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.
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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.
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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
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Tragedies
Cymbeline (last page)
All the italic words . . . . . . . . 82
" Exeunt " being in a separate line is not counted.
Letters in " Finis " . . . . . . . . 5
Total of large italics and figures in printer's note . . 70
157
Bacon's Essays, 1625 The Epistle and the last page each give 287.
Bacon's De Augmentis, 1623
As this book contains Bacon's elaborate description (with engraved plates) of the biliteral cipher invented by him in 1578, together with other typo- graphical curiosities, it would take a considerable time to scheme the types. In a letter of June, 1622, Bacon announced that the book was then already in the hands of the persons who were translating it into Latin. Yet the first copies (for the King and the Duke of Buckingham) were not presented by Bacon until over a year later — namely, in October, 1623.
The introductory epistle and the second title-page give the 287 seal. So does the last page.
The Shakespeare Folio, 1623, because of its wonderful arrangements of counts, ciphers, concealed signatures, and other tricks of typography must have taken a long time to prepare.
No wonder that Alexander Pope, who knew all about Bacon's tremendous abilities (although jealous enough to deprecate them in print), told his friend Spence that " Bacon 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-
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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The book is by Mr. Arthur Edward Waite, evidently a most patient in- vestigator.
As far as we have any knowledge, we judge him to have been like our- selves, only a self-taught and self-introduced " member " of the once existent fraternity of the Rosicrosse.
Note. — On page 30 we mention Thomas Vaughan. On page 311 of Mr. Waite's book there is reference to a book by Vaughan, The Fame and Con- fession of the Fraternity of R. C, London, 1652. In this Vaughan said, " I am in the humour to affirm the essence and existence of that admired 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'.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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COMEDIES, HISTORIES, & TRAGEDIES.
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The Workes of William Shakcfpeare,
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The Workes of William Shakcfpearc,
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the fSfO Gentlemen ofVerom. 20 'the Merry Wiues ofWindfor. /i>^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.
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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
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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
(jn^. lie warrant hira for diowniag, though the Ship were no flronger jhen a Nutt-thell, aud as leaky as anvnftanched wench.
Batef. Lay her a hold.a hold , fee hcrtwo courfcs off to %ei againc,lay her off.
Eater Afurmeri rert, MdrL All loftjto prayetSjto prayerSjall loft, 'Botef. What muft out mouths be cold ? (7»»!..The King,and Piince,at ptayers,!ei's aflsft (hem, for our cafe is as theirs. Seb*f. I'am out of patience.
An, We are meerly cheated of out liues by drunkards, This wide-chopt-tafcall, would thou niightft lye drow* ning ihe washing often Tides,
Cm«, Hee'l be hang'd yet, Though euery drop of water fiveare againft it. And gape at widft to glut him. AconfftfedKeyfewithhi. Mercy on vs.
We fplit.we fplit , Farewell my wife, and children. Farewell brother : we fplit,we fplit,we fplit. Airth. Let's all finke with" King Sck Let's take lea'tie of hhn. ExH.
Ctnx.. Now would I giue a thoufand furlongs of Sea, for an Acre of barren ground .' Long heath , Srowne fitrs, any thing; the wills aboue be done, but I would faine dyea dry death. Exit.
Scena Secunda.'
Enter 'Prtfpere mid MirMda. Afira. If byyout Art (my deereft fattier^ you haue Put the wild waters iathis Rorcjalay them! The ikye it feemes would powre down flinking pitch, But that the Sea.mounting to th' welkins cheeke, DaOies the fire out. Oh ! I haue fuCfered With thofe that I faw fufier: A braue veiTell
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Pol. She embraces him. Cam, She hangs about bis necke. If (he pertaineto life, let herfpeaketoo.
Pal. I, and make it manifeft whete fee has liud, Ot howflolne from the dead ?
PaiU, That fhe is lining. Were it but told you, fhould behooted at Like an old Tale : but it appeares fhe liues. Though yet fhe fpcake not. Markc a little while : Plcafe you to interpofe (faire Madam) kneele, And pray your Mothers bleffing : turne good Lady, Our PerditA isfouad-
f/«r. You Gods lookedowne, And from your facred Viols pourc your grace? Vponmy daughters head : Teil_nie_(inine owoe) Where hafi thou bin preferu'd? Where liu'drHow found* Thy Fathers Court ? For rhou fhalt heare that 1 Knowing by Pnultnt, that the Oracle Gaue hope thou waft in being, haue prefeiu"d My fclfc, to fee the yffue.
Paul. There's ttmc enough for that, Leaft they defitc (vpon this purti) to trouble Your ioyes, with like Relation. Go together You precious winners all : your exultation
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Lm, O peace VauUna : Thou fhouldft a husband take by my confeni. As I by thine a Wife. This is a Match, And made betwcene sby Vowes.Thou haft found mine, Buthow, istobtquefiion'd .forlfawhet ^/l>
(As I thought) dead : and haue (in vaine)faid many //-' A[praoer vpon her graue, ])t not feeke farre f
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And take her by the hand : whofe worth,and bonefty /^ Isrichly noted : and heereiuftified /
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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 ^
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Hermionc, Qiteene to Leentes,
Perdna , Daughter to Leentes mdHermiotre .
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The life and death of King lohn.
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Kiag lohn, 'Ovu fay CbatillioH, what would France with vs ? Chtit. Thus (afcci grecting)fpeakes the King ofFrance, In ray behauiout to the Maielly , The borrowed Maif Hy of £>»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 ofmyCann So hence :be thou the trunnpet of our wr.uh , And fuilen prefagc ofyour ownc decay : An honourable conduA let him haue, Pemhoke looke too't : farewell Chattillioii.
txit Chat. MdTem. Ele. What now my fonne, haue I not euer fsid How that ambitious C«w/? Till Hie had kindled France and all the world, Vpon the right and party of her fonne. This might hauebeene preuented.and made whole With very eafic arguments of loue , Which now the mannage of two kingdomes muft
With fearcfull bloudy Iflue arbitrate.
K.hhn. Out ftrong poffeflion, and our right for vs.
£/,. Your ftrong poffefjio much more then your right, Qr elfe it muft go Wrong with you and me , 5o miich my confcience vthifpers in your care.
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Which none but heauen, and you, and I, fliall beare. Snier a Sherijfe. EJjrx. My Liege, here is theftrangeftcontrouetfie Conic from the Country to beiudg'd by you That ere 1 heard: fhall Iproducethemen?
K.hhn, Let them approach : Oor Abbies and our Piiorics ("hall pay This expeditious charge • whac men are you ? Enter Robert Faulconbrtdge^ndvhilip.
Philtp. Your faiihfull fubieft,! a gentleman. Borne in J^orthampifnjhire, ii>ii eidell fonne As I fuppofe, to Men Faitlconhridge , ASouldict bythe Honor-giumg-Uand Of^
K.lohn. VVhatarithou?
Robert. The fon and heirc to that fame FauUoHBrldge. K.lohn. Is tiwttheclder,and art thau theheyre? Yon fame not of one mother then ir feemes.
Philip. Mo(t certain of one mother,mighty King, That is well knowne.andasltbinkeonefather; Bucfor the cerraine knowledge of tliat truth, I put you o're to heauen, and to tny mother ; Ofrhat I doubt, as all mens children may.
£//. Out on thee rude man, ^ doft fliame thy mother, And wound her honor with this diffidence.
Phil. I Madame ? No,I haue no reafon for it , That is my brothers pica, and none of mine. The which if he can proue,apop$ me out, At Icaft from faire fiue hundred pound a ycere : Heauen guard my mothers honor, and my Land.
K.lohn. A good blunt fellow:why being yonget born Doth ic lay claiaie to thine inheritance ?
Thil I know notwhy,excepttogettheland; Bytonceheflanderdinevyithbaftardy : But where I be as true begot or no. That ftill I lay vpon my mothers head. But that I am as well begot my Liege (Faire fall the bones that tooke the paines for oie) Compare our faces, and be ludge your felfe If old Sir i^efcr* did beget vs both. And were out father, and this fonne like him :
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1 eiue heauen thankes I was not like to thee.
K- lohn. Why ^vh3t a mad-cap hath heauen lent vs here? Elen, He hath a tricke bfCerdelians face, The accent of hi« tongue aSeifleth him : Doe you not read fome tokens of my fonne In the large compofinon of this man ?
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Hofy'and Heauenly thoughts ftiU Counfell her . She IhaU be lou'd and fear'd. Her owne flusll Uleffe het; Her Foes (hake hke a Field of beatenConic, And hang their heads with forrow : Good growes with her. In her dayes, Euery Man fliall eate in fafcty^ Vndcr his owne Vine what heplanci; and fin'g Tlie merry Songs of Peace to all his Neighbours. Cod (hall betruely knowne, and thofe about her. From her iliaU re,ad the pe rfed way of Honour, And by thofc craime iheir greatnefle;not by Blood. Nor fhall this prtie (leepc with her: But as when The Bird of Wondrr dyer, the Mayden Phoenix, Her Afties new acace another Heyr«r, : As great irt adrtiiration as her felte. So ^iKOie leaue her BlefTedrtefle to One, (WhSnHea.uen (hsi calf her from this tJowdcf tjarknes) Who/rom ihc ficicdAfhes of her Honour ShaJlStar-likc rifCja* gf e'at in fame as fhe was. And fo Hand fix'd. Peace, Plenty ,Loue, Truth, Terror, That we're the SerusiU' ■ a ■ his chofcn Infant, SbaJl then be hts-, and like a Vine grow to him ; Where euer the bright SunaeofHeauenftiall fhine, His Honour,afld the greatileffe of his Name, Shallbc,and make new Nationr. Heftallflourifh,
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Shall feethis.and bleffc Heauen.
Km, Thou fpeakefl wonders.
Crm. She (ball be to the happinelTe of England, An aged Princeffe ; many dayes ftiall fee her. And yet q,o day without a deed co Cirowne it. Would I had knowne no more : But (hemufl dye. She mull, the Saints nuifthaueher; ye: a V'irgm, Atnoft vnfpotted Lilly fiiall (hcpafle To th' ground, and all the World fhall moutne her.
Kw. OLotdArchbifhop Thou hafl made me now a man, neuer before This h«ppy Child, did 1 get anything. This Oracle of comfort, ha s fo pleas'd nre. That when I am in Heauen,,! fliall defire To fee what this. Child does, and pi^ijife nly Maker. I thanke ye all. To you my good Lord Major, And you good Brethren, I mi much beholding: 1 haue receiud much Honour by yOUrptetence Andye (hall findmethankfull. Lead the way Lords, Yemufi aiifee thcQuceiie,aiTd(hemufltharikeye, She will befiekc els. This day,, no tiian think e 'Has bulrncfrcaihishoufc; for all (hall ft»y: This Litile-Onefhall make it Holy»day. StecuKt,
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LAST PAGE OF THE HISTORIES.
The Prologue.
I'M.Troy there fyes the Scene : From lies (^Greece ^0
The Tr'mces Or^iSom, their high blood chafd 7
Haue to the Tori of Athens fent their Jhippes f
Frdu^ht with the'tnintjiers and injlruments ^
Ofcruell Warre : Sixiy and nine that wore /
Their (jownets 1(egall,from th' Athenian hay . 7
Tut forth toloard Thry^ia, and their
To ranfacke Troy , yptthin whofejlrong emures 7
The rauifh'd Helen, Menelaus Queenej ^
With wanton '^dxisfke^es^ and that's the Quarrell, 7
To Tenedos they come,
And the deepe-drayeing 'Barke do there difgorge 7
Their Dearlikefrautage : now on Vat dm Tlaines 7
Thefrefh andyet Their hraue Tauillions.Vn^msJlx'gated Qty, Dar dan and Timbria, Helias, Cheta^, Troien^ And Antcnonidus Tifith ma fsie Staples And correjponflue and fulfilling Salts
Stir re ^vp the Sonnes of Troy. ^
NoTb Expefiation tickling skittijhjpirits, ^~
On one and other Jide^ Troian and Greeks '^
Setsallonha^rd. And hither am J come, 7
A Trelogue arm'd, hut not in confidence /'
Of Authors pen, or A^ors '\>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,
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The Tragedy of Coriojanus;
aABus Trimm. Sccena Trima,
Snttr It CemfAny tfcMutixoui Citiijetis, \tfith Sl*tiet, ■* Clttis^aiidother weaponi.