CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY THIS BOOK IS ONE OF A COLLECTION MADE BY BENNO LOEWY 1854-1919 AND BEQUEATHED TO CORNELL UNIVERSITY PR2944.S4T"""''""**"-"""^ ^^SlwfmRimM®^" ^*^'s; revelations < 3 1924 013 153 857 1 OUN U^^Rjf^gRCUlATlOM "rones 1 IWIV ~ f'lyyj 1- s* f- Hp^. ■' 4^^- M ly 1' >«v, *% r. 1 .A-»-0« r ^ #' k g ^ 4ii k ^^L^ W h'^ '%- GAYLORD PRINTED IN U.SJV. ^ m-'-mn '^^t^. .3^ The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924013153857 A ROSICRUCIAN PORTRAIT. Frontispiece, SECRET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS REVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA 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 J916 t(>l;lv!-:i-U I,nM».AfvY . /\>{ol Lil(2>J I I -/i ,jytiAJ-' PRINTED BY BILLING AND SONS, LTD., GUILDFORD, 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^ Crucis. Note. — While this book has been in preparation we have found other curious things, and some mistakes. These matters are dealt with in an appendix of supplementary notes and errata — F. R. C. vu SECRET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS 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 seajl 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. Thiey would assuijie that when doubts arose their books would be searched for sigilli secreti as the first and most natural efiort of investigation. Strange though it be, there is no evidence of any such examination having takten 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 Shakespeare 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. 1 2 SECRET SHAKESPEAEEAN SEALS 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 Foho. 2. From the total in figure equivalent of " Honorificabihtudinitatibus." 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 Ben 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 Deduct roman letters in heading . . . . 65 Deduct italic letters in verse . . . . 73 138 287 REVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA L. Digges and J. M.'s verses together contain: Italic words Roman letters Names of Actors ": Italic letters Deduct roman letters . . 220 . . 67 287 . . 332 . . 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 Less italic words on the page And one large roman word " Finis " . . 74 1 Other counts : 1. Deduct from page number The Names of the Actors, other than supers, who took part in the play 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 . . Deduct' tetters in the italic word and roman words in brackets Add italic words in Names of the Actors 362 75 287 303 16 287 234 15 219 68 287 4 SECEET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS First Page of the Histories King John 1st col. All the roman type words, including those in brackets . . . . . . . . • . 287 Last Page oe the Histories King Henry VIII. Koman and italic words in the play (omitting those in brackets) . . . . . . . . . . 410 Deduct italic words in Epilogue . . . . . . 123 287 Troylus and Cressida 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 . . . . . . 77 Except two in brackets, the Prologue contains italic words to the total of . . . . . . . . . . 210 287 Last Page of Troylus and Cressida In the left column Troylus says, " Tell me." A count from " Enter Troylus " gives a total words of . . . . 287 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 . . . . . . 549 The number of pages in the play . . . . . . 30 The word Finis . . . . . . . . . . 1 580 Deduct the correct page number if Troylus had followed on as a History play . . . . . . _ 293 287 EEVELATIONS OF ROSICEUCIAN ARCANA 5 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 Gymbeline 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 „ 33 33 * ' • • .. 32 3rd „ .. 32 4th „ .. 33 5th „ .. 38 6th „ .. 47 7th „ .. 32 8th „ 33 .. 38 287 6 SECRET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS 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" 126 Sonnet number . . . . . . . . . . 154 Letters in "Finis" and K.A., being the seven large letters on the page . . . . . -. • • 7 287 (b) The Sonnet number . . . . ^^ . • ; ^^ . . . 154 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 : The words in the verses on the last page Deduct the letters in the words " The Lovers " 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. From the second edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets, dated 1640, six sonnets were oroitted. 45 46 47 — 138 158 296 9 EEVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN AECA^A 7 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. Chapter II THE SHAKESPEAEE QUAETOS 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 itahc letters 310 Deduct roman letters in same . . . . . . 23 287 King John, 1591 (Part 2) Page 3. Verse to " Gentlemen Readers," itahc letters in last ten lines . . . . . . . . . . 310 Add printer's mark, A 2 . . . . . . . . 3 321 Deduct roman letters . . . . . . . . 34 287 Venus and Adonis, 1593 All itahc letters in the Dedication . . . . . . 571 Deduct: All the letters on title-page . . . . 170 All roman letters on the next . . 114 284 287 On the last page, including the heading and " Finis," total roman words . . . . . _ _ _ 203 Add the roman letters of printer's name and address . . 84 287 REVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA 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 itahc letters (which deduct) . . . . . . 12 Actor's names not included. 287 Last page contains roman letters . . . . . . 315 Deduct all the italic letters . . . . . . . . 28 287 The Tragedie, 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 Onmes " 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 10 SECRET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS 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 . . . . . . . . 291 Deduct the four letters in " Prin." . . . . . . 4 287 Richard II., 1597 (Anon.) Second page has: Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 294 Italic words (deduct) . . . . . . . . 7 287 Last Scene contains: Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 411 Itahc 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 Labour Lost, 1598 First page of play contains: Roman 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 are not REVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA 11 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 . . . . 3 287 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 . . . . . . . . . . 181 Italic letters . . . . . . . . . . 106 287 Last page but one : Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 335 Deduct italic letters . . . . . . . . 60 275 Add the 12 large itahc letters in " About Nothing " (heading) . . . . . . . . . . 12 287 12 SECRET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS Merchant of Venice, 1600 Second page : Roman words . . . . . . • ■ • • 28.:> Italic words . . . . . . • ■ • • ■* 287 Last two pages : Roman words . . . . . . . . • • 367 Deduct italic letters . . . . . . . . 79 288 Deduct for " Finis " . . . . . . . . 1 287 Merchant of Venice, 1600 (Second Edition) Title-page : Roman letters . . . . . . . . . . 271 Add the 16 of date . . . . . . . . . . 16 287 First page of play: Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 223 Italic letters . . . . . . . . . . 64 287 Last page but one. Roman and italic words . . 287 Titus and Andronicus, 1600 First page of play: Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 146 Italic letters . . . . . . . . . . 141 287 Last page but one. Roman and italic words . . . . 287 Henry IV., 1600 (Part 2) Title-page : Roman letters . . . . . . . . , igi Less italic letters . . . . . . . . . . 58 133 Add rom^an words on first page of play . . . . 154 287 REVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA 13 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 3 287 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 itahc 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 . . . . . . . . . . 214 Italic letters . . . . . . . . . . 73 287 14 SECRET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS Hamlet, 1603 Title-page. 47 roman, less 3 italic words . . 44 First page of play. Roman words . . 104 Second page of play. Roman words . . 227 331 Less .. .. .. .. 44 287 Last two pages: Roman words . . . . . . . . • • 350 Less italic letters . . . . . . . . . . 63 287 Hamlet, 1604 First Scene. Roman and italic words . . . - 287 Last Scene: Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 330 Deduct italic letters . . . . . . . . 49 281 Add letters in FINIS and G . . . . . . . . 6 287 The printer's mark should have been "0." The use of "G" was probably to attract the attention of the " Teller." King Lear, 1608 Title-page. Roman and italic words . . . . 99 First page. 191 roman, less 3 italic words . . . . 188 287 Nothing found on last pages. King Lear, 1608 (Second Edition) Title-page. Omitting word in large capitals there are words 75 Add the figures in the date, which is undefined, 16+0+8 24 99 First page of play. 191 roman, less 3 italic words . . 188 287 Last page. 290 roman, less 3 italic words . . . . 287 EEVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA 15 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 Richwd II., 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, 1609 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 itahc 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 " Sufiolke," contains roman and italic words to the total of . . . . . . '. . . . 121 287 16 SECRET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS 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 seU'e " 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 Itahc letters . . . . . . . . . . 57 287 Note. — The capital letters in italic type to roman words are not counted in arriving at the total. Othello, 1622 The fines " 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 fine. The page contains: Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 251 Add the Roman words on the title-page . . . . 36 287 REVELATIONS OF EOSICRUCIAN ARCANA 17 Othello, 1630 Title-page contains : Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 32 Italic words . . . . . . . . . . 19 Roman letters . . . . . . . . . . 150 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, pubhshed by Mr. Henry G-reen, M.A., in 1866. From this we find that — The Epistle Dedicatorie, including the headings, contains 248 words in roman 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 itahcs above the emblem . . . . . . 63 The ten words in roman type . . . . . . 10 287 The emblem on the last page of the book was a new deAdce not found by Mr. Green in any other Emblem book, and as it gives other interesting features EEVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA 19 (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 bhe counts. BrigM'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 . . . . . . 34 And roman letters in brackets . . . . . . 95 287 Same. Vautrollier's (Second Edition) Title-page. To the right, etc. First and second pages : Roman words . . . . . . . • • • 192 Roman letters in brackets . . . . . • . . 95 287 Same. Edition of 1613 To the right, etc. : Heading letters . . . . . . • • . , 35 All italic words . . . . . . . • • • 252 287 Arte of English Poesie, 1589 Dedication has 287 words in italics unbracketed. 20 SECRET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS Spenser's Faerie Q'ueene, 1611 Page 1 : First four verses have roman words . . . . . 277 The symbol & . . . . . . • . -1 Nine roman words of title . .' . . . . .9 287 Last verse of all has a total of roman letters . . . . 287 Worhs of Ben Jonson, 1616 Selden's verses: Italic words . . . . . . . . . . 306 Deduct italic words in brackets . . . . . . 23 283 Add the roman words at end . . . . . . 4 287 Same. Argument of " Sejanus " Total italic words not in brackets . . . . . . 287 Note. — " Under-worketh " counted as two words. Next page. The Persons of the Play : Roman letters of small size . . . . . . 293 Deduct roman words large type . . . . . . 6 287 Back page. Number of page : 438 Deduct its letters, but not the letters in footnote . . 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 Page 1 : Add the 120 roman words, less two in brackets . . 118 Add the large roman letters in the heading . . . . 32 287 REVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA 21 The last two pages, including tlie 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 111, 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 Une of the page " Typographium Regium." Large size italic letters . . . . . . . . . . 287 Bacon's Henry VIL, 1622 Last page number . . . . . . . . . . 248 Add roman words fully spelt on the page . . . . 39 287. Bacon's Apophthegms, 1625 280 apophthegms, 7 introductory pages . . . . 287 22 SECRET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS Bacon's Advancement of Learning, 1 640 (Watt's Translation) Frontispiece portrait : On wreatli at top there are fancy letters . . . . 34 On the book in the portrait and at foot the fancy letters number . . . . . . • • ■ • • • 242 Add the letters of plainer type . . . . • • H 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 . . . . 349 And 58 italic words and the figure 2 twice . . . . 62 287 Another result obtains by adding the total of the two figure 2's to the 336 itahc letters (" W " at foot is roman) . . . . . . . . . . • • 340 Deduct the roman words . . . . . . . . 53 287 Next page to " Carolo " has roman letters . . . . 292 And 5 itaUc words which deducted . . . . . . 5 Leaves . . . . . . 287 Favourable Reader page : Not counting the heading in large type there are 137 italic words and 145 roman letters . . . . . . 282 There are left the letters of the commencing " He " and those in the turnover word " and " . . . . 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 EEVELATIONS OF EOSICRUCIAN AECANA 23 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 itaho letters, total . . . . . . . . . . 19 287 Last page of the Catalogus. Including the heading and " Finis " there are itahc 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 Itahc words . . . . • • • • . . 35 Number of page . . . . • • • • . . 85 jv^OTE. — The large type heading is not counted. 287 24 SECEET SHAKESPEAEEAN SEALS 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 , . . . . . . 113 287 /. Ragguagli di Parnasso Translated from the Italian of Boccahni by Henry Carey, Earl of Monmouth, 1674. Vestibule : All the roman words . . . . . . . . 316 Deduct words in brackets and in itahcs . . . . 29 • 287 All words on pages 251 and 252 . . . . . . 287 Bacon's Letters, 1702 This sifted collection which Stephens, the Eoyal 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, pubhshed in 1734, has not been examined. Rowe's 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. Blackhourne' s Works of Bacon, 1730 Vol. I. Dedication to Dr. E. Mead: Words in roman type not in brackets . . . . 307 Add for " April " .. .. .. .. .. 1 308 Deduct italic words and roman words in brackets . . 21 287 EEVELATIONS OF EOSICRUCIAN ARCANA 25 Last page of Vol. I.: Roman words, including lieading (but not words in brackets) . . _ _ _ _ 209 Deduct the italic letters in " Finis " .. " " 5 Another solution : Page number ., .. .. 394 Add italics in " Finis " " " fj T^ J . , . 399 Ueduct letters m Novum Organum .. . , 12 287 287 All the volumes appear to have the Seal. We only note the last page of Vol. IV.: Roman words in last column . . . , . . 128 Last number on the page . . . . . . . . 154 Ttahc 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 . . . . . . . . . . 18 Italic letters . . . . . . . . . . 48 Italic letters in " et cetera " . . . . . . . . 8 287 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. 26 SECEET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS Page. Words 1 9 2 — . 3 21 4 — 5 25 6 67 7 83 8 46 36 f 251 Last page : Number of page . . 287. .... 166 Words in roman type both in text and in Errata . . 121 287 Chapter IV WHAT THE 287 SEAL EEPRESENTS 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 : ABCDEFGHIKLMNO PQE STUWXYZ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 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; E, 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. KLMNOPQE 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 28 SECEET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS 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 oiThe 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 " Era Rosicrosse " or " Era 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 almost 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 " I'gin to be aweary of the sun " — Macbeth, V. 5. " Cassius is aweary of the world " — Julius Ccesar, TV. 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. 29 30 SECRET SHAKESPEAEEAN 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 Rosicriicians). 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 Boccahni, entitled /. 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 pubhshed in English in 1656 by Henry Carey, Earl of Monmouth. The English version has some 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 Fladd 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 EOSICRUCIAN 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 Eawley, 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 Booh, 1608. " Layeing for a place to command wytts and pennes. Westminster, Eton, Wynchester spee Trinity Coll., Cam. ..." - " Qu. Of young schoUars in ye- universities. It must be the post nati. . . . Foundae: Of a college for inventors. Library Inginary." " Qu. Of the order and disciphne, 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." 32 SECRET SHAKESPEAEEAN SEALS From 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 Gyclofcedia, 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 PEIVY 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 afltirmeth 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; second, 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. EEVELATIONS 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 rack6rs 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. 31 SECEET 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 j&gure value of the name Bacon in letters of the alphabet of that day, A being represented by the figure 1, B by the figure 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 " Era. 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 Ofuscula 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 exa,mined, 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. N c5 Kj CO i^ (M CM N S >?; CO ^ 1—1 ^ 1^-1 pq s. r^ f^ CD O CO pa oi 7 CO <^ 1—1 L_l (M K^ 1—1 W o 1—1 t— 1 CO M -* CO O CO CO Ph CO H CO ft o CO Q CM CP CO CM < 'M t~ t~ < CO r-l (M -^ CP -< o ^ h-l CO Ci >0 CO CT) t^ c: 1—1 CM CO 1—1 CM CM CN CO w I 1—1 CO CO Ci CD CM 1—1 CO I O E^p^-<;^O(-HC0pq-<. oo;< >; CO t~ c: -t< CO 5 CM ;(Mt~t--t~'*GOioc:t~-tHxcCi-H't-- < C-3 1— I CM 1— I 1-1 1— ( C-: CM .— 1— I .— 1^ CO 'X (j3 i CO r- ^ CC' X) o I I I I I I I I I I PLATE XXXIV. REFERENCE PLATE, OLLOWS P. 36 REVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA 37 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 . . 66 . . 33 14 1 Q ly 33 . 7 , . 24 . . 2 38 King John, 1591 Printer's name has 33 letters. 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 letter.-. Taming of a Shrew, 1594 Title-page. Words . . Figures in date 1594 total Last page, 33 italic letters. 47 19 66 38 SECRET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS 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 11 . 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. Herhry IV., 1598 (Part 1) Title-page. 4th and 5th fines 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 fines, 33 letters. Top line of last page, 33 letters. Last eight fines of play, 33 words. KEVELATIONS OF ROSICEUCIAN AECANA 39 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 itahcs, 33 letters. "London" and "Printed by, etc.," together, 33 letters. Last two Hnes 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 hnes of play, 66 roman letters. Last Hne . . . . . . . . . . 32 letters Add letters in " Exeunt " . . . . . . 6 38 Deduct " Finis " .. .. .. ..5 33 Merchant of Venice (Second Edition) Title page. 4th hne, 33 roman letters. 6th hne, 33 roman and itahc letters. 11th hne, 33 roman and itahc letters. First page of play. Actors' names line and first hne have 33 roman letters. Last two lines of play, 66 roman and italic letters. Last line (same as previous edition). 40 SECRET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS 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. 5tli 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 itahc letters . . . . . . . . 5 66 Shakespeare's Sonnets, 1609 Second page. After " By our ever-hving 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 Corn-plaint (Bound up with the Sonnets). Last page but one. Bottom Ime, 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 hne contains 33 letters. 5th and 6th Unes contam 33 letters. Last two lines of play each has 33 letters. REVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA 41 Richard III., 1602 Title-page. Last line but one, 33 letters. Omitting tlie 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 fijst 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 itahc, in " Finis " = 33. Hamlet, 1604 Title-page : Printer's footnote. Roman letters . . . . . . 86 Deduct the date 16 + 4 as . . . . . . . . 20 66 Last nine hues and " Finis," comprise roman and itahc words, 66. King Lear, 1608 * Title-page. 3rd and 7th lines, 33 letters each. Last two hnes of play : Roman letters . . • • ■ • • • . . 67 Deduct for " Finis " . . . . • • • • • • I 66 42 SECRET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS Same (Second Edition) Title-page. 6th and Tth 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. Richard 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 j&rst title-page gives no sigil which could be relied upon. Second title-page (" The Famous"), has 33 itahc 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 Hne of italics, 33 letters. Last line of play, 33 letters. REVELATIONS OP ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA 43 The Whole Contention (Part 2) Last four lines of the play : Words .. .. .. .. .. ..31 Add " Exeunt Omnes " . . . . . . . . 2 33 Richurd III., 1622 Title-page. 7th line : Italic letters . . . . . . . . . . 41 Less roman . . . . . . . . . . 8 Second line of printer's footnote. Roman letters, 33. Last line of play, 33 letters. 33 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. Chapter VII SHAKBSPEAEE 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 hj alternative methods to guard against their being overlooked by searchers. The ingenuity displayed in tie 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 ingenioTis use as counting material of such words as " Finis," " Exit," " Exeunt," " Exit Omnes," etc. Two Gentlemen of Verona Last page : In names of Actors, itahc 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 REVELATIONS OF EOSICRUCIAN ARCANA 45 Measure for Measure Last page. In the names of the Actors there are 62 itaHc words, and the figure 2 appears twice. Total 66. Gomedie 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 itahc 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 itahc letters, reckoning " &c " as two. 46 SECRET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS 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 Richard II. Henry IV. (Part 2) Last Scene : 111 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 . . . . . . . . . . 83 Itahc letters . . . . . . . . . . 25 Roman words in brackets . . . . . . . . 3 111 Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 83 Italic letters . . . . . . . . . . 31 114 Deduct roman words in brackets . . . . . . 3 111 Epilogue : Real page number . . . . . . . . . . 99 Unbracketed roman letters . . . . . . . . 33 66 REVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA 47 Henry V. Chorus at the end contains 111 reman words. Henry VI. (Part 1) Last Speech : Roman words . . . . . . . . . . 49 ItaUc letters . . . . . . . . . . 17 66 Henry VI. (Part 2) Last hne has 33 roman letters. Henry VI. (Part 3) Last page. Top of left column the paragraph has the direction, " Counting ny 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 hne has 33 roman letters. Henry VIII. Last two hnes in the Epilogue contain 66 italic letters. Troylus and Gressida Last two lines contain : Roman letters . . . . • • • • . . 72 Deduct itahc letters . . • • • • • • 6 66 48 SECRET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS 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 Hnes of the left column of Actors' names (30), added to the letters in the last two hnes of the right column (36), total 66. Julius CcBsar Last two lines of the play contain 61 roman letters. Add the 5 roman letters in " Finis " = 66 Last Speech contains : Macbeth Roman words . . . . . . . . _ _ 129 Italic letters .... 1 Q 110 Add for " Finis " . . . . . . . . . . i. Ill REVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA 45) Hamlet The correct number of the last page is The last Speech contains roman and italic words . 174 . 63 111 King Lear The last line of each column on the last page have, together, 66 roman etters. Othello The last two lines of the play contain 72 roman letters. Deduct the 6 talic letters — leaves 66. Names of the Actors at the end. The last two lines in each of the two jolumns together contain 66 letters. -^j^^^jf' Anthony and Cleopatra Last Speech contains: Roman words Deduct the italic letters Deduct the 5 in " Finis " Last line of play : Cymbeline Roman letters Deduct 5 roman words bracketed 98 27 71 5 66 .38 5 33 The roman letters of the last line of each column on the last page otal 73. Deduct the 6 itahcs in " Exeunt "—leaves 67. Then deduct 1 for he word " Finis " — leaves 66. The total letters in the heading and footnote, which are in the same description of type, is . . Deduct " Finis " . . Deduct the total of the numerals in 1623 79 1 78 12 66 50 SECRET SHAKESPEAEEAN SEALS Adding as single figures the actual or wrong page nunaber, 993 = 21 the figures in the correct page nunober, 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 I., when he saw Lord Chancellor Ba after his removal from office, driving in his coach with about a hun( gentlemen attendants on horseback, remarked, " That man scorns to go with a snuff." The man, or men, responsible for the 1623 Folio scorned to end it witl a blaze of typographical fireworks on the last page. Chapter VIII THE "ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY" 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 E. W. of London for Henry Cripps of Oxford. At the end of the 1632 edition is the following address: To THE Eeader Be pleased to know (Courteous Eeader) 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 printod 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 " Eobert Burton," the real author of the book ? For it must not be over- looked that only in the first edition does the name of Eobert Burton appear, and then not on the title-page, but at the end of an Epilogue entitled " The Conclusion to the Eeader. ' ' 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 Eobert 51 52 SECRET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS Burton's name, certain references are made to Ms 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 ap'peares. His minde no art can well expresse, That by his writings you may gr.csse It v/as 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 scoffe at it, Deride not, or detract a whit. For surely as thou dost by him He will doe the same againe. Then looTce upon't, behold and see; As thou likest it, so it likes thee." These lines are similar in idea to those in the First Foho, opposite the portrait of Shakespeare. The Anatomy and the 1623 Shakespeare Folio have another thing in common: both exhibit the 287 seal in a prehminary verse. In the Foho, 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 REVELATIONS OF ROSICEUCIAN ARCANA 53 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 and 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, maimers, 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 v's, the " s " in philosophically and the " a " in historically are roman and not italic letters.) Pr.ze 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 maskedr 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 sanctse Roseae crueis. 54 SECKET SHAKESPEAEEAN SEALS 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 itahc 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 page 111, Bacon claims the authorship of the Anatomy of Melancholy 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 mil 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 was the real author ? The following extracts would seem to do so : Page 1, Democritus to the Reader: "I presume thou wilt be very in V 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 knovv^ne." Page 2: " Although there bee some other circumstances for which I have masked ray selfe under this visard, and some peculiar respects, which I cannot so well expresse." After this, at the end of the first edition, but in none of the later ones, appears the following, extracted from the Couclusion of the Author to the REVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA 55 Reader. (A"oi5e.— Whenever a conspicuous word like " conclusion " is spelt wrongly, look out for something hidden.) : " I intended at first to have concealed my selfe, but secundse 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 Bu.rton'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 conveye 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 httle error, all is disanuUed." 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, stylus virum arguit, our style bewrayes 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 ^'s, shewn as v's, and to the roraan 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 Verulam (St. Albans) which Robert Burton could hardly have known of. 56 SECRET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS On this same title-page there is a Latin quotation — " Omne meum, NiMJ 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 " Macxobius " 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, pubhshed in 1625. In the 1624 edition of the Anatomy the anagram is she-iArn 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 " " to call attention to it, the " " 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 Democxitus to the Reader : " I am free borne and " (I am Fr. B.) In the 1628 edition tliis has been improved upon, for by the addition of one or two extra words and capital letters, this is shewn as : . I am a free man fcorne 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 " b " Con " The 8th line has " *> Con " 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. REVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA 57 First title-page : 66 roman and italic words not counting the date. There are 33 roman and italic letters in the three line§ immediately above the name " Democritas junior " and 33 in the next helow the name. The last three lines of the printer's foot-note contain 49 roman letters, 7 itahc 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 margmal 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, wMch 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 itaUc letters ex- cepting " Fr. Bacon " are counted, there are 33. Result: "Fr. Bacon, 33." (" Anna] " 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 letters =Fra'cis Bacon. The lower group of seven lines cqntains 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 5y SECRET SHAKESPEAEEAN SEALS 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 nurdber, 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 " " ValentifJian " is altered to " Valentine " Neither of these are altered iu the next edition, excepting that " pa " appears as " pag," then— " infelicity " is altered to " infelicitie " " Lewes " is altered to " Lues " " Clitemnestra " is altered to " Clytemnestra " 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 reman 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 n on- significants are not shewn. REVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA 6.1.3.9.8.2.2. 1.3.1.8.3.4.1.1.6.1.6. 1.9.1.1.3.1.4.8.1.6.1.5.4.2.6.1.6.9. 1.8.6.2.1.8.7.3.6 2.6.1.2.7.7.2.3.1.2 1.3.4.1.2.1.1.2.4.1.1.4.2.5.2.1.2.6.9 1.1.6.5.1.6.2.2.4.1.1. 2.8.3.0.8.3.2.9.5.2.3.2.1.2. . . 3.2.4.2.1.9.1.3.3.5.1.8.1.9. .. 3.6.7.1.9.3.9 4.9.1.2.4.1.1.1.6.4.1.4.2.9.4.6.3. 1.3 5.8.3.5.5.9.9.6.1.2.2.2. 6.2.3.3.6.6.3.5.6.6.5.1.6.1.1. 6.7.3.2.5.7.3.1.1.6.7.3.5.7.4.4. 2.4.7.4.8.7.6.4.8.7.6.7.7.7.3. Total Deduct Leaves ERRATA = 35) 66 = 69) = 42/^^^ = 33 = 52 = 30) = 50ll32 = 52) : g}ioo : 57)61 131 = 60\ = 71/ = 87 773 287 486 " Era Baconi " (simple count). " Bacon" (Kaye). " Bacon " (simple) "SirP.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 BrigM's Treatise of Melancholy, 1586 (Vantrollier's Edition) Title-page. 12th, 13th, and 14th hnes, 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 : 18 23 20 5 Roman letters The date The year 1586 Five italic words 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 hne 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 Hne 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. 60 EEVELATIONS OF EOSICRUCIAN ARCANA 61 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 Kne of the completed Canto, 33 roman letters. The last page has the date 16012, the 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 biUteral 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 Unes 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 33 Chapter X SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY CURIOSITIES " That every word dotli 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 Griselberti Plempii." Add the 62 REVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA 63 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 PatroA, 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 . . . . 33 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 64 SECRET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS Dedication : Roman words, except words indicated by brackets 181 Roman letters in heading . . , . . . 19 Letters in italics and in above excepted words (wkich 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 ABC, 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 REVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA 65 &, and the 26tli with E. The 27th chest is " a " and the 28th " b." It is this marking which suggested to Mr. W. E. CHfton, 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 EUzabethan 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 32 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 Enghsh edition. 9 66 SECEET SHAKESPEAEEAN SEALS Title-page. Tke English rendering of the name of author as given in Shelton is Michael Cervantes. But there is no author's name on the Phihps' title-page. The first square on this title-page, as bounded by printer's rules, contains exactly 33 roman words. The bottom square has : Eoman letters . . . . . . . . . . 58 Italic 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 Eeader has roman words . . 269 Italic words, including wrongly hyphenated, counted at two each . . . . . . . . . . 19 288 Deduct turnover word . . . . . . . . 1 287 Last pagC; 616 : Add roman letters not in brackets . . . , . . 138 Italic words . . . . . . . . . . 147 Large italic words " The End " . . . . . . 2 287 Page 211. The 111th roman word down is " Bacon." The 111th word up is also " Bacon." Ill is the Kaye cipher total of the name " Bacon." 211 is Kaye cipher for " Eosicrosse." Page 384. The 111th roman word is " Bacon." 384 is Kaye cipher total of " Michael Cervantes." Page 385. The 33rd word is " Bacon." REVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA 67 Page 513. From the word " Bacon " two-thirds way doAVn 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 68 SECRET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS tte 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) Page 104 (last page). All words (not in brackets) Deduct roman words in brackets And shortened roman words of prefix 176 124 300 6 1 — 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 a 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 Greorge became Francis. REVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA 69 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 fines 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 trend foe Ibsvs sake eoebeaee to digg the dvst encloased hbaee BlESE be y MAlsT y SPAEES THES STONES And ctjEST 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 Warwickshire, 1656. WiUiam 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 this monu- 70 EEVELATIONS OF ROSICEUCIAN AECANA 71 merit 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 WilKam Dugdale. He took over the Antiquities of Warwiehshire 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 WilUam 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 ShaJcespere, 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 Eosy 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 " q/ 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. Eosicrosse." " This Figure that thou here seest put." The Shakespeare Monument, 174:0— Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey This statue was erected in 1741 under the auspices of Dr. Eichard 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 72 SECEET SHAKESPEAEEAN SEALS on a scroll hanging on the pedestal. Over the head of the statue is a marble tablet bearing the inscription: GuLIELMO ShAKSPEAEE Anno Post Mortem CXXIV.° Amok 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. Eosicrosse." 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). Statue 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 REVELATIONS OF ROSICEUCIAN ARCANA 73 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 fixmer 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 Tamhurlaine 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 Chapter XII THE CHARACTEK OF FRANCIS BACON 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. Drayton — who supplied information for the " Life of Bacon " in L'Histoire Naturelle, 163L 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. 74 REVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCTAN ARCANA 75 Sir Tohie Mathexv. Preface to Italian Translation of Bacon's Essays The fourth (Sir Francis Bacon) was a creature of incomparable abiUties 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 civiHzed 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. 76 SECEET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS It should be noted tliat 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 Erancis 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 Grenerosity, 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 Hfe. 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, 1657. Appendix SUPPLEMENTAEY NOTES AND EEEATA 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 " Era. Eosicrosse." 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 VIII. (last page) Correct page number . . . . . . . . 264 Eoman 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) 30 157 77 78 SECEET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS 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 was the greatest genius that England {or perhaps any country) ever produced." No wonder also that Ben Jonson, in 1631, and Archbishop Tenison, -in Bacoiiana, 1679, gave similar testimony. The FoUo 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- REVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA 79 peare Folio about the same time (whicli we take to have been April, 1625), that he gave one to their mutual friend Sir Tobie Matthew. Bear in mind that the j-ear 1624 saw nothing printed from Bacon's busy pen. The Foho, 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 Cathohc 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 Booh 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, Grorhambury, rephed 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. 80 SECRET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS From this digression let us pass to tlie so-called " Kyd " plays, facsimiles of tlie title-pages of whicli are given in that very excellent book by Professor Boas, The Life and Works of Kyd. The " CorneHa " dedication is not given in facsimile, but it may be a fairly faithful representation of the type. All roman words (except " Garnier " 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 Peacham's 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. REVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA 81 Emblem No. 1 contains 111 roman and italic words, not counting the large "A." Emblem No. 33, on page 33 (wMch 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 Latin lines words Marginal notes words Footnotes words 89 23 13 19 Again, in this Emblem 34 there are : Roman words in verses Roman letters in brackets Latin lines, smaller roman letters Marginal, foot, and above omitted words 157 89 34 129 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 modern 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. 11 82 SECEET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS Abraham Cowley's Worhs 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 1597 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 Le:ss 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 REVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA 83 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 chimsera, 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 hkely 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 ^ype which formed the majority of the printed matter, and the addition or deduction of words or letters prir/cd in the minority type, as on Plate V. In some cases the italic words r je 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. Por instance, 1619 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. Largo 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 omnes," 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. — " To THE Eeader." The 2 jc's on the 9th line are really 4 v's, and must be counted as 4 letters. Plate 11.^ — Portrait of Shakespeare. The W in the first line is really 2 F's. In the Staunton facsimile from which this is produced the letter is rather indistinct, but in the Clarendon Press facsimile it is clearly 2 letters'. 84 REVELATIONS OF ROSICRUCIAN ARCANA 85 Plate III.— First Page of " The Epistle Dedicatorie." Plate IV.— Second Page op " The Epistle Dedicatorie." Plate V.—" The Names op the PRmciPALL Actors." Plate VI.—" A Catalogue op 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 Polio 39, and not on 38 as stated; and The Winter's Tale on 277, instead of 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 Polio 340 and not 346, or 6 wrong. Troylus and Oressida is omitted altogether from the Catalogue and must therefore be first added. There are 31 italic letters in its title. But Troylus and Gressida 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, aiad 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 " Era Kosi Crosse " numerical signature, it is possible it may be found in every Play in the FoHo. Plate VII. — -First Page op the Comedies. Plate VIII. — -Last Page op the Comedies. Plate IX. — -First Page op the Histories. Plate X. — Last Page op the Histories. Plate XI. — First Page op " Troylus and Cressida." (With reference to page No. 77, see Notes to Plate VI.) Plate XII. — First Page op 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: " a,ccounted," " Countvy," " 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 teU you" (both these remarks are addressed to the 2nd Citizen), " Awdit up." This last hint could hardly have been put strair' 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 op 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 " Era 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. 86 SECRET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS Plate XIV.—" Shake-Speares Sonnets," 1609. Last 2 Pages. Plate XV.—" LucRECE," 1594. Last 2 Pages. The Printer's mark " N " seems to have been placed where it is for a pur- pose. The last 2 lines contain 65 letters, and the " N" 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 Eaigne op John King of England," 1591. This is the earliest of the Shakespeare Quartos, and the 287 signature is clearly shown in the epistle "To the Gentlemen Readers." The 1591 Quarto is anonymous. " Loves Laboks Lost," 1598 (also on Plate XVI.). The 287 signature is put both at the beginning and end of 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-'page. Plate XIX. — " Troylus and Cresseida," 1609: "The Epistle to the Eeader." " 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. — Spenser's "Faerie Queene," 1611. Page 1. Plate XXIII.^ — Spenser's "Faerie Queene," 1611. Last Page. Plate XXIV.— Ben Jonson's " Sejancts," 1616. " The Argument." Plate XXV.— Bacon's "Novum Organum," 1620. End of Book. The " C " of 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 op 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 " Resuscitatio," 1657. Title-Page. Plate XXXII.— N. Rowe's " Shakespeare," 1709. Last 2 Pages of " The Dedi- cation." KEVELATIONS OF EOSICEUCIAN AECANA 87 Plate. XXXIII. — W. Eawley's " Eesuscitatio," 1671. Last Page op "The Life OF LoED 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. — Keference 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 Shbew," 1594. Plate XXXVI. — ^Title-Page of " Eomeo 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, 'ihe other is " Printed by J. R. for Thomas Heyes," and is shown on Plate XVIII. It is oi interest to note that the first carries the 157 signature (note the italic '■ i " put in the sixth line), the second carries the 287, and both have the 33 count. There is another possible count of 33 in the first, as " Printed by J. Roberts" contaias 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: of all Plays in Shakespeare Folio Plate XXXVIII. to LXIX. It will be seen from the facsimiles that every Play bears Bacon's personal numerical signature, 'ihe Plates speak for themselves, and require no further explanation; but it may be of interest to ca'l attention especia'ly to Plate XXXIX., The Comedie of Errors, 'ihe last page of this Play being Po^io 100, two crosses are put on either side, to call attention to the fact 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 " =Eaoon, and the 9 lines contain 68 romari vsords 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 u"s for ivb, 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 LIL— 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 SECRET SHAKESPEAREAN SEALS Plate LIV.— First Page " To the Eeadee " in the 1621 Edition. Page 287 in THE 1621 Edition. 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 Queens," 1611. Title-Page. Plate LXI. — Spenser's "Faerie Queene," 1611. Last Page. Plate LXII. — "The Repetoire op Records," 1631. This facsimile with Plate XXXIII. show the clues by which the key to the Kaye Cipher was found. Plate LXIIL— " 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 1st 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 op 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'rs " for a definite purpose. There was plenty of room for the letter, and it was not omitted iii 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 LXXL — The Spencer Monument in Westminster Abbey. Plate LXXn. — The Bacon Monument as in " Resuscitatio," 1671. Plate LXXiri. — The Bacon Monument in St. Michael's Church, Corhambuey, with the Present Day Inscription. These inscriptions have evidently been recut. It seems probable that in doing this the small "i" in iEtatis was overlooked, thus losing the 111 count shown in the 1671 portrait. To the Reader. // q/^ 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 : // OjCould he but haue drawne his wit /; As well in brafle, ashe hath hit ^/ His face - the Print would thenfurpaffe ^ All, that was eucr writ in brafTe. ^^ Bur, fince he cannot. Reader, looke ^; Not on his Pidure, but his Booke. 4^ B.I. 2 m^ FACSIMILES FROM THE FIRST FOLIO SHAKESPEARE, 1623. PLATE 1. - TO THE READER.' Faces P. 2. A4r. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARES COMEDIES, HISTORIES, & TRAGEDIES. PubliOied according to die True Originall Copies. i/-3 Printcdby Ilaac Iaggard.;^and Ed. Blount. i6z y /I .6 Dl ATT PORTRAIT OF SHAKESPEARE. TO TH E MOST NOBLE INCOMPARABLE PAIRE OF BRETHREM. William Earleof Pembroke, <3cc. LordChamberlaine to the K^ngi mojl Excellent ^^^Ad^aieflj, AND Philip Earleof Montgomery, <5cc. Gentleman of his Maiefties Bed-Chamber. Both Knights of thcTnod Noble Order of the Career, and our fingular good LORDS, Right Honourable, f \HilJlvpeJludie to be thanM in our particular /or themany/auors vnehauereceiuedfromyoux L.L yoc ar^falne-j iJponthe ill fortune, tommgle^ tvpothe mofldimrfe thingi that can bee ^f care, andrajhnejfe • rajhnejfe in the enterprii^e, and /eare of the fuccejfe. For, Vehen voe valew the places your H.H. /ujiaine,'n'e cannot but j^oxt> their dignity greater, then to defcendto the reading ofthefe triflesiandfytyhne Wf name them trifles, we haue /J depriu dour/ekes of the defence of our ^Dedication, ^utjmceyour L,L. haue heenepleasd tothinke thefe triflesfome-thing, heereto- fore -and bane profe(jmted both them ^ andtneir zAuthour liuing, yptthfo much/auour : ri>e hope,that(they out-liuing bim^andhe not bamng the fate, common with/ome, to be exe^uutor to his crfone vori' Ungs^yowmllvfethelik^ indulgence to^ppardtherrujou haue done 9^4 % 'unto /I y^ /J /Z /J-. % Dl Axr FiRCiT PAGE OF "THE EPISTLE DEDICATORIE." /I // // /■ / e/ The Epiftle Dedicatorie. // mto their parent. There ts a great difference ;)in>hether any ^ooJ^ // chooje his l^atrones^ or finde thepL^ : 7 his hath done both. For, /£ fo muchvpere^j/ourL L. likings of the-jfeuerallparts^ yyhen thej ypere oBed.as before they liverepuhlijljed, the Volwne asJ(dto he jours, IV e haue but colIeBed them^^and done an office^ to the dead^to procure his Orfhanes, (juardians-^ without ambition ei^ ther offelfe-proft, or fame : onely to l^eefe the memory offo tporthy /^ a Friend ^^ Fellow aliue^as was our S ha kesveak EJby hum- hie offi>r of his flay es^ toy our mojl noble^ patronage. Wherein, as '/ 'B?^ haue iu/lly objerued, no man to come neereyour L.L, bkt'vvitb / A kind ofreligiotisaddreJ]h^4thath bin the height of our care, 'vvho y are the Tref enters, to make theprefent i^orihy of your H, H. by the /^ perfe3ion,^utjtherc i^e mujl aljo craue our abilities to be cmfiderd, my Lords. We cannot go beyond our awne powers. Country hands reach foorthm'ilke,creameyfrmteSy or what they haue : and many !J\(ations(we haue heard) that hadnotgummes (^ incenfe,obtai- ^y ned their requejls with a leauenedCake, It Dtas no fault to approch // their (jods, by what meanesthey could: nAndthe mojl, though // meanefly of things are made more precious, 'when they are dedicated // to Temples, In that name therefore, we moji humbly confecratc^ to /^ your H,H. thefe^ remaines ofyour/eruant Shakclpeare • that V "what delight is in them-j, may be eueryour L,L. the^ reputation /^" his, (sr the faults ours, if any be committed,by a payre^jo care/ultto /^ Jher» their gratitude both to the liuing,andthe dead, as is J/; // // 0\ AT YourLordAuppesmoftbounden^ lOHN HeMINGE* Henry Condell. F iw - RrrnND PAGE OF "THE EPISTLE DEDICATORIE." The Workes of William Shakcfpeare, containing all his Comedies, Hiftories, and Tragedies rTruely fee forth, accordingto their firft OTlJGjnjLL. The Names of the Principall Afters mallthefePlaycs. ^^ ^^^ liliamSha^eJpeare, // j SamueKjilhurne, V j-ohn Hemmings, ^ugujline Thillips. WtlliamK^mft. ThamasToope. George^rjan, Henry CondelL JViHiamSlje. IRjchardQi^ly, fohnLomne. Samueli Crojfe, Alexander Q)oJ^. //- %ohert Qjfrmin, // /^ William filer. /J '/ D^hcm Field, // /Z fohn Vndemood, /J // S^holas Tholey^ V // William Scclejlone, '; /^ fofephTayhr, /z // 'Kohert'Benfield. yi/ // ^bert (joughe. /^ // "Richard^binjon, //- /J lohnShancI^, // /^ lohn'^Rjc^e, ^oy / - 3 8 Meafurefor Meajure. The Comedy ofErrours. Much adoo dhout t^oth'mg. Loues Labour loH. Midfommer Nights Vreame. The Merchant of Venice. Js you Like it. The Tttmitig of the Shrew. AH is well, that Ends mell. Tufelfe'2^ght,orwhatyou mil. 61 lOI 122 163 208 230 255 The Firjlpart ofI\jng Henry the fourth. 46 The Second part ofi{. Henry tlje fourth. 74 The Life ofKjng Henry the Fift. 69 The Firjlpart ofi\ing Henry the Stxt. 96 The Second part of FQng Hen, theSixt, 120 77?^ Third part ofKjng Henry the Sixt. % 47 The Lifn O Veathof^cUrdthf Third.lJ^ The Life ofKjng Henry the Eight. 205 Jf TRAGEDIES. ^// The Winters Tale. %y <^._^04 HISTORIES. The Life and Death of lying John. Fol. i . The Life Cr death of T^chard thefecond. 2 3 The Tragedy ofQriolanuf. Fol. 1 . Titus Andronicus. 3 1 T^meo and Juliet. 53 Timon of Athens. 80 The Life and death of Julius Q^fnf' 109 Tl^e Tragedy oj Macbeth. j j i The Tragedy of Hamlet, 152 IQng Lear. iS^ Otheliojthe Moore ofVenice. j i o Anthony and Qleopater, x^&*^ ^ 54^ Qmhelmel^ngofBritaine. ^69 e/z-fiM^^!^ j)!^ e/i-^^itf ^i^t^g^ Syz<:it^ — t^P>z-*rft^ ■fy?. — /7 //- // /J // V f PLATE VI. - A CATALOGUE OF THE PLAYS. U % T H F TEMPEST. e^ Bus primus y Scena prima. jitsmftfitieiu iieifc ofThunder and Liilitmug he.-trd : En- teraShtf-nu^ir, tuidn Betcfivatne. Mafitr. Otc-fwainr. Sattf. Hecte Millet : VVhit ciic«re ? Mn/L Cood:Sj>e«kecoih'iVlarincis: fall too'e, yarcty , orweryn out felues a ground, beflinCjbeftirr?. £A«f. Eftter iMirmcrf. Botef. Heigh my hearts, chcttely, cheerely my hartj ; ■yare, yart : Take in the toppe-fale : Tend to th'Maftcrs ■whiAle: Blow till thou burft thywindc, if roome c- tiotjgh. Enter j^lonfi, SeBupian, Anthonio, FerdinaniU, Ct»tM'.o,and oiherr, jt/tti. Good Botefsvaine haue care : where's the M». ftet? Play the men. Ittef. I pray now keepebelowi jiHih. Where is the Mafler.Bofon ? Bofir/DoyctinojheMehim? you mane our labour, Keepeyour Cabines ; you do afsift the ftorme. CfHSa hJay, good be patient. Sow/. When the Sea is-: hence, what cares thefe roa- rers for the name of King ? to Cabinej filcncc : trouble ys «0t2^ (S^w^Good, yet remember whom thou haft aboord. ■ Betef. None that I more loue then my felfe. You ate a Couijfellor,if you can command thefc Elements to fi- lenee,»nd wotke thepeate of theprcfcnt, wee will not hand a rope more, vfcyourauthorltie: If yoti cannot, giue thankesyou haue liu'd fo long , and make your lelfe readie in your Cabine for the mifchanee of the houre, if it fohap. Cheerely good hearts : out of our way I fay. ^*'''' Gen. I haue great comfort from iliis fellowsmeihinks he hath no drowning marke vpon him, his comphxion is perfect Gallowes : ftaodfaft good Fait to his han- ging, make the rope of his deftiny our cable, for out owne doth little aduantage: Ifhe be not borne to bee hang'd, our cafe is mifetable. £«' • Enter "Setefraiiie. B»«y:Downe with the top-Maft :yjre,lowet,!ower, bring her to Try with Maine-courfe. A plague— ■■■» Aerjvithin. Enter Sehifiian,Amh»nio&^(»ix^». vpon this howling: they are lowder then the weather, or our office : yet againe ? What do you hcete, Shal we giue ore and dcowne,haue you a mlndc to finke } Seb»f. A poxe o'yout throa't.you bawling, blafphe- mous JncharitableDog. 'Sotef. Worke you then. Amh.Hino cur,liang,you whorefon infoJeni Noy^- maT (As I thought) dead : and haue (in vaine)faid many //-' A[praoer vpon her graue, ])t not feeke farre f (For hiro, I partly know his minde) to finde thee /fi An honourable husband, ComeCw«7/», ^ And take her by the hand : whofe worth,and bonefty /^ Isrichly noted : and heereiuftified / By VsjapaireofKings. Let's from this place. /fi What? looke vpon my Biother : both your pardons, ^ That ere 1 put bet weene your holy lookes /' My ill fufpition : This your Son-ui-law, / And Sonne vnto the King,whomheauensdire£^ing y Is troth-pl'ight to your daughter. Good /**»«//«<», / Leade vs from heny:, whrte we may leyfurcly ^ Each one demand, and infwere to his part ^ Perform'd in this wide gap of Time, fince firft f We were diflFeuet'diHaftily lead away. ~ // /I /J V // / /•/ // ''^ 2 Exeunt, ^/^ + = J/'^ The Names of the AQrors. V /J y/^, ^ L Rentes, Kir,g efSiCillia, iJi'tamiflM,yeng Prmct cfSiciHia. Cemlllo. -v /nugenut.I Foure Cleemiies (Lordi tfSiciltia, Hermionc, Qiteene to Leentes, Perdna , Daughter to Leentes mdHermiotre . Panltia, wife teuintigenut. V /V 0/ / / / »j/-«Whecre. £/eii. A ftrange beginning : borrowed Maieftyf X./»^n. Silence ('good njother)heare the EmbalTis, Chat. Philip ofFrance, in right and true behalfe Of thy deceafed brother, Ceffrejes fonne, Arthur PlmtAginet, laies moft lawful! chime To this fairc lland.and the Territories : To IrclaKd, Foj^iers. Aniovee, Ttfr«)ne,MAine, Defiring thee to lay afide thefwotd Which fwaiesyfurpinglythcfefeucrall titles, And put the fame into yong Arthnrs hand , Thy Nephew, and right rojrallScueraigne. K. lohn. What folio wes ifwedifallow ofthh ? Chat. The proud controle of fierce and bloudy warre. To inforce thefe lights.fo forcibly with-held, K.lo. Heerehaue wewarforwar.&bloudforbloud, Controlcmein for controlement: fo anfwer Trance. Chat. Then take my Kings defiance from my mouth. The farthcft limit of my Embaflie. K. lohn. Beare mine'to him,ai)d io depart in peace, Be thou as lightning ill the eies of /■»•'»»«; For ere thou canft report, I will be there : The thunder ofmyCannii eidell fonne As I fuppofe, to Men Faitlconhridge , ASouldict bythe Honor-giumg-Uand Of^<»'"oyce • butfuited ^ Jn like conditions, a? our Argument : ^ To tellyou (faire 'Beholders) that our Tlay / Leapes ore the >vaunt rndfirfilings ofthofe hroytes, f ^Beginning in the middle Jjiarting thence at^ay^ ^ To what may be digejkd in a Tlay : ^ Like, or fnde fault f do asyourpleafures are, tfpujgoodjor bad, *tis but the chance of Warre, / 6/- 7 ^^ PLATE XJ - FIRST PAGE OF " TROYLUS & CRESSIDA. z z 2 / /a // // f // // / «/- /2 W it /J / /0 /" // ? The Tragedy of Coriojanus; aABus Trimm. Sccena Trima, Snttr It CemfAny tfcMutixoui Citiijetis, \tfith Sl*tiet, ■* Clttis^aiidother weaponi. I. (^itix.m. Efore we procted any further, heare me fpeake. All. Speake.fpeike. \.Cit. You arc all refolu'd tathec to dy then tofarnifh? j4i. Refolu'd.refolu'd. 1 Xit. Fitft you know, C'^' "Mar tint is chiefe enemy to the people. All. Weknow't.weknov/t. L^f.Let VI kill him,and wee'l haue Cotne at our own price. Is'taVerdiftf e-idhuf/ ...„...v- mifma, Bnmnt itfirtHuMe, Mdfionrip, m P(«c*4»i Plen-f] Of yet ihij fcarfe-coId-Battjile, »t thit intt«nt "*• '^ hfullaccomplifti'd. For the Romaine Eagle PfomifcsBritaine, Peace and Plenty, Cjm. Well, ■ My Peace we will begin ; AtidOlM Luciia Al.houghthe Vidkor.wefubmittoCrf/irj ^ And to the Romane Empire ;pr6nii(ing To pay our wonted Tribute, from the which Wc were diffwaded by our wicked Q^eene, VVhom heauent in luftice both on her.and herf, Haoe laid raoft heauy hand. Sftth. The fingers of the Powres aboue, do tune ThebarmonyofthiiPeace.theVifion '. Which I made knowne loLwc/nucrethe ftrokc *» gw"? ^ 2 « >w>s « s « S J ii § J j3 o o « C; T? 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LAST 2 PAGES OF THE RAPE OF LUCRECE." 00 S3 o c -13 «9 3 u c . i» E o « o O sr r" § I -S "" S 5 ~ ^ 5 * & ?^ ^-?f 0.^^=5 A '^•?4s "!?-«■ fe-!s' 1 "* "^ It, "3=1 ^ ^ ^ ^ V > ^ ^ ^ ^ ^> > <\^ w^ 1^ t>i ^^' V3 "5 CJf^ v^ J FIRST PAGE OF "THE TROUBLESOWIE RAIGNE OF KING JOHN," 1591. PAGES 7 & 8 OF "LOVES LABOR'S LOST," 1598. ■I •ft (U kH p o -a ^ . s £ JJ 5 «» 3 JJ .5 •— o S3 S o iS S t; *^ >,^ -c * ^ 3 'a v-2 r s^ S « 2 § ^-S -^ S g 3 o bf>Q c 3 o 5,^ e « C a o JT St ^ ^ H ^ *2 ^ ^ : ^ 8*^ -0 ^ ,S 2 "^ -a" J s5 i ■b?vS ^ d ,s s « c a atS u^ g'S 5 o "^ - 3 "T n» B c o c ** JE .:£ ^3 ■5; t> -^ O^ 3 S o i o •- 5 C 3 o B ~ Q 5 V* S —t "O "s -% <" C W IS r^ O "C .ii jiv •3 o ii ^02 &« .2 T 2r^.2 ^ \ \ ^ <\ ^ "^ \ V^^ \ ^ VW\X \ V.^'** ^> vwv^ \V S ^1 EMI O' PS .-J O ^-S CO s w "i «! §8^ il ^1 "« :s a 1-« 2 i 2 5 ~ c «^ 3e ^ I K .S 5 C C 5 % i ^ I V > v a » 60^ ^ O m H 3 O S >« 2 .S S 3 '^ •J3 •n >> E «> p e^ e-a E H-S S T3 «» '3 t5 •* s " " "• " S-S;§ K?^-c o - 3S Q. O ^ *^ C u « u a:8 Q OJS> ^_? ^ 'CO I— I ra S wPh 3 .„ - 3 2. .y « S (s S ^ u O p «<, ^ "S 3 E bO B « ;j P !-!§ I &. c " *- o 5 OuU5 -si NS, \ >s ^^ ^'^ ^ ■^'^ \ -^^ ^'^ '\^^ PLATE XVIi. TITUS ANDRONICUS," 1600. FIRST PAGE &, LAST COMPLETE PAGE. § Sh o i 8 I". ? ^ . « irt • o 2 »i -C M) O •£ ^ ■= 3 ? 1"^ ? S u ^■ r 13 w o C i; 4! o G_g-^ u « b 'y -S Ts ^^M Z 3 o,:S c 2 f -^ -i 1 M ^ Ja '~> *^ i^^ t -^ r^ -^ Cl. U H «i tr nl -o N E " -•> =a J» " 3 ^^'^ = 15 6 P *- o III O " f» C CO, u o 4^ »«i *^ £ tJ J3 > 4J c .. "S -Q S .a C 3 S y S5 S w £3 »- O 6 t£- fa C ^^ - 3J5-n^,5 O «J Wi >— I 1. a» t; — o o C-T3 S E-c^ — :5 O o JJ = M IU> 4> ^ J. 1 len Vk -a o -J « O 3r >< (U ^.E op to Si .5 U_ 3 c t^'V, >> #^ o *j — p: ^1^ '^ >2 > o z o < X CO E o H ;-■ o rt I 3 to e o rs (-1 Q c u o o o o rs O NS, 1^ I "THE MERCHANT OF VENICE." 1600. 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LAST 2 PAGES. ^ § ^ I § a^ -^ iS "* o « "t,-^ ^ ?^ " ^ R" ft s ** J ^ 5 L-^ CIS u • •■* >• >4i ill ,55 'o SS ^ V, ^ ^ V. K 5i H2 S^t§ 8,-5 S ^; ^ § ^ IS -^ '^ v ~ ^ ! |tt ^ -ft ^ ^•1 ft -16 -5^ ft ft £i ^ ft « -ft M V <>> ^ -a § S K. « '^ ft B ^ ^ ti "a *;• ft ^ >>& «r^o vj*» ii!,''^ *< <» ?* i^ C^ ^^ ^ Ji ft *5S <>5 !> ^3^31 t,.^^-^^^^.^^^^^-i<^-i.i a' ^^'N XS ^ ft ^ \\~^X\^^^^., ~^ ^X-c\^<\ •^ X^ I 5^ ^ > ^ X • O S S t— 1 t-3 w «; ^ Z > > ta o ffi X to H oo as DS m O O H ^ ^ »» ^ N. s, Ss X ■^^\ 1 ft >«s 11 V sy o^ Kjs S U M w -T3 J3 •= .S C" •" ^ LI -*- -" U4 C « 3 a.5l o E K Jii VqC E £u- u B *\^\ 111 S V . " *i u « -^ ^3 _ = u lm g. M a -- w I g s a K ^S 5 a o .2 * ^2 " '« c -a 3 o ^ rt fl r« o ^^ 2 J. c rt E^ u o - " S " o E U3 T3 .S Mtj ,a a. V 3 g * - " en t> C C4 ^ S-O O B a " 6o„- a "S ?. « u .a '- ^ o o " « O W.-O o S-S g-2 1. u — T= -O u li " « o ^ S..tt ^^ t; S C ■« ■ . w C w 3 v- ** *- ,o C I E O n^ W PLATE XXI. T. BRIGHT'S "treatise OF MELANCHOLY." 1586. FIRST PAGE. AND THE FIRST AND SECOND PAGES OF THE 1613 EDITION. L THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE FAERIE QVEENE; CONTAINING ^^ ^^^ THE LEGEND OF THE KNIGHT ^ OF THE RED CROSSE, OR Of Holinefe^. / 0,I themaOjWhorcMurewbilonididmask, f As time bcr uught, in lowely Shepheards ; Am now coforc'c a far vnficccr tiik, (weeds, / Fottrupets fteratochangcmiBcoacereeds, •f And fing of KnightSiSc Ladies gentle dcedsj -f Whofe praifes hauing fleptin filcnce long, Mecjall to meanc, thcfacred Mufc areeds To blazon 'broad, amoogft her learned throng : Fiercewarres,aod faithful loues, fhall moralize my r«ag. z Help then, 6 holy Virgin, chiefcofnine. Thy weaker Noricc to pcrformc thy will : Lay forth out of thine eucriaftinj; ferine The antique roUei, which there lie hidden ftill. Of Faerie Knights, and faireft Tatui^mR, Whon that moft noble Britoa prince fo long Sought through the world, and fuffered fo much ill, ^ That I muft rue his rndeferaed wrong: ^ O I help thou my weake wit,and (haipen my dull tongue. // And thou moft dreaded impe of higheft/ou#> Fairc FitiHi fonne, that with thy cruell dart At that good Knight fo cuoningly didft roue, Thatglorious fire it kindled in his hart, Lay now thy deadly Heben bowe apart, And with thy mother milde come to mine ayde ; Come both, and with you bring triuiopfaant Matt, In loues and gentle iollities arrayd. After his murdrout ipoilcs and bloody rage allayd. 4 And with them eke, 6 GoddeiTeheattcnly bright, Mirrour of grace and Maieftiediuine, Great Lady of the greatcft Ifle, wbofc light Like Tbabm lampc throughout ihe world doth Ihiac, Shed thy faire bcames into my feeble eyne, And raifc my thoughts, too humble, :nd too vile, To think of that true glorious type of thine. The argument of mine afHifted ftile : The which to heare,vouchUfe, 6 deareft dread a-while. tjfz Canto PLATE XXII. - SPENSER'S "FAERIE QUEENE," 1611. PAGE 1. CanKVUL THE FAERIE OVEENE. // 36$ 11 Mow Mm! that valiant man is changed moft : For.hc lotnctimes fo far runqcs out of (buare That he his way doth Jecm quite to h Jue loft,* And clcane wiijiout his vluall rpheere to tare j That cuen ihde Stai-gaKTS ftooi/ht are At light thereof ^d damoe then lying bookcs : So likewrtcgrira Sir Satutm olt doth fparc His fternt afped,aad calme l«s cribbed tookes : So nuny turning cranks thefe hauc.fo many aookes. But you D4J»/««<,thatonely conftintare. And King of all the reft, as yc doe clatie. Are you not fubicdt eckc to ihis misfare ? Then letme askeyou this vyithoutcn blame. Where were ye borne J Some fay in Cute by name. Others in T/«Jfj,and others other. where : But whereibcuer they commect the fame. They all tonfent that ye begotten were. And borne hcr^ in this world,ne other can appearc. Then are ye mort.ill borne ,and thrall to me, Voleffe the Kiogdome of the sky yee make Immortallyind vnchai^eable to be $ fieGdes,that power and vertue which ye (pake« That ye here wotkc,doth many changes take, And your owne natures change : foi,cach of you Th^t vertue baue,or this.or iha: to make. Is checkt and changed from his nature trcw* By others oppoiition or obliquid view. Bcfide$,the fiio'dry motions of y,cur Sphcates, So (uadry wayca and fafhions as clerkes faine. Some in ihort fpace,and fome in longer yearcs j What is the fame but alteration plaine } Onely the fiarty sfcie doth ftill temaioe : Yet doc the Starres and Signes therein ftill moue. And euen it felfe is mov'd.as wizards faioe. But all that moueth^doth mutation loue : Thereforehotbyouandthemtomel lubic£l prouc* Then fincc within ^is wide great yniunft Nothing doth firme and permanent ^ppeare But all things toft and turned by tranlucrfe : ' What then (liould Ict.but laloftlhouldrearc My Trophee,and from all, the triumph beare i Now iudge then (O thou greateft goddcfle trew .') According as thy fclfedocft fee and heare, Af\A vnto me addoom that is my dew 5 That is the rule of alljall being tul'd by you. So hilling ended, Clencc long enfcwed, Nc T^atiire to or fro fpake for a (pace. But with firme eyes aifixt,tbe ground ftill viewed. Mcane while,all ci eaturcs, looking in hcrfacc, Eipefting th* end of this fo doubtfull cafe, , Did hang in long fufpence wh^t would enfew, To whether fide (hould fall the touerjine place : At length.fiie looking vp with cbearefull wcw. The filcnce brake,and gaue her doome in fpeechcs few. 58 I well conlider all that ye haue (aid , And fiiid that all things (IcdfaftnelTe do hate A nd changed be : yet being rightly wayd They are not changed from their firft eftate j But by their change their being do dilate : And turning to themfelucs at length againe. Do woike their owne perfcftion lb by fate : Then ouer them Change doth not rule and raigne ; But they raigne ouer change, &dorheirftates maintains. Ceale therefore daughter ^rther toa^ire. And thee content thus to be rufd by mec : For thy decay thou feekft by thv defire; But time ftuU coa>e that all ih..ii changed bee. And from thenceforth, none no more change fiul ice. So was the Titaaelfc put dowae and whill. And Uut confirm'd in his impcriall fee. Then was that whole alTembly quite difmift. And 7{fitu^sit.]ic did vanilh j wbithcr,no man wift. c2'^ The YUL Cant's ,vnferfite. Hen I bethinke me on that fpeech why leare. Then gin I thinke on that which Nature faid, C^.^. Of Mutal>ilitie,3iDd Well it way : Me feemeSjthat though (heall vnworthy were -- OftbeHcav'ns Rule; yet very footh to lay. In all things elfeihe beares the greateft fway. Which tnakes meloadi this ftateof life fo tickle, And louec^^ogt fo vaineand caftawayi Whole flowrirgpride,(o fading audio fickle, / Short Tim Ihall fbon cut down with his cofuming fickle. // — ft — -' . — . Of that fame Jime when no tnoie Change (hall be, Bu: ftedfaftreft of nil things firmcly flayd Vpon the pillours of Eternity, That IS contray r to Mutahilitie : For,alI that moueth.doth in Change delight : But thence-forth all (hall reft eternally - WithHimthaeistheGodofSabaotbhighi: (light. O that great Sab^oth Ood, ^saat tac'thn Sabaoths '^0 /«/■ ^^T^ FINIS. *"' ^/; "i^Vif. ^y^^z^a:^^ ey cZ e^oP .:^K^«^.J PLATE XXIII. SPENSER'S FAERIE QUEENE." LAST PAGE. The Argument. TT! Lius Seianus, [ome to Seius Strabo, a gentleman of jTxli Rome, andborne Ci,i,Vu\{\mun\ J after hiilongferuicein court :firfi, lender Auguftus, afterward^ Tiberius '.grew V into thatfauour -^ith the la,tter, and "^on.h'm by thofe artes^ as there /^ "panted nothingj but the name , to rnake him a copartner of the Em^ f fire, which greatnejfe of- his, "Dvu^us^the Emperors fonne not hroo- // king y after many jmotherd diJJikes , it one day breahno- out , the /^ Prince ftrooke him publikely on the face. To reuenge iDhich d'ifgrace, ^ Umi2ijthe "^Ife o/Drufus (being before corrupted by him to her HiJ- honour^and the difcouery of her husbands ceuncells) SchnuspraHl- f feth mith, together -^ith her ^hyfttlan , tailed Eudemus , andont ^ Lygdus, an Eunuch , to poyfon Drufus. This their inhumane ali 9 hauingfucceffefuU, and ipnfujfeHed parage, it emboldemth Seianus /<^ to farther, (CT tnore infolent proieSIs,euen the ambition of the Empire: V -^here finding the lets, he muft encounter, to he many, ^ hard. In re- ^ jfiEl of the ijfue ofGermamcus^yho i»ere next In hope for thefuc- f ceJBbrifhe d^uifeth to make Tibenusfelfe,his meanes:^ Infilll's In- ^^ to his eares many doubts, andfuJplclons,bath agalnjl the Princes and f their mother Agrippiha: "^htch Cxfar lealoufly hearknlng to,as co- y^ uetouflj confenteth to their mine, and their friends. In this time the better to mature and flrengthen his defigne , he labours to maVry Li- 'niSL,tindiporketh (^lolth all his inglne^ to remoue Tiberius /rdwi the knowledge of publike bu/ineffe , "^Ith allurements of a quiet and ^ rttyred life : the latter of lehlch , Tiberius {out of a proneneffi to luky and a defire to hide thofe ynnattfraH pleafures , -^hUh he could notfo publikely praSifife) embracetkthe former InklnJleih his feares arid there giues hlmfirflanfe of doubt, or fu^eSl toward Stianus, ^ jigmfl '^hom,he ralfeth (In prluate) a m»> inflrkment,orte Serto- ^ rius Macro, and by him 'i)nder-lPorketh , difcouers the others coun- ^^ fellsyhis meanes,hls ends, founds the affeSlions of the Senators , dl- ^^ uldes^ dljiraHs them : at laH ,, lohen S-eianus leaf loaketh , and is ^ moflfecure (^ith pretext of doing htm an If n-'^o/] ted honour In the ^^ Senate) he tralnes blmfrom hlsguardes, -^tih one letter, and in one // Jay, hath hlmfuffeCied, accufed, condemned^ and tor>ie i^n pieces, by ^~' the rage of the people^., PLATE XXIV. - BEN JONSON'S "SEJANUS," 1616. "THE ARGUMENT. y/ // // N' On abs refuerit admonere^ , cjuod , cum necejje ^^«^' fit muha ex Sxferimentis fub duobuf Titulis loel ^^ fluribuf cadere^ (yelut't Hiftoria Plantarum , <> ^^ Hiftoria ArtisHortulanae w«/f^ habebuntfere com- munia') commodior Jit Incjuifitio per Artes, T>i^ofi' ^/ tio verb per Corpora. Varum enim nobis cur a eft de ^^ oArtibus ipfis <:S\iiefm.legt litis. -P.in 1.9 Jegtft,pro&. Vi^LLii UgiutcHMntta' V.^%r. if,Uge pro Uio, loco. P,i6o.t J^legttrudanm, P.»7V.t6.UgedmMntMi. P.zs9.<.8./«^« tiUrtuaTitm. 'P.l^l.l.^^.ltS*^J^|pn>^UMnis. L O N D I NI, Apud Ioannem Billivm, Typographum 'J^gium. /; mTdcxx g PLATE XXV. - BACON'S "NOVUM ORGANUM," 1620. END OF BOOK. // /C ^^-\fL{X: TefkSi^^K O^^/.f SiC red Friend Sir Simon Jrcher Knight .. a perfon indeed natural- // ly qualified with a great affedlion to Antiquities, and with no /^ fmall pains and charge , a diligent Gatherer and preferver of / very many choice Manufcripts , and other rarities , whereof I /^ have made fpeciall ufe , as aimoft every page in the Book will / manifefl:. /^ That this my endeavour will have a candid acceptance , I /^ no whit doubt ; my principall ayme having been , by fetting /^ before you the noble and eminent Actions of your worthy // Anceftors , to incite the prefent and future ages to a vertuous // imitation of them;the continued welfare^and lafting honour of / your felves and hopefull pofterity , being the unfeigned ^ wifhes^of ^^ ^ , , , Your molt devoted and EL humble fervant WllliamT>ugdale. DUGDALE'S WARWICKSHIRE, 1656. PL ATE XXX. - \ , ^gT p^^GE OF "THE EPISTLE DEDICATORIE. Or, Bringihg into PUBLICK LIGHT SEVERALL PIECES. OF THE WORKS, Ctyfl^UtHQmal^Thikfopbical, ^Theolo^tcal^ HITHERTO SLEEPING; Of the Right Honourable FRANCIS BACON Baron of Vrnthm^ Vifcount Saint M^ft. According to the beft Correflcd C O P P I E S. Together, With his Lordfljips LIFE. By William Rawley, E)o6tor in Divinity, His Lordfhips Firft, and Laft, CH A P L E I N E. Afterwards, C H A P L E I N E, to His late Majesty. LONDON, Printed by Sarah Griffin, for William Lee , and are to be fold at his ShopinF/«i//r«r, at the fign of the Turks-head, nc^r the Mitre Tavern, i ^ 5 7- /z el' V Iff -a .? ^ «: ,« < I -Q ^ S 2-* nJ g *3 o O V»( W ri O rt o. 3 OJ > O ^ '-£5 \j ■ H CI j3 ^ d u «\ > tT 0/ 4> 2P -0 s c OS Q- c u «-• o •- .5 -c ^ U4 o 3 -CJ 3 o ^ (X, o 2 G-S ^^0 o n3 n S tJOc 'C flj ^ so ffj ^ >-'^ ^.s-^ 3'S CO txrB -o -5 o >«^ -d £> ^ *- y o a = ^^ gj S u •43 dj -JC S ri , >s-D 3 3 »»n G O tO ^ o .jG a 1-1 *j "-I 3 ^^ ** a u - d s-.s I c 4^ U 2 ei-d u O .^ «-! P* 3 • *«+ o 3 3 PS _a ■ CD Ui ^ G o u o 3 H ^ 2 c .a u- ^ -G ^ §-g o '^ ^ " CJ — J^ *3 -■^ -S •§ -G -s u O SS 9* 3 vt is i 03: (L> a a.">ls Si PLATE XXXII. N. ROWE'S SHAKESPEARE," 1709. LAST 2 PAQES OF "THE DEDICATION." Fraiaci^ V- _i>^ ■ ' ' Ck HtghgatCy near Loudm, tb Which Haci? he cafiially repaired about a Week before, God ib o^rdaining thaehfc fliould die there of a gentle Bv'er,^ acciden- tally accompanied with a great Cold, whereby the defluxion of (2(^k»m« fell fo pleatifially upon his Breaft, that he died by Suffocation, and was buried in St. Michael's Church at St. Mans, being the Place defigned for his Burial by hislaft Will and Tefta- ment, both becaufc the Body of his Mother was Inter- red there, and becaufe it was the onely Church then remaining within the Precin£fcs of old Verulam'.. where he hath a Monument ere<^d for him in white 5i4airhle,hY the Cate and Gratitude of Sir Thomas Jkf^wfyjrlCnight, formerly his I,otd(hips Secretary, afterwards C?&r^ of the King's Honorable "Privji- Council under two Kings, r^prefenting his fullTor- traidUre in the Pofture of Studying, with an Jw* fcri^mk Gompofed by that accomplifh'd Gmt^many Sink tMt Wit ySitBenryWotton. But howfoever hxs'Body was mortal, yet no doubt his Memory 2Lna Works will live, and will in all pro- bability Ikft as long as th^P^orW lafteth. Iti order to- which I havc^ndeavor'd (after my poor Ability) *ta dp this Honour to his Lordfhip, by wayof en-. ducingto the fame. '' f . Ft ■■JS , \X. jr, ea«W^iri,tte twenty fgventh Folio V ■ /-■ //7 t , ■ ■'''.^; ^ (/^l PLATE XXXiri. i W. RAWLEY'S RESUSCITATIO," 1671. ' LAST PAGE OF "THE LIFE OF LORD BACON." \ ^^ x^ \ \^ T? i-j 6X5 a> * v*4 ,c •5 "T3 (i» a «li o times a hie the E khisferua •73 <« >-» ? o C »5 o O O X < p ^ v'^ V^ ^ i PLATE XXXV. TITLE PAGE OF " VENUS & ADONIS," 1593. TITLE PAGE OF "THE TAMING OF A SHREW," 1594. ^ * o X (D "^ O "^ o ^ Co c O o s ^ J3 ^ .!« ^ o *.* 5,. n .^ ■:s "T? « ^ •6 < u 0* to at: CO i no o ^ %■ \ V •^> ^^ > \ •H ^>* h H n OJ ^^ -a P' w eg 13 2 . — I n 'J c * ^ IS 1 •5 s .a < 0. PLATE XXXVI. TITLE PAGE OF "ROMEO AND JULIET." UNDATED. TITLE PAGE OF "THE MERCHANT OF VENICE." 1600. ^ :^^ > ^N\ ^ ^ ^ ^ K <9 TJ v2 -s ^ O o u *- c . f5 *• ^ >^ 9- T— I a X w ."i> ft o 3 o CJ CO •51 3 '^ O Xi^ o o o I " ^ ^ ^ •<\ o •«* -^ -a :>" N5. ^ n3 C n ^ ^ l-i o G<< o LATE XXXVII. - TITLE PAGE OF "THE SECOND PART OF HENRIE IV," 1600. TITLE PAGE OF "THE MERRIE WIVES OF WINDSOR," 1602. EPILOGVE, fpoktnhy Tro/pero. KlOwfufCliar?mes are allore-ihrovfne, ^ ^ Andwhitflrtrigth / haue 's mine owne, which ii moflfaMt'. tjow tit true I mufi be heere cenfinde hjyeu^ Orfent ^tf Naples, Let me not ■ Since I haue my Dukedomegot , And far don d thedeeeiuer^ dwell Inthis harejjlind, by jour Sfeli^ Butreleafi me from my bands with f be helpe ofyour good hands : Gent ie breath of year s^ my Sailes Mujijill, or tlfe my^roiellfailes^ which xpoi iotieafe : Nov /want Sprits to enforce : Arttoinchant, And my ending is dcjpaire^ m/ejfel be relieu'd by prater tVhichfierfesfi, thatitaffauUs Mercy itjelfi, and frees all faults. Asyoufrom crimes rffouid pardou'dbe^ Let your Indulgence fet me free. Exit. The Scene,an vn-inhabited Ifland ? ^J\(aMesofthe Mors, Alonfi, K.ofNaplta Seyaflianhis Brother, Profpero^ the right Duke cfMilUine. Anthenio his br other ^thc •vjurfing Duke tfMiliaiite. Ferdinandy Son to the Hi/fg ofNafles, Gonzalo,anhoneJioldCouncellor. Adrian, & Francifco, Lords. Caliban, a faluage and deformed Jlaue. Trinc»lo,a leffer. Stephanoy a drunken Butler, MafierofaShip. Beate-Swaine. Marriners. Miranda^daughter to Frojj^ero* Artetty an ayriefpirit. Irif Ceres Juno J> Spirits, Nymphes Reapers FINIS. J?!^t^ (^aC c/ -/ / c/ / / / // ^ u The two Gentlenieii of Verona. The names of all the Adors. Vitke: Father t0 Siluia. Fdentm.l , ^ , Protheus.S ^^' ^^ Gentlmen. Anthonio'.fAthefto Frothms. thurio: afioUjh riualltoralentine. / / Eglamoure : Agent for Siluia in her efcape. Hofi: -where lulia lodges. Out-lames with Valentine. Speed: a clowmfhferuant to Valentine. Launce : the like to Protheus. PanthiomferuMttD Autom. lulia: beloued of Protheus, Siluia'. beloued of r dentine. Lucttti: tfAightini'TfomantoUUd. e/- FINIS. ENDINGS OF EVERY FIRST FOLIO PLAY. PLATE XXXVm. // a^^d ^.^ e^- The Men-y Wives of Windsor. ] Slen. I came yonder at £4fM to marry Miflris Amc ?*gt^ and (he's a great lubberly boy. If it had not bene i'th Church, Iwouldhauefwing'dhim, orheefhould hauc fwing'd me. If I did not thinke ithad bcene Annt f*gt^ would I might ncuer iVsrre.and 'tis a Poft-maflers Boy. Good husband, let vt euery one gehom^ And laugh this fport ore by aCountTiefirCt /SJr/tffcBandall. (^^ Fcri. Letitbefo(Sir/Dfr«:) f To Mafter Brcomt, you yet (hall hold your word, ^ For he» to night, Cball lye with Miftrts Terd: ^ Sxenpt or p FINIS. J?'i7(y I i/- 7^ Measure for Measure. The Scene Vienna, The names of all the Adlors, Vinctntio : the Duke, Angelc^theOeputie, Ejcalus, M ancitn l L ord. Claudia, ayong^ Cemlematt.: LHcio^ afantaflique, z, Other like Gentlemen. Prouofi, IThomat. ? Peter. S / 2. Priers, /i>r d 26 Thomoi. Peter. eWow^ afimpleCovfi^ / 2/ The Comedie of Errors. 100 ^he Comee&e ofSrrors, [ And we Oiail make fiill facisfaction. Tbir iiethtee yeareshauelbut gene in traoaile Of you my fonnes, and till this prefent houre My heauie burchen are dcliuered r The Duke my husband, and my children both. And you the Kaienders of their Natiuiry, Go to a Goinps feaft, and go with mee. After fi» long greefe fuch Natiuitie. t»ki' With all my heart ,11c Goflip at this feaft. Exeunt omnes. t^xHtt thitvfo Dromio's and ^^ two Brothers. V S.Dro. Maft.lhalll fetch your ftuffe from ftjipbord? ^ E.An.'Dromio^vhix. ftuffc of mine haft thou imbarkt /^ 5.Dw. Your goods that lay at hoft fir in the Centaur. / S.A»t. _Hc lp«Jf cs 10 jnc, I am your mafter Dromia . "TJ. . dme go with vs, wcc'l looke to that anon. Embrace thy brother there, reioyce with him. £xit J S.lho, Thereis a fat friend atyourmaftershoufc. That kitchin'd me for you to day at dinner : She now (ball be my fifter, not my wife, f .D.Me thinks you are my glaffc,& not my brother : I itt by you, I am a fweet.fac'd youth. Will you vralkein to fee their goflippiag:" S.Dro. Not I fir^you are my elder. EHht. That's a qncftion,how (hall we trie it. S.Vro. Wee'l draw Cuts for the Signior, till then, lead thou (ir(t. S.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. 9 // y'O PLATE XXXIX. Much adoe about Nollnua. \ Clm. GiuerocyourkindbeforethisholyFrUr, I am yout husband if you 1 ike of me^ li»e. And whenl liu'd I was youf other wife, Aind when you lau'd, you were my g thet husband. Crd«, Another H«rof gaff more rcuerend then one tipt with horn, fitter. Mef. Mefen. My Lord,your brother John is tanc in flight, An d brought with armed men backe to i^ejfuiat Bttttt Think«notonhim till to morrow J ile deuife thee biaue punishments for bim: (^rike vp '?\^n%,D< Labour i< lost. Enter'Braggart. 'drag. Sweet Maicfty vouchl'afe me. Qu. Wasnotiha: Heilor? "DHm. The v/orthic Knight of Troy. "Srag. I wil kiffc thy royal fingcr.and take Icauc. \ am a Votarie, I hauc vow'd to laquenttta to holde the I A merrie note. While greafie lone doth keele the pot, Brag, The Words of Mercuric^ Are harfli after the fongs of Apollo ! You that way; we this way. Sxtuntomnes, /I A Midsommei- nights Dreame. puts the wretch tTiatltcs in woe. In remembrance of a fhrowd. Now it is the time of night. That the graues, all gaping wide, Eucty one lets forth his fpright , In the Church- way paths to glide. Artd we Fairics.that do runne. By the triple Hecaus icamc , From the prefencc ol iheSunnc, Following darkeneffe like a dreamf. Now arc trollickc ; not a Moufc Shall diftiirbc this hallowed houfc. lanifentwith broomc before, Tofweep the duft behinde the doorc. Enter King ^4 S^teue ofFahics.with their trnme. Oi. Through the houfegiuc glimmering light » Rohin. Ifwe{h&,dowes hauc offended, Thinke bui this (and all is mended) That you haue butflumbred heerc. While thefe vifions did appcare. And thi» wcake and idle theamC, No more yeclding but a dreame, Ccntlcs, doe not reprehend. If you pard.on, we will mend. And as I am an hone ft Putke^ If wc hauc vncarned luckc, Kow to fcapc the Serpents tongue* We will make amends etc long: Elfe the Pucke ilym call. So good night vnto you all. Giuc me your hands, Jf wc befrieDds, And Rtkin fhaUrenore amends. FINIS. Tha Meyc.haut of Veuirt\ <^ ^. ^9i / ^~ t/- ^/) Ant, Heerc Lord B4<^io,{>fitix to keep this ring. 5«/. BybeaucBitisthc famelgancthcDoftor. Per. I had it of him : pardon.5<«jg'i»w, For by this ring the Doaor lay with me. Ntr. And pardon me my gentle Crati^no, For that fame krubbed boy the Doftors Clarke In liewofthis.laft night did lye with me. ^__ Cra. Why this is like the mcndingiofhjgh wares /^ InSommcr,where the waics are faire enough : ,^Z-y What, are we Cuckolds ere we haue deferu'd it. And we will anfwer all things faithfully, Cra. Let itbcfo.thefirftintcrgaioiy That my Nerrijfa fhall be fwornc on, is, Whether till the next night flic had rather ftay, Or goe to bed,now being two houres to day. But were the day come, ] fhould wi(h it darke ^ Till I were couching with the Doflors Clarke. > Well.wbile 1 liue, 1 Ic feare no other thing So fore,as keeping fafeATffrfj^/ ring. JJ ^J ExeuHi. PLATE XL. As you like it. IWkh mcafurc bcap'd in ioy, to'th Mcafurcs fall. UtI. Sir,byyourpaiience:ifIhcardyourighdyi The Duke hath put on a Religious life, ^ (id thf owne into neglcft the pompous Court 0// pleas'^mc, complexions that lik'd mc, and breaths that I dcR'de not : And I am fure, as many ashaucgood beards, or good faces, or fweet breaths, will for my ktdd ofFer,whcn Imakccurt'fie,bidmc fatewelj. = eV Exit. FINIS. S2 The Taming of the Shrew. £acnfuchawoinanowech to her husband : And when (he is froward,peeui(h,fullen, fowrc. And not obedient to his honeft will. What is (he but a foule contending Rebell, And gracclefle Traitor to her louing Lord ? I am a(haai'd that women are fo (imple, 'Twas I wonne the wager, though you hit the white. And being a winner, God giue you good ni ght. Sxit Petruchh Hcrteit. Now goe thy wayes, thou haft ram'd acurfi Shtow. Liw.Tis a wonder, by yourleaue, (he wil be tam'd Co. V Vv Alli< Well, that Ends Well. / 6 Will you be mine now you are doubly wonne? Rof. If (he my Liege can make me know this clearly, He loue her dearely.euer, euet dearly. Hct. If it appeatc not plaine, and proue vntruc. Deadly diuorcc ftep betwecne me and you. O my deerc mother do I fee you lining ? hif. Minecycsfmell Onions, I (hall weepe anon: Good Tom Drumme lend me a handkercher. So I thanke thee,waite on me home, 1 le make fport with thee : Let thy curtfies alone, they are fcuruy ones. All yet feemes well, and if it end fo mcete, The bitter pafl, more welcome is the fweet. tlourijh. of-Ji-eJ: j Set this deuice againft yl^<»&«^»heerc, Vpon ffime flubbome and vncourteoni parti We had conceiu'd againft him. M*rU wrk The L«ter, at fir ToBjes great itnportance, In rccompcncc whereof, be hath married her: How with a fponftiU malice it wa» follow'd, M«y rather plutke on laughter ther reuenge. If that the injuries be iuftly weight , That haiic on both fidei part. Ol. Alas poore Foole.how haue they baffel'd thee :" Cio. Why fomc arc botncgreat,fome aichicue great- neffe, and fomc haue greatncfle thro wne vpon them . I wa3 one fir, in this Enterlude, one fir Tapas fir, but that's lyhen tBjt Twos and a /it tie titebty, frtdheyyho^thewmdetprdtheraine: AfiKtif.\ . ^-ng vfoj tut a taj, far tberojA it raineth tntrj day. 9 ^J i/- / ,/- y / ,/J But akev I cxmc to rmots efliUe, xsiihhrfl}o^(yc. Cainfi Knaxes and Theenet men [hut thttrgctt, jar '.ht raiae.&c. "But when IcaTtn nlfis to winty ^ wrtb hej hf^&e. "BjjwaggcrirgcotUdlnencrtbriHt, r for the r«me,(!re,~ "But when J tame vato mj beds, , with hey ho.drc. fTuh teQxittes fliU had drunkgn bcaJtt, for the rautCyf^c. A^eet while itgotht varlibegm^ tiey he, &c. But that's nlhne, our Plaj is done, aitd wee'Iflriuetofleajejcu eiterj day. f / U_ /// The Life and Death of Richard the Second. Sccena Qmnta. Flourifh. Enter 'Bpt!Ufi^l>rcolif,Torkfyn>iih othtr Lords (^ attfndants. Bui. Kindc Vnklc Yorke, the lateft newes we heare, Is that the Rebels hsue confum'd with fire Our Towneot'Ciceter inGloucelkrfhue, Butwhcther ihey betane.orfiainc, wehcarenot. fater NenhumOerliind, Welcome my Lord : What is the ncwcs ? Nor. Firfttothy .Sacred State, wifh I allhappineffe: The next newes is, 1 haue to London font The heads o(SiUtiuty, Spencer, "BliMt^ind Kent. I£*,Fromyourownemouthmy Lord,didI this deed, "Bui, They louc not poyfon, chat dopoyfon neede, , Nor do I thee : though J did \\\[h him dead, I hite the Mutihercr, loiie him murther cd. The guilt of confciencc raire thoa fo: thy labour, Buc neiihsr my good word, nor Princely fauour. With Cai/ie go wander through the (hade ofnighr. And ncuer fhew thy head by clay, nor light. Lordj, I proteftmy foule is full cf woe. That blood fhould fptinkie me, to make me groWi Come iDournc with me, for that I do lament, AivH putonfuUcnBhcke incontinent: He mikea voyage to the Hciy-'.?.nd, To v^'afh this blood off from mv guilty hand, ^c^ March fadly ai'ter, grace m>- nouning hcere,) J5 In weeping after ihiivntimdyBeere. ^^ [<^/Exen>ft FINIS. The i^ the Sixt.in Infant Bands crowr.'d King Of France and England,did this King fucceed: Whofe State fo many had the managing^ That they loft Francc,and made his England bleed Which ofc our Stage hath fho wne ; and for their fake^^ In your fiirc minds let this acceptance take, ^ 7 9 /// The Jirst Part of Henry the Six't. Then veeld mv l.ords,and heere conclude wuh mee. That Mitrr^ret (ball be a>ccnc, and none but fhee. ^Kii'T. Whether it be through force of your report. My Noble Lordof Suffolke.- Or for that Mv tender youth was neuer yet attaint W'jih any paffion orinfiaming louc , I cannot tell : but this I am aflur'd. Exit CloctSler, Suf, Thus Suffolk c hath preuail'd.and thus he goes A? did the youtlifuU Parit once toGreece, With hope to finds the like cucnt m louc, But profperbctttr than tbc Troian did : Margaret {hall now be Queene,and rule the King : But 1 will rule both her, the King,and Realme. Exit ay^^a. o!^-^ FINIS. The second Part of Henry the Sirt. ^P>: af^ y 7 «/- 9 9 i^. of^. The Names of the Adtors. BrabantiO/ Father to Defdemona. QA%.o^*»Hvtouriihle Lieutenant. [z^^aViUaiHe. 9jod(itigo^ a guU'd Gentleman, -^ ^'^ \ ^ J)Hke<^frenice. - ^^ ^ ^'^" Senators. MontaaOj Gouermur cfcyfru$. Gentlemen^ tf Cyprus. Lodouico andQtzmiao, two N^k fenetiani^ Saylors, C/ne. Defderaona, wife to Othello. JEmilia, wiff to /ago, - // \ Bianca, a Curtezan. //' i a^/ -h e/e/'^ 74 u The Tragedie of Anthony and Clenpatva. ^^ l\li^ The tragedie of^Anthony andQeofatra^ Dal, Oh fir, you are too fure an Augcrer: Thaiyou did feare.is done. Cajar. Braoeft at the laft. She leoell'd ti o\K purpofes, and being Royall Tooke bet owse way : the manner of their deaths, I do not fee tf em bleedc. Del. Who was laft with them ? I G»ari,h. fimtkle CountcyAian^thatbroght hirFigs: This was his Basket. Cafar, Poyfon'd then, 1. Guard. Oh Cxfar: This Cbarmian liu'd but now, fhe ftood and fpake ; I found her trimming vp the Diadem ; On her dead Miftris tremblingly (lie flood. And on the (odaine dropt. Cafar. OhNobteweakencffe : If they bad fwallow'd poyfon, 'twould appcare By exiemall fwclhng •• but (he lookcs like fleepe. As (he would catch another Anthony In her ftiong toyle of Grace. Dot, Heere on her brell, There is a vent of Bloud, and fomething blowne. The like is on her Arnoe. - 1 .Cuird. This is an Afpickes trajle. And thefe Figge-leaues haue (lime vpen them.fuch As th' Afpic'ke Icaues vponthe Caues of Nylc. Cafar/ Moft probable That (o (he dyed : for her Pbyiitian leU mee She hath puHu dc Concluiions infinite Of ea fie wayes to dye. Take vp her bed, And beare her Women from the Monument, She fhall be buried by her tyfntbony. N o Graue vpon the earth iball clip in it A payre fo faiTious : high euents as thefe Srrike chofe that make (hem : and their Story is NolefTe in pitty.then his Glory which Brought them to be lamented. Our Army fhall In folemnc fhcw. attend this Funerall, And then to Rome. Come Dola^tta^ fee High Order, in this great Solmcronity. Exewitomnet z tr 5; 9 • 9 // FINIS. PLATE XLVIII. TheTragitciy of Cymbeline. Make no CoIIcftion of it. Let him (hew His skill in the confttuflion. Ltc, PhiUrmoniu. Sooth. Hecre,my good Lord. Lhc- Read,and declare the meaning. ReXdes. 'XT'^fJenas a Lions whflpe,/)" ''fhtmfelfe vvknown^with. o cttt feekingpndc , atidhte embrac d hy ifpcece of tender Ajrg: Andwhenjrom a fialeiy Cedar (lyallie lopt (n-'UKchss^ which l>fi»g dead manyye/tres Jhalt .ifter reuiue, kee itjyntedto theold Stocks , and frefhl) grow, then jhallPofihumuittid his rmprries, Britaine befartHitate, Mdfiaxrijh tn Pence and Plen- tie. Thou Lecnaitu art the Lyons Whelpe, The fit and apt Conflrudion of thy name Being L*e«<«i«, doth import fo much: The peece of tender Ayre.thy vertuoosDanghter, Which we call Mollis jier, and t^oUis Aer Wetermeit Mulier; which MulicrlAimnt IsthismoftfonftaniWife,whoeuennow Anfwering the Letter of the Oracle, Vnknowne to you vnfought,wetes. Set we forward : Let ,/> ARoman,andaBtittitb£nrionc waue / Friendly together ;fo through Lwi(-7Vn%' march, , /«12^,!at^ >>^ > "^ V ^ :n «t *v> '5^ v '^[^ s; O ui < I- >-"S O Q O o o t ^ t^ § CO ^ P-3 Ow uo o c .3 W5 > H •^ U O .^1 ^1 V ^ \ ^ ^ "^ "N ^ ^ \ \ N> ^ <\ ^ ^> ^|\ ^ ^ ^ ^^-«-^>>>^X\^Xx^^ N^-^ xX ^X^ k ^ I CO do,. jZ O y, Co t-L. CO Q — « < > ^1 •^ it m < O «^ n. 11 M H > M4 W V^J z 2: *" c o <-^ H z. •-* •s S S trt «^ w w y m f?^-5 ffi:5 H ? S 'N* r^ ^ > «-l PC C o s w ^ ^ s w « I* •-^ to J= -■t! fe« E 3 V B to S 2 i W^x ^ ^ to o _ u. erf "* i*g a z rf i^ o « I PLATE L.-! THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY. THE 2 TITLE PAGES OF THE 1621 EDITION. THfi ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY: VVHjir IT IS, WITH ALL THE KINDES, CAV- SES, SYMPTOMES, PROGNOSTICKS, AND SEVERALL CVRES OF IT. IN 1H<^EE MAlHE ^ J%TlT10'bid, with their (euerall Sections, Mem- bers, and SvsSECTioHS. fHJLOSOPHlCALLT ^ MEDICl- NALCr^HISrORJCALLT . /; opened and cut vp, -- /y BY - ^ Democrjtvs Junior, 'JJ_ With a Satyr Jcall P r h f a c b. conducing to =■ '^^ the following Difcourfc. Thefeconi Edition^ torrefied and (tug-: mcntedby the Author, Macros. Omne meuQi, Nihil meum^ 7 2^ / n -7 AT OXFORD, Printcdby John Lichfieid and James SuorT;; for HsNRY Cripps. \^**T)m,i6z4, if PLATE LI. FIRST TITLE PAGE OF THE 1624 EDITION. HONORATISSr MO DOMINO NON KINVS VIRTVTESVA Q^VAM GENERIS SPLENDORE ILLVSTRISSIMO, GEORGIO BERKLEIO, MILITI DE BALNEO. BARONl D E BERKLEY, MOVBREY, SEGRAVE, D» DE BRVSE. DOMINO SP'O Mkltit NoniimhHS OhfenundOf HANC SVAM MELANCHOLIAE AMATO MEN, lAM D EN VO REVISAM, D.D. DEMOCRITVS Junior. // // // /J //- //- f 7 e^'/ PLATE Lll. - SECOND TITLE PAGE OF THE 1624 EDITION, //. (^X // z // / L&' J6 HO NOR AXIS SI- MO DOMINO NON MINVS VIRTVTE SVA CLVAM GENERIS SP I, END ORE ILL'VSTRISSIMO, //GEORGIO BERKELEIO, MILITI DE BALNEO, // // / z BARONIDE BERKELEY, MOVBREY,SEGRAVE, D* DE BRVSE. VOMITsl^O SVO Mukisl^Jominthus Ohfermndo. H AN C SV AM MELANCHOLIAE ANATOMEN, lAM TERTIO REVISAM, D.D. DEMOCRITVS Junior. ^ PLATE Llll. SECOND TITLE PAGE OF THE 1628 EDITION. 00 z o r; M w r* w. «» O * « lu " > «- H H "><«(« «S piS «i "^ M "H ID W M X X s 1 I I Si 6 S a S 2-n^ S l'^' JS <\ Oh „ S. 2 , ^^ ^ »-• S ,S s J « -Q G s-£>'S tog r^s s O z U o O '^ ha ^|-^Nj.>^S'*Nft<^\^ ^^^VV^V ^^^^^->^-*^\'=K|^^|^] ^t PI ATF I IW — FIRST PAGE "TO THE READER." AND PAGE 287 OF THE 1621 EDITION. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^V.N^.\^^^ ^^ . > '" ^ -o. o -" ^ -15 -5 °^t 2 S,y o-c gb« g S«!^^.^^^ . tu Co s-^-s l3-i^'1-i"« cl-s E'^il 8-^'J gul"'* < ;: £ ^ as i -£ _= ^ g ^^ c -5 ° 0:i - -q ir £^ g- 5 g ^ ci, E S S §-£-£i ? 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Pii^n 6 Hnn {.rwijooooo. diiofd'C.p.9^,1. zi,r.fi did Mc'ibhdes, p.ioo.l ^.r.Cameh mdl^t p.ioS.i.^^r.Zrigi.p.xii.l. itf.ctubcuftieUsp. i<39.l.io.r.i^.f.j^td.tS.r.r€ferut,p.iij^.l.iij:tishotksp.i(9.r/t4r,r. tax non funcimitanda Dianx,p,i8.tf /.io.f.vqndit«Inc./),i87./,j^. para- fitip.io^.i.ro.r.ftercui/i. io7./,T.pu(uenaii p. iji./.io.r, palSjicantcs />. ij^J.ii.r.L{xestheii.p.t^\J.iA.y.ficn\xsp.x^i.l.i.r.b]/thiU&c,f.i69, t,io.r.thhigf fignifitd ti) come.p.iiyl i6,r.pitie?U.p.im.l.iijt ought, Pag.tii.lMUMe^.pc,Si.for il.rwif .p.»jj7.»^ rjuflift p.^oLUi r.hi. } x^jnirg,r.b'irdi thut the, p.ii^.l.io Joivirds sniftom.p.i j J j.iS.d^ i j . (dtfabwii &c.toda^tt) adJeptrenthijis.p.'^iy.Uf-deie tepj9o trw,r.'i!ii>»> j».409./ii.i'.w/«/iw«/'.4ir./.i^j'.Coluaibus/i.4i4./.i9.r.Crito/».4*3. /. \l.r.orb.emo,:&c. Pig. J oS./.} y.r.r»//« p. ^99. mry. Cuhlfectram p. ^ i a.f.x ». r.Ulppefytu*p; gi.i.l.li.rdepopulaup.ijU^.r.outof'p.Sii. l.6.cervic Bids me moft noble Lady to ftdore His goodly image lining euerraore, InthediuinerelembUnceofyourfacci Which with your vertues ye cmbellifli more, And natiuebeautic deck with hcauenly grace: For his, and for your owne efpfciajl fake, Vouchfafe from him this token in good worth to take. /// E. S. PLATE LXI. SPENSER'S "FAERIE QUEENE," 1611. THE LAST PAGE. >: ^ ^ S g gal -^ ^ > ^5 6 >» •^ ;3 , to ■u i»5» ' tJ s ^. ^ > 1 '^-a-s •4>» ^ T9 u • •>* .s-^' -TO u mgm «3 ^ Wl a VJ 4 m w »— 1 c o o o u •S -i r i ^ 5 :^ S S a cj «Sou »g|o8 jg^u Si^.S -Sso «kO y?o «S^ tl^O >flS.O J3^0 s-il ^r» ^t« uf-° .M 9 I g N .§ s 2 A< ig i s w s I - r«i5w^ ctt<«, s^\S. 1^^- i^^-o ^'^S*^ -jaJS^^^ -^^i-T^si ^^-ot! co-S-fi Cfl-fi^ja cgjQ^ ,^'?^I^ J5c*^*5 >-i°r8'« '~'S^«^ ooSc^u 2vo> 4-h*> ♦*«M> PLATE LXII. - THE REPERTORIE OF RECORDS. 1631. Faces p. 64. ^ ^^lt ^^ ^1 PLATE LXIII. BACONIANA. 1679. PORTRAIT &, TITLE PAGES. ^^ K ^-h^^^l^l 04 • S "Si* 'Jf^ J? & G X .'^ ^ PLATE LXIV. - BACONIANA. 1679. LAST PAGES OF "BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REMAINS.' EE.a . l§ll .9 ,■ II e ,"0 «N rt t3 ™ :S. 3 . O « g S^-S " W rS *^ g 8 w V3 •S ■3 O W "■■' r-; — ^\ u u ►tH <^ ►J^ <-> TS ►th <^ ►J^ *-> •n 0» .S. 3 * > 2 u -a ... y •S **- w ti e t; y 3 o ji tt « O u ' l-l o.s;B,2 Shis** < S MM 'O- 'll* ''I H V ■S E .£■ hi p: w t» "^ 2 "33 O U rt tt 3 tsnj* "S ^ -S' '^ £ - *s 2 "t ^ -S W) « 3 J2 ■a -TJ -tj ^w n ti g bc_o r H ^' 5;S'bb"n h! _n ■.*-( _y 4. O ^ «1 i^ 3j ^ -u *3 -> JB r o 3 4) ,' o u- ^ .S C rt S tii o >,io w, S, c-a > y - i- = " y ^ O U •s« tj»^ S i-( G w •— ' ;^ cn ^ -5 -2 ji -C u •** 5 o o'c S ^, .- g-c o .u<, H o< « c a t*, WW, la II ? W V.- E> S .» §;v.. .tS ■ 1§ i ' -ana OwHtJ'C ACteA^ « o s &♦ •I il'^a 8 CO -^ ^ ^ o ^ ■«■ t,^ e S£ ■^ O «> .4^ S ^ « '^ •^ S s~ 5S o ^^ « ^ S * -^ >» -1^ s « c3 PLATE LXXIV. HENRY PEACHAM'S "MINERVA BRITANNIA," 1612. PAGES 33 & 34. The Tragedie ofKjn^ Lear, / chiefe of your petfon,ic would fcarfely shy. £%. Some Villains hath done me wrong. Edm. That's my feare, Iprtyyou haue a continent forbearance till the fpeed of bis rage goes Hower : and as Ifay,re:ir:v.ihir.etomylodging, from whence I will fitly bring you tohe*r«my Lord fpcake; ptay ye goe, there's ray key : if you do (iirre abroad,goe arro'd. Edg, ArrodjBrother ? Edm. Brother, I aduifc you to Ihe beft,I am no Woneft Bian,if ther be any good meaning toward you:Ihaue cold you what I haue feene.and heard": But faintly. Nothing Uke the iinage,3nd horror of it, pray you away. Edg. Shall I heare from you anon ? Exit. Edm. Idoferueyottinthisbufiaefle: A Credulous Father, and a Brother Noble, Whofe nature is fo fane from doing harmcs. That he fufpedls none .• on whofe foolifhhoneftie My praSifes ride eafie :I fee the bufineffe. Let nae,if not by bitth.haue lands by wit. All with Dse's ineece,that I can falbton fit. £)ca. 'ii_29^. Scena Taenia, Snter Conerili, andSttwOrd, Cw. Did my Father ftrike my Gentleman for chi- ding of his Foole? Ste. I Madam. Cm. Byday andn3ght,he wrongs me,euery howte He fiafhes into one groffe crime,or other« That fets vs all at ods ; He not endure it ; His Knights grow riotous,and himfelfe vpbraides vs On euery trifle. When he returnes fromhunting, I will not fpeake with hitn, fay I am (icke; If you come flackc of former feruices, Yoa fliall do well , the fault of it He anfwer. Stf. He's comraing Madam, I kearehim. Cjaa. Put on what weary negligence you pleafe. You and yourFellowes: I'de haue it come to queftson; Ifhediftafteit,lethim to my Sifter, Whofe mind and mine! know in that ate one. Remember what I hauefaid, Ste. Well Madam. ^oit. And let his Knights haue colder lookes among you: what growes of it no matter, aduife your fellowes fojlle write ftrsight to my Sifter to hold my courfe;pre- pate for dinner. Sxemt, Scena Quarta. Enter Keau Kent, If but as will I other accents borrow. That can my fpeech defHfe,mjr good i ntent May carry through it felfe to that full iffiie For which I raiz^ my likcne (Te. Now baniftt Kent, If thou canfl ferue where thou doft Aand condemn'd. So may itcome.thy Mafter whom thou Ibu'ft, Shall find thee full of labours. - ( Hemes within, SmerLearandAttefidanls , tern-. Let me not ftay a iot for dinner, go g« it tea- dy:hownow,what art thou ? Kent. A man Sir. Utcr. What doft thou profefle? What would'fl choj withvs? Ktnt. I do profeffe to be no Icfle then I fceme;to fevue him ttuely that will put ine in truft, colous him thai is ( honcft,to conuerfe with him that is wife and fsies litt!e,fo i feare iudgement.io fight when I cannot choofe, and 'to eate no fifli, ^ Lexr. What art thou? ^ent. A very boneft hearted Fellow, and as pbore as the King. Lear. If thoube'ft aspoojc for ifubieft^as hee's fiwa Kingjthou art pooa enough. What wouldft thou ? Ketit. Seruice. Lear. Who wouldft thou ferue? Kent, You. Lear. Do'ft thou know me fellow ? Kent. No Sir,but you haue thai in yoot countenance which I would faine call Mafler. ' Lear. What's that? Kent, Authority. Le*v What feruicescanft thou do? Ktnt. I can kcepe honeft counfaile, tide, run.marre a curious tale in telling it, and deliueia plaine m:(Fage bluntly : that which ordinary men are At for, I am qual. lifted in.and the beft of me,is Dilligence. ^ Lear, How old art thou? / Kent. Not fo young Sit to loue a woman for finglng, nor fo old to dote on her for any thing. I haue yeares on my backe forty eight. ^ Lexr. Follow me, thou (halt feme roe ,if 1 like thee no worfe after dinner, I will not part from thee yet. Dinner ho,dinner,whete*s my knaue jmyFoole ?iGo you and call my Foole hither. You you Sirtab,where't my Daughter? Enter Stetford. Ste. So pleafe yon i Exit. Letr. What faiesthe Fellow there ? Call the Clot- pole backe : wher's my Foole ? Ho, I thinke the world's a(leepc,how now f Where's that Mungrell ? Knigh. Hefaics my Lord, your Daughters is not well, Z,f«r. Why came not the flaae backe to mewheni cali'dhim? Knt^. Sir,he anfwered me in the roundeft manner,lie would not. Lear. He would not? Knijiht. My Lord, I know not what the mattet is, but tomy iudgement yourHighnelTeisnot' entertain'd with that Ceremonious affe&ion as ycu were wont, theres a great abatement of kindnefle appeares as well in the generall dependants.as in the Duke bimfclfe aIfo,and your Daughter. Le»r. HaiSaiftthoufo? Knifjh. I befeech you pardon mc my Lord, if I bge miftaken, for my duty cannot befilent, when I thinke your HighnslTe wrong'd. Lear. Thou but remembreft me of mine owne Con« ception, 1 haue perreiued a moft faint negleft of late, which 1 haue rather blamed as mine owtu; iealous curio- (itie,thenas avery pietenceand parpofe of vnkindnelTe; IwilUookefbrtherintoo'q: but where amy Foole ? I haue not feene him this two daies. JCo/gto. Since pay young Ladies going into fra»et Sir. v«/ PLATE LXV. PAGE 287 OF THE TRAGEDIES IN THE FIRST FOLIO. ^j&tle' ''?-0 e/i/. 23 ■ i) *4 wiofe iLMPe jotk dwJt ike tomk lir more ibe-n. coifc litk all itat ke kaik wrjr ^ I.ea«e>j liTmg artjaatpa^e iolenic kij witt Qoyt jii.X)ti[r iS^i iT art, f y, e h^ tkat lu.ouej- laiv toues ~ a Clerk ferving in the Gbipell there iui,f. fer an. The Bayliff or ColIe(3or o^the Rents xxvi i. viii d. per an. And there is this farther obfervable from the (aid Survey J •y/t. that once a year, at receiv- ing the Officers accounts, there was a Feaft made of antienc cuftome, to which the -vihoXtFratermty v/i^h their Tenants and Fermors did refort , there being Liii s. iiii d. aflfigned for defraying the charge of it .■ That the annuall allowance for wine and wax fpcnc in the Chapell was xl /. To the faid 4 Prieftsfor fcverall D/r/ffi there fung viz. viii ^. And CO 4 poor people, who were of the fame Fra- temuj , and fallen to decay in their eftates Liii /. iiii d. per an. arhongft them. Befides which, it further appeareth, that K. U. 4. before fpecified was accounted the Founder thereof J and that at the time of the faid Survey one of the Priefts belonging thereto, then Teacher of the GrammarSchool, didufeto celebrate divine Service within a Chapell ftanding in the midll of the faid town, in regard that the Paiifh Church, Befides all this, here is at &trdtfOjD a fair Bridg offtone, over 0t)On, containing xiiii arches, with a long Cauley at the weft end of it, walled on both fides: wiiich Bridg and Caufey were fo built >> in JJ. 7. time by the before fpecified Hugh Chi- ton , whereas before there was ' only a timber Bridg and no Caufey, fo that tlie 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 ourlate famous Poet Jf///. Shakefpere, whofe Mo- nument I have infcrted in my difcourfe of the Church. I now come to the particular Hamlets that are within the compaffe of this large parifh.being x. in number^viz,. Melconibe, 3[nge, Clopton, Wtfboifi tton. SDraptoit, SrioDtoell , ^^oterpe , lluDfng- tOrtand K-Upn-ClfffOjO; of all which in their order. ^^ / iJJ PLATE LXVI. J THE DUGDALE MONUMENT &. THE REFERENCE TO SHAKESPEARE IN xi=l,£ "history of WARWICKSHIRE," 1656. 'I^»^i., |4- '•vi^^- -;s^ '4 ":~^&. iffi^«i^i£^.^- -.--^ ^.^ Good frend for icsvs jp/^g FtmuMiHE, TO Dice TIE OV5T ENCtOASED HAUt . BlEJE BE ^ MAN ^ SmREJ TE^ iTCXVtS; AND CVRST fC He ^ MOVE5 MT BONES. Ivacio Fylivm genio Socratem arte Maronem KRRATEGIT POPVLVS MVtPET OLYMPVSHABLT Stay PAsawctR why coest -rov by so fast Km W TKV CANST WHOM ENVD/S DEATi HATH PLAST WIB IIMTffSMOWMINr SHAK.SPEARE WTl WHOME (JflCK ^iflVre DCS whose NA^E DOTI KCK V IftMBE AR MORETCNCOST; S)IH AU ^ HE HATJ WRITT Leaves LIVING ART bvtrsge to serve hiswitt OKtT Ahio Od 16(6 /tTATIS !1 DIE i)A» 0^. U?2- 2/ / / z /// /£_ PLATE LXVIII. - THE WESTMINSTER MONUMENT. Tht Cloud captTonjrs, le hroryeous Tcdmees, (The Solemn Templet; .e Great Ctohe ^tfelf t^W^ch it Inherit. Di/solve; M^sFahnck of a Vifio n )t a wreck behind. ^X: PLATE LXIX. — THE SCROLL ON THE WESTMINSTER MONUMENT. C^c^; nr.-^.-.-ii* i'j*e^-,- ... PLATE LXX. - THE SPENCER MONUMENT, IN THE WORKS. 1679. 'V^-,oi^i ("^ :C/^'^^ ■> // 26 «/ 2/' 7 SJ V" «/- 6 d x/ - ■:><^ /if'7 '&.r^t7 . . y<^ (^; Vt3 yac PLATE LXXI. THE SPENCER MONUMENT IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. ■-#!!i^A£ ^'i^.-.'^-:iL. _ , Tumnlu.s PiM- n o 1) FTL\>vf C 1 5 C I B a to 1 1 i.s V£ RM^VM Vi r,ecomitiA-a A AL BAN Inrancelio IrxleficF 5 Hick:, a pud S.AXBAI>A^M .^•.' .SI.VX0TIORIBV5 TITVLIS SCI£JST[AR\aH.L\rVU:.N FACVNDIA. LEX SIC SEDEBAT QVI POSTQVAAI OMNIA N.4TVBAi-I5 5APILNT £T CIVILIJ; ARa\J4A E\'OLVI5SET NATVKi?. D£CKXrVAl IXPIEVIT COiitPOSITA 50iVAN"TVR AN d75'l m. d c. xxy I . ;s,tat" Lxvi t.'uo'i vi ri mem; ■ THO MAS MIA.VT VS S\^PtRSTlTIS CVLTOR- DEF\rsrcTn adaur-vtor. [piacf t/i™^ f '!^-^.'d^ '^"^ PLATE LXXir. THE BACON MONUMENT AS IN " RESUSCITATIO," 1671. ANcisas Bacon Baro DEVERVLA.S"ALBVfc 5EV NDTIORSBVS TITVLIS . SciENTIAFvVM LvMEM E\CVNDl£ LeX. SIC .-?,IV'TU«,K');