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Prince Henry and Shakespeare’s Sonnets.
Peter Nockolds, May 25, 2013
http://hfreget.wordpress.com/
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. A Garden *of HeroICAl DEVISes*
or Henry Peacham's Minerva Britanna
Epigramma Authoris.
Se dicit Servum modo patre superstite Princeps,
Primus at Imperio Servus (b) *HIC, IN DE* [REGIT] .
(b) *ICH DIEN* Anagramma.
TO THE RIGHT HIGH AND MIGHTIE HENRIE, ELDEST SONNE OF our Soveraigne
Lord the KING, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Rothsay and
Knight of the most noble order of the Garter .
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http://93.1911encyclopedia.org/J/JO/JOHN_KING_OF_BOHEMIA.htm
JOHN (1296-1346), king of Bohemia, was a son of the emperor Henry VII.
by his wife Margaret... John was a chivalrous and romantic personage,
who enjoyed a great reputation for valour both before and after his
death; but as a ruler he was careless & extravagant, interested
only in his kingdom when seeking relief from his constant pecuniary
embarrassments. According to Camden the crest or badge of 3 ostrich
feathers, with the motto "ICH DIEN", borne by the prince of Wales
was originally that of John of Bohemia and was first assumed
by Edward the Black Prince after the battle of Crecy.
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<<MINERVA BRITANNA: dedicated to the prince of Wales Henry Stuart,
whose motto "ICH DIEN" Peacham anagrammatises as "HIC INDE.">>
but: "ICH DIEN" means "I SERVE"
which anagrammatises as "IS VERE"
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VPON THE AVTHOVR AND HIS MINERVA.
All eies behold, and yet not all alike,
Effects, and defects, both are in the eie,
As when an obiect gainst the eie doth strike,
Th' imagination straightwaies doth implie
Shapes, or what else the obiect do{T}h present,
Weaker or stronger, as the sight is b{E}nt.
Within the minde two eies there are haue si{G}ht,
To iudge of thinges interiour hauing senc{E};
Foresight, and Insight; Iudgment makes them b{R}ight
And most perspicuous through intelligence.
Foresight, foreseeth harmes, that may ensue:
Insight, doth yeild to reason what is due.
Then let not men deeme all with co{R}p'rall ei'ne,
Eies may deluded be by false illusions:
Ei{E}s may be partiall, eiesight may decline
By weakenes, a{G}e, or by abusions.
Pride, envie, folly, may the sight perv{E}rt,
And make the eie tran[S]gresse against the heart.
Wi{T}h outwa[R]d ei'ne first view, and marke this book[E],
Variety of obiects much will please;
[W]ith inward ei'ne then on the matter lo[O]ke,
Foresee the Authours care, and lit[T]le ease
T' invent, t' imprint, and publish for delight,
And for reward but craues your good insight.
Peacham my friend, I must confesse to thee,
My Insight is but weake; such as it is,
I verdict thus, no better worke I see
Of this same kinde, nothing I finde amisse,
If any fault there be, it is not thine,
The fault shall rest in mens imperfect ei'ne.
William Segar Garter. Principall king of Armes.
[TOWERS] -31
{REGET} -38, 44
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Pro[TEGER]e Regium. [Protect royalty]
While deadly foes, their engines haue prepard,
with furie fierce, to batter downe the walles,
My dutie is the Citie gate to guard,
And to rebate their Rammes, and fierie balls:
So that if firmely, I do stand without,
Within the other, neede no daunger doubt
Dread Soveraigne IAMES, whose puissant name to heare,
The Turke may tremble, and the Traitor pine:
Belou'd of all thy people, farre and neere:
Bee thou, as this Port-cullies, vnto thine,
Defend without, and thou within shalt see,
A thousand thousand, liue and die with thee.
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Sanctitas simulata. [Pretended sanctity.]
There is more pride, vnder one of their black Bonnets, the vnder
Alexanders Diademe. King Iames in his Bisilicon Doron:
Earle Gourie one of the greatest Puritanes of his time in Scotland, in
his travailes thorough Fraunce and Italie, vsed with his Diamond, (for
the most part) to draw in his Chaber windowe, a man in armour, with a
Sword in his right hand, pointing towards a Crowne, adding this or the
like word, Te solum, which yet reaines in many places to be seene,
what he meant hereby it might easily haue to bin ghessed.
Vpon a Crowne with pretious Iemmes beset,
Say what's the reason thus a hat we see,
Since Diadem's of Princes ever yet,
From base controule, haue beene exempt and free:
There is a sect, whome PVRITANS they call,
Whose pride this Figure fitteth best of all.
Not such I meane, as are of Faith sincere,
And to doe good endevour all they can,
Would all the wo[R]ld of th[E]ir reli[G]ion wer[E],
We taxe [T]h' aspiring factious Puritan:
Whose Paritie, doth worst confusion bring,
And Pride presumes to overlooke his King.
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. W o u l d a l
. l t h e w o [R]
. l d o f t h [E]
. i r r e l i [G]
. i o n w e r [E],
. W e t a x e [T]
. h'a s p i r i
. n g f a c t i
. o u s P u r i t a n:
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17th-century References to Shakespeare's Stratford Monument
http://shakespeareauthorship.com/monrefs.html
.
Next to the infamous engraving in Dugdale's Antiquities
of Warwickshire, Dugdale transcribed both the Latin and
English verses from Shakespeare's tomb, along with the
verse from the gravestone. Except for minor spelling
differences (entirely typical of Dugdale),
these verses are the same as those seen today.
The Latin reads:
. Ivdicio Pylivm, genio Socratem, arte Maronem,
. Terra tegit, popvlvs maeret, Olympvs habet
which may be translated thus:
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In judgment a Nestor, in wit a Socrates,
.
. in Art a VIRGIL;
.
. the ea(R)th b{U}ries h(I)m, [T]h{E} peopl(E)
. m[O]u{R}n him, O(L)y[M]p{U}s posses[S]e{S} him
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____ <= 10 =>
.
. A r t a [V I R G I L];
. t h e e a (R) t h b {U}
. r i {E} s h (I) m [T] h {E}
. p e {O} p {L}(E) m [O] u {R}
. n h i m {O}(L) y [M] p {U}
. s p o s s e s [S] e {S}
. h i m
(LEIR) -10
[TOM S.] 10
{UERUS} 10
Prob. of {UERUS} ~ 1 in 1240 (any skip)
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King (LEIR): I am in such a laborinth of loue,.
Mum. You'l ne'[RE GET] out, vnlessse you first get in.
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. Edouardus {VERUS} , COMES Oxoniae,
. Vicecomes Bulbeck, Dominus de Scales
. & Badlismer, D. Magnus Angliae Ca-
. merarius: Lectori. S. D.
.
http://comp.uark.edu/~mreynold/aulicus.html
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_The MINERVA BRITANNA_ Banner Folding clearly demonstrates
how the Equidistant Linear Sequence decoding is to be performed:
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http://www.shakespearefellowship.org/virtualclassroom/minervatpcloseu...
.
. [V]I __\V\ I T U R
. [I]N G __\E\ N I O
. [C]Æ|T| E \R\ A M
. [O]R|T| I S __\E\ R
. [U N T]
.
"all thinges perish and come to theyr last end, but workes
of learned WITS and monuments of Poetry abide *for EUER* ."
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NIL VERO-VERIU(s) S = 19th letter
OUR EVER-LIVIN(g) g = 33th letter (Masonic)
UNO:VERE-VIR(g)IL g = 33th letter (Masonic)
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Shakespeare Eulogy by William Basse
. On Mr Wm Shakespeare
. he dyed in Aprill 1616.
Renowned Spencer, lye a thought more nye
To learned Chaucer, & rare Beaumont lye
A little neerer Spenser to make roome
For Shakespeare in your threefold fowerfold Tombe
To lodge all fowre in one bed make a shift
Vntill Doomesdaye, for hardly will a fift
Betwixt y{i}s day & y{a}t by Fate be slayne
ffor whom your Curtaines may be drawn againe.
If your precedency in death doth barre
A fourth place in your sacred sepulcher,
Vnder this carued ma[R]ble of thine own[E]
Sleepe rar{E} Tra[G]oedian, Shakesp[E]a{R}e sleep alone
[T]hy vnmol{E}sted {PEACE}, vnshared Ca{V}e
Possesse as Lord not T{E}nant of thy Grave
That vnto us and others it may be
Honor hereafter to be layde by thee.
Wm Basse
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. S l e e p e r a r {E} T r a[G]o e d i a n,
. S h a k e s p[E]a {R} e s l e e p a l o n
. e[T]h y v n m o l {E} s t e d{P E A C E}v
. n s h a r e d C a {V} e P o s s e s s e a
. s L o r d n o t T {E} n a n t o f t h y G
. r a v e
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_____ <= 14 =>
. V n d e r t h i s c a r u e
. d m a [R] b l e o f t h i n e
. o w n [E] S l e e p e r a r {E}
. T r a [G] o e d i a n, S h a k
. e s p [E] a {R} e s l e e p a l
. o n e [T] h y v n m o l {E} s t
. e d {P E A C E},
[REGET] 14
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http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa030500a.htm
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Prophetic Passage by Vergil about Augustus/Jesus
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ille deum vitam accipiet, divisque videbit
permixtos heroas, et ipse videbitur illis,
{PACATUMQUE} [REGET] patriis virtutibus orbem.
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He shall receive the life of gods, and see
heroes with gods commingling, and himself
be seen of them, and with his father's worth
[REIGN] o'er a world at {PEACE}.
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Y e t s h a l l t h e b e t t e r p a r t o f M [E] a S s u r e d b e
t o c l i m b A l o f t a b o v e t h e S T A R [R] Y S k y.A n d a l
l t h e w o r l d s h a l l n e v e r B e a b l [E] f O r t o q u e n
c h m y n a m e.F o r l o o k h o w f a r s o E [V] E R T h e R o m a
n e m p i r e b y t h e r i g h t o f c o n q u [E] s T s h a l l e{X}
t e n d,S o f a r s h a l l a l l f o l k r e a [D] t h i s w o r k{A}
n d t i m e w i t h o u t a l l e n d(I f{P O E T} s a s b y p r o{P}
h e c y a b o u t t h e T R U T H m a y a i m
[DEVERE] -34
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http://tinyurl.com/86rbcwu
Restituta: or Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in ...,
Volume 2 By Samuel Egerton Brydges
The end of the XV. Book of Ovid's Metamorphosis.
("Arthur Golding" translation : reprinted by R. Waldegrave [1587])
Now have I brought a work to end, which neither Jove's fierce wrath,
Nor sword, nor fire, nor fretting age with all the force it hath
Are able to abolish quite. Let come that fatal hour,
Which (saving of his brittle flesh) hath over me no power,
And at his pleasure make an end of mine uncertain time:
Yet shall the better part of M[E] a{S}sured be to climb
Aloft above the STAR[R]Y {S}ky. And all the world shall nEVER
Be abl[E] f{O}r *to quench my name* . For look how far soE[V]E{R}
The Roman empire by the right of conqu[E]s{T} shall extend,
So far shall all folk rea[D] this work. And time without all end
(If Poets as by prophecy about the TRUTH may aim)
My life shall EVERlastingly be lengthen'd still by *FAME* .
Finis Libri decimi quinti.
Laus et honor soli Deo.
At London, Imprinted by Robert Waldegrave. 1587.
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http://www.elizabethanauthors.org/goldBio.htm
The XV Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, entytled Metamorphosis,
translated oute of Latin into English meeter. Dedicated
"To Robert, Earl of Leicester, from Barwicke,
the xx. of Aprill, 1567." Willyam Seres, printer.
Quarto. 400 pages. London, 1567.
Reprinted in 1575 by Seres;
1584 by John Windet and Thomas Judson;
1587 by R. Waldegrave;
1593 by John Danter;
1593 by W. W. (William White);
1603 by W. W.;
1612 by Thomas Purfoot.
(Ovid, "Metamorphoses" 15.984-95, tr. Golding)
Concluding nine lines of Ovid's _Metamorphoses_ translated:
http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/1830690
http://www.williamshakespeare-sonnets.com/sonnet-55
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http://tinyurl.com/6mcfjum
The Xv. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, Entituled,
Metamorphosis A Worke Very Pleasant and Delectable.
Translated Out of Latin Into English Meeter,
by Arthur Golding Gentleman.
Imprinted by Robert Waldegraue, anno Domini 1587.
<<STC casts doubt on Waldegrave's role as printer;
the book is not signed in his usual manner, and the
lace title-page ornament belonged to *JOHN DAY* .>>
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Art Neuendorffer