Clopton, Bffoop*
ff on, SDrapton, SDonUicll , &ftof crpc , aiuftfng-
tOrtand Kl^n-CWffOjD; of all which in their
order.
PLATE LXVI.
THE DUGDALE MONUMENT & THE REFERENCE TO SHAKESPEARE
IN THE "HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE," -isse.
GOOD FREND FOR fcsVS JAKG FttRBfcAR
TO D1CC TIE DVST tNCI.OASKD KAftC.
BLE5T BE ^ MAN ^ ^RES TIES 5TONt
AND CVWT CC H£ i HOVE5 MV BONE
|VE»CIO FYLIVM GLNIO SOCRATEMARTL MARONEM
TERRA TECIT FOPVLVS M^PET OLYMPVSHABLT
STAY PASSENCLR WHY COEST THOV BY so FAST
READ JFTJO/G'N.ST WHOM ENVTO/5 DEATi HATH PLAST
WR IN TflS MOIWI^NT SH/KSPEARE WH «/HOME
JVICK WTVRE DBDE \WQSE NAt€ DOTI DFCIC V TbMBE
»\R MORE TEN COST: SllH ALL 9 H£ HATf WRITT
LEAVES LIVING AFT B\TT BKGE TO SERVE HIS WITT
OBIT ANO ftd U {
/tUTIS <l OIF. a>A»
You doe looke (my (on) in a mou'd fort,
As if you were difmaid : be chcercfull Sir,
Our Reuels now are ended : Thefe our altars ,
(As I foretold you) were all Spirits, and
Arc melted into Ayre, into thin Ayre,
And like the bafeletfe fabricke of this vifion
The Clowd-captTowres, the gorgeous Pallaces ,
The folemne Temples, the greatGlobe it fclfc.
Yea, all which it inherit, /hall diflolue,
And like this infubftamiall Pageant faded
Leaue not a racke behindc : we are fuch ftuffe
As dreames are made on ; and our h'ttle life
1$ rounded with af.eepe r Sir, I am vext,
Beare with my weakeneflc.my old brainc is troubled :
Be not difturb'd with my infirmitic,
Jf you bepleas'd, retire into my Cell,
And there repofe, a turnc or iwo,Ilcwalke
To ftill my bearing minde.
Per, Mtr. We wifh ycur peace. Exit.
PLATE LXVIII.
THE WESTMINSTER MONUMENT.
Tr
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The Goryeous Palaces,
The Solemn
Ike Great Ctobe itfelf,
j/ea at i which it Inherit,
AndUke tkebafilefs'FabnckofaUtfion
not a wreck behind.
PLATE LXIX. THE SCROLL ON THE WESTMINSTER MONUMENT.
HKARE ms (EXPECTDTO THE SECOND
SsviavB CmtiST
JJjjlJtSVij) THE BOOT OrEnMOND SnCNCCE
THE PRINCE or RJETS IN HIS
WHOSE DIVINE SPIRIT NEEDS NOE
OTH» WITNESS THEIf THE WO«KS
WHICH HE LEFT BEHIND HIM.
HE WAS BOBNE nST LONDON
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THE PRINCE OF POETS IN HJS TYME
WHOSE DIVINE SPIRRfT NEEDS NOE
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WHICH HE LEFT BEHINDE HIM
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PLATE LXXI. THE SPENCER MONUMENT IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
Tumulus
IRANCISCI 6410111,5 V£RVLAM Vicecpmitis 5. ALB AN
In Canceilo Icclefra? S.Mich, upud-
'FRANC ISCVS BACON RA.RQDL VLEVLAA1,5. ALBAN1 VIC:
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& 1C SUJEBAT
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ET CIVIl. IS ARCANA EVOLV1SSET
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PLATE LXXII. THE BACON MONUMENT AS IN " RESUSCITATIO," 1671
S
FRANCISCAN BACON BARO
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PLATE LXXIII.
THE BACON MONUMENT IN ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, ST. ALBANS,
WITH THE PRESENT DAY INSCRIPTION.
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