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Arthur Neuendorffer
Nov 28, 2017, 7:10:30 PM11/28/17
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[M]R. William
S(H)AK<ES>PE[A|R}ES
Comedi(E)s,
H<I>sto[R|I}es &
Traged(I)es,
<P>ubl[I|S}hed accor(D)ing to
t{H e} True Orig(I)nal Co<PIES>
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________ <= 17 =>
.
. [M]R. W i l l i a m S (H) A K <E S> P E
. [A|R} E S C o m e d I (E) s,H <I> s t o
. [R|I} e s&T r a g e D (I) e s <P> u b l
. [I|S} h e d a c c o r (D) i n g t o t
. {H e} T r u e O r i g (I) n a l C o<P I E S>
[MARI{He}] 17 : Prob. ~ 1 in 2000 (any skip)
(HEIDI) : German form of (ALICE)
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TO THE ONLIE BEGETTER OF THESE INSUING SONNETS
.
________ <= 17 =>
.
. [M]R {W H}A L L {H} A P P I N E S S E
. [A|N) D T H A T {e} T {E}R N I T I E P
. [R|O) M I S E D {B}(Y){O}U R E V E R L
. [I|V) I N G P O {e}(T){W}I S H E T H T
. {H e} W E L L W I (S){H}I N G
.
[MARI{He}] 17 : Prob. ~ 1 in 4700 (any skip)
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. Sweet swan of Avon! what a fight it were
. To see thee in our waters yet appeare,
. And make those flights upon the bankes of Tha[M]es,
. That so did t[A]ke Eliza, and ou[R] James !
. But stay, [I S]ee thee in t(He) {He}misphere
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_____ <= 13 =>
.
. S w e e t s w a n o f A v
. o n! w h a t a S I G H t i
. t w e r e T O s e E t h e
. e i n o u R w a T e r s y
. e t a p p e a r e, A n d m
. a k e t h o s e f l i g h
. t s u p o n t H e B a n k
. e S o f T H a [M] e s, T h a
. T s o d I d t [A] k e E l I
. z a, a N d o u [R] J a m E s!
. B u T s t a y [I S] e e t h
. e E i n t (H e){H e} m i s p
. H e r e
.
[MARI{He}] 13 : Prob. (at end) ~ 1 in 1524
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THE LA. [MARI]e [He]rbert COUNTESSE OF PEMBROOKE.
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Shepheardes Calender (1579) dedicated to Sir Philip [SIDNEY]
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Shepheardes_Calender_Title_Page.jpg
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Sir Philip [SIDNEY] (born 30 *November* 1554: Saint Andrew's Day)
...............................................................
. Shepheardes Calender (1579) *November*
.
Why wayle we then? why weary we the gods with playnts,
As if some evill were (to HER BET)ight*?
She raignes *A GODDES[S]E* now emong the saintes,
That wh[I]lome was the saynt of shephear[D]s light:
And is enstalled nowe i[N] heavens hight.
I see thee, bless[E]d soule, I see,
Walke in Elisian f[I]eldes so free.
O happy *HERSE*!
Might I one come to thee! O that I might!
O joyfull *VERSE*!
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______ <= *26* =>
.
. A s i f s o m e e v i l l w e r e(t o H E R B E T)i
. g h t?S h e r a i g n e s*A G O D D E S[S]E*n o w e
. m o n g t h e s a i n t e s,T h a t w h[I]l o m e w
. a s t h e s a y n t o f s h e p h e a r[D]s l i g h
. t:A n d i s e n s t a l l e d n o w e i[N]h e a v e
. n s h i g h t.I s e e t h e e,b l e s s[E]d s o u l
. e,I s e e,W a l k e i n E l i s i a n f[I]e l d e s
..................................
[SIDNEI] *26*
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. The Original 1590 quarto edition!
...............................................
http://tinyurl.com/pma5gmz
http://tinyurl.com/nsvfzdm
.
The Covntesse of Pembrokes Arcadia,
. written by Sir Philippe [SIDNEI].
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. Epitaph [in print, NOT grave] to Lady Mary Sidney,(HERBErT)
. ascribed to the poet and dramatist Ben Jonson.
.
. Underneath this *SABLE HERSE*
. Lies the subject of all *VERSE* ,
. [SIDNEY]'s sister! Pembroke's mother!
. Death, ere thou hast slain another
. Fair, and learn'd, and good as she,
. *Time shall throw a DART* at thee!
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Lady Mary died London, 25th Sept 1621, of smallpox, age 59 yrs,
bur. in the choir ["Quire"] of Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire,
there is no gravestone, but there is apparently a plaque
to "several members of the Pembroke family buried *HERE*.>>
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At the top of the KJV title page to the 1611 :
http://tinyurl.com/yafpyqk
1) the Tetragrammaton "יהוה" ("YHWH"/*26*) over
2) the holy spirit in a form of a dove over and
3) a grotesque *St.THOMAS in SHADOW* with a *carpenter's square*
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*26* is the gematric number, being the sum of the Hebrew characters
(Hebrew: יהוה) being the name of the god of Israel – YHWH (Yehweh).
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http://spenserians.cath.vt.edu/TextRecord.php?textsid=33437
The Great Assises holden in Parnassus by Apollo and his Assesours:
by George Wither (1645)
The Lord VERULAN, Chancellor of Parnassus.
Sir [PHILIP SIDNEY], High Constable of Par.
WILL|IAM) BUDEUS, High Treasurer.
JOHN [P]ICUS, Earle of Mirandula, [H]igh Chamberlaine.
JULIUS CESAR SCAL[I]GER
ERASMUS ROTERODAM.
JUSTUS [LIPSI]US
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. <= *26* =>
.
. T h e L o r d V E R U L A N,C h a n c e l l o r o f
. P a r n a s s u s.S i r[P H I L I P S I|D N E Y]H i
. g h C o n s t a b l e o f P a r.W I L L|I A M)B U D
. E U S,H i g h T r e a s u r e r.J O H N[P]I C U S,E
. a r l e o f M i r a n d u l a,H i g h C[H]a m b e r
. l a i n e.J U L I U S C E S A R S C A L[I]G E R E R
. A S M U S R O T E R O D A M.J U S T U S[L I P S I]U S
.
[I AM|PHIL/IP SI|DNEY] 26 : Prob. skip *26* at top ~ 1 in 6800
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*125* is the gematric number, being the sum of the English
characters for PHILIP SIDNEI = [(15+8+9+11+9+15)+(18+9+4+13+5+9)]
The "intentionally concealed message" in Sonnet 125 is
that Fulke Greville: Recorder of Stratford (1606-1628)
And [NED] [DYER] (b. October 1543 – d. May 1607)
*both* "bore the canopy" {For}[SIDNEI]:
http://tinyurl.com/ptpxsdu
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. Sonnet 125
. WEr't ought to me I "bore the canopy",
. With my extern the outward honoring,
. Or layd great bases {For} eternity,
. Which proues more [S]hort then wast or ruining?
. Haue [I] not seene dwellers on forme an[D] fauor
. Lose all,and more by payi[N]g too much rent
. For compound sw[E]et;Forgoing simple sauor,
. Pitt[I]full thriuors in their gazing spent.
. Noe,let me be obsequious in thy heart,
. And take thou my oblacion,poore but free,
. Which is not mixt with seconds,knows no art,
. But mutuall render onely me for thee.
. Hence,thou subbornd Informer, a trew soule
. When most impeacht,stands least in thy controule.
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. <= *26* =>
.
. {F o r} e t e r n i t y,W h i c h p r o u e s m o r e
. [S] h o r t t h e n w a s t o r r u i n i n g?H a u e
. [I] n o t s e e n e d w e l l e r s o n f o r m e a n
. [D] f a u o r L o s e a l l,a n d m o r e b y p a y i
. [N] g t o o m u c h r e n t F o r c o m p o u n d s w
. [E] e t;F o r g o i n g s i m p l e s a u o r,P i t t
. [I] f u l l t h r i u o r s i n t h e i r g a z i n g
{For}[SIDNEI] *26*
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Shortest {For}[SIDNEI] skip in KJV : 869
Shortest {For}[SIDNEI] skip in Moby Dick : 2818
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. Sonnet 47
.
. BEtwixt mine eye and heart a league is tooke,
. And each doth good turnes now vnto the other,
. When that mine eye is famisht {For} a looke,
. Or heart in loue with [S]ighes himselfe doth smother;
. W[I]th my loues picture then my eye [D]oth feast,
. And to the painted ba[N]quet bids my heart:
. An other tim[E] mine eye is my hearts guest,
. And [I]n his thoughts of loue doth share a part.
. So either by thy picture or my loue,
. Thy seife away,are present still with me,
. For thou nor farther then my thoughts canst moue,
. And I am still with them,and they with thee.
. Or if they sleepe, thy picture in my sight
. Awakes my heart,to hearts and eyes delight.
.......................................................
. <= *26* =>
.
. {F o r} a l o o k e,O r h e a r t i n l o u e w i t h
. [S] i g h e s h i m s e l f e d o t h s m o t h e r;W
. [I] t h m y l o u e s p i c t u r e t h e n m y e y e
. [D] o t h f e a s t,A n d t o t h e p a i n t e d b a
. [N] q u e t b i d s m y h e a r t:A n o t h e r t i m
. [E] m i n e e y e i s m y h e a r t s g u e s t,A n d
. [I] n h i s t h o u g h t s
.
{For}[SIDNEI] *26*
.
Prob. of 2{For}[SIDNEI]s same skip ~ 1 in 34,000,000
Prob. of 2nd {For}[SIDNEI]s skip *26* ~ 1 in 150,000
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. *26* days
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Sidney#Injury_and_death
<<[Sir Philip Sidney (30 November 1554 - 17 October 1586)]
joined Sir John Norris in the Battle of Zutphen, fighting for
the Protestant cause against the Spanish. During the battle,
he was shot in the thigh & died of gangrene *26* days later.
According to the story, while lying wounded he gave his water
to another wounded soldier, saying, "Thy necessity is yet
greater than mine". As he lay dying, Sidney composed a song to
be sung by his deathbed. Sidney's body was interred in the Old
St. Paul's Cathedral on 16 February 1587. [Sidney] had become
for many English people the very epitome of a Castiglione
courtier: learned and politic, but at the same time generous,
brave, and impulsive. The funeral procession was one of the
most elaborate ever staged, so much so that his father-in-law,
Francis Walsingham, almost went bankrupt. Never more than a
marginal figure in the politics of his time, he was memorialised
as the flower of English manhood in Edmund Spenser's Astrophel,
one of the greatest English Renaissance elegies. An early
biography of Sidney was written by his friend & schoolfellow,
Fulke Greville: Recorder of Stratford (1606-1628).>>
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George Chapman 1598 _[HERO] & Leander_ poem:
She bowd her selfe so low out of her Towre,
That wonder twas she fell not ere her howre,
With searching the lamenting waves for him;
Like a poore Snayle, her gentle supple lim
Hung on her Turrets top so most {D}owne {R}ight,
{A}s she {W}ould {D}ive b{E}neath the darknes quite,
To finde her Jewell; Jewell, her Leander,
A name of all ea[R]ths Jewels pleasde not her,
Lik[E] his deare name: Leander, still m[Y] choice,
Come nought but my Lean[D]er; O my voice
Turne to Leander: h[E]nce-forth be all sounds,
Accents, and phrases that shew all griefes wounds,
Analisde in Leander. O black change!
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______ <= *26* =>
.
.{D}o w n e{R}i g h t{A}s s h e{W}o u l d{D}i v e b{E}
. n e a t h t h e d a r k n e s q u i t e,T o f i n d
. e h e r J e w e l l;J e w e l l,h e r L e a n d e r,
. A n a m e o f a l l e a [R] t h s J e w e l s p l e a
. s d e n o t h e r,L i k [E] h i s d e a r e n a m e:L
. e a n d e r,s t i l l m [Y] c h o i c e,C o m e n o u
. g h t b u t m y L e a n [D] e r;O m y v o i c e T u r
. n e t o L e a n d e r:h [E] n c e-f o r t h b e a l l
.
[E.DYER] -26
{EDWARD} -5
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<<{O}r spunne out Riddles, or weav'd fifty Tomes
__{O}f *LOGOGRIPHES*, or curious Palindromes;
__{O}r pump'd for those hard trifles, Anagrams,
__{O}r Ecrosticks, or your finer flames
__{O}f EGGES , and Halbards, Cradles, and a Herse,
__[A] paire of Sizers, and *a COMBE in verse* ;
__[A]crosticks, and *TELLESTICKS*, or jumpe names,>> -- B. Jonson
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2 *TELLESTICKS* found by Jones Harris & John Rollett:
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The Names of the *26* Principall Actors
in all these Playes.
[William Shakespeare]
Richard B(ū)rba(D)ge.
John Hemmings.
Augusti(ñ)e Phillip [S].
William Kemp [T].
Thom(ā)s Poop (e).
George Brya (N).
Henry C(O)n[D]el [L].
W(I)l(L)iam S(L) (Y|E).
{R}ichard Cowl [Y].
John Low(I)ne.
Samuell Crosse.
A(L|E]xander Co(O)k{E}.
............................
Samuel Gilburn{E}.
[R]obert Armi(N).
Will(I)am Ostl(E)r.
(N)athan Field.
............................
John Underwoo [D].
{N}icholas T(O)ole {Y}.
William Eccl[E]ston {E}.
Joseph Taylo {R}.
Robert Be[N]fiel {D}.
Robe(R)t Gough {E}.
Richar{D} Robinso {N}.
John Shancke.
John Rice.
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. <= *26* =>
.
. [W i l l i a m S h a k e s p e a r e]R i c h a r d B
. (U) r b a D g e.J o h n H e m m i n g s.A u g u s t i
. (N) e P h i l l i p S W i l l i a m K e m p T T h o m
. (A) s P o o p e G e o r g e B r y a N H e n r y C o n
. [D] e l l.W i l L i a m S l Y E R i c h a r d C o w l
. [Y] J o h n L o w I n e.S a m u e l l C r o s s e.A l
. [E] x a n d e r C o O k E S a m u e l G i l b u r n E
. [R] o b e r t A r m i N W i l l i a m O s t l E r N a
. t h a n F i e l d.J o h n U n d e r w o o [D] N i c h
. o l a s T o o l e Y W i l l i a m E c c l [E] s t o n
. e. J o s e p h T a y l o r.R o b e r t B e [N] f i e l
. d.
.
(UNA) 26 : personification of "Truth" in Spenser's FQ
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[DYER] 26
[NED] -26
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Thomas Nashe’s preface to Robert Greene’s (1589) _Menaphon:
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It is a common practise now a daies amongst a sort of shifting companions,
that runne through EVERy arte and thrive by none, to leave the trade of
Noverint, whereto they were borne, and busie themselves with the in(D)evors
of Art, that could sca[R]c(E)lie lati{N}ize their (N)ecke-v[E]r(S)e if they
(S)h{O}uld hav(E) neede; [Y]et English S(E|N)e{C}a rea(D) by ca(N|D]le
light yeel(D|E)s m{A}nie good s[E]ntences, as Blou(D) is a {B}egger, a[N|D)
so foorth; and, if you intreate him faire in a frostie morning, {he will
affoord you whole HAMLETS}, I should say handfulls of tragical speaches.
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____ <= *26* =>
.
. b u s i e t h e m s e l v e s w i t h t h e i n(D)e
. v o r s o f A r t,t h a t c o u l d s c a[R]c(E)l i
. e l a t i{N}i z e t h e i r(N)e c k e-v[E]r(S)e i f
. t h e y(S)h{O}u l d h a v(E)n e e d e[Y]e t E n g l
. i s h S(E|N)e{C}a r e a(D)b y c a(N|D]l e l i g h t
. y e e l(D|E)s m{A}n i e g o o d s[E]n t e n c e s,a
. s B l o u(D)i s a{B}e g g e r,a[N|D)s o f o o r t h;
. a n d,i f y o u i n\t\r e a t/e/h i m f a i r e i n
. a f r o s t i e m o r\n\i n/g{h e w i l l a f f o o
. r d y o u w h o l e H A M L E T S}I s h o u l d s a
. y h a n d f u l l s o f t r a g i c a l s p e a c h e s
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{BACON} -27 : Prob. in 'whole Hamlets' sentence ~ 1 in 787
[NEDYER] -25 : Prob. in 'whole Hamlets' sentence ~ 1 in 660
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(NED) 25,26,26
(S.E.D.) -25,26 : Prob. of 5 NED/SED's in array ~ 1 in 150
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. Thomas Watson's HEKATOMPATHIA: Sonnet 1
.
WEll fare the life sometimes I ledde ere this,
When yet no downy heare ycla[D] my face:
my heart devoyde of car[E]s [D]id bath in blisse,
my thought[S] w[E]re free in every time & place:
But [N]ow (ala[S]) all's fowle, which then wa{S} fair[E].
My wonted ioyes are turn{I}ng to [DES]paire.
Where then I liv'{D} without controule or checke,
A{N} other now is mistris of my mind{E},
Cupid hath clapt a yoake upon m{Y} necke,
Under whose waighte I hu[E] in servile kinde:
I now cry crea[K]e, that ere I scorned love,
Whose might is more then other Gods above.
I have assaide by labour to eschewe
What fancy buildes upon a love conceite,
But nearthelesse my thought revives anew,
Where in fond love is wrapt, and workes deceite:
Some comfort yet I have to live her thrall,
In whome as yet I find no fault at all.
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. <= *26* =>
.
. W E l l f a r e t h e l i f e s o m e t i m e s I l
. e d d e e r e t h i s, W h e n y e t n o d o w n y h
. e a r e y c l a [D]m y f a c e:m y h e a r t d e v o
. y d e o f c a r [E]s[D] i d b a t h i n b l i s s e,m
. y t h o u g h t [S]w[E] r e f r e e i n e v e r y t i
. m e&p l a c e:B u t[N] o w a l a [S]a l l's f o w l e,
. w h i c h t h e n w a {S} f a i r [E]M y w o n t e d i
. o y e s a r e t u r n {I} n g t o [D E S] p a i r e.W h
. e r e t h e n I l i v'{D} w i t h o u t c o n t r o u
. l e o r c h e c k e,A {N} o t h e r n o w i s m i s t
. r i s o f m y m i n d {E},C u p i d h a t h c l a p t
. a y o a k e u p o n m {Y} n e c k e,U n d e r w h o s
. e w a i g h t e I h u [E] i n s e r v i l e k i n d e:
. I n o w c r y c r e a [K] e,t h a t e r e I s c o r n
. e d l o v e,W h o s e m i g h t i s m o r e t h e n
. o t h e r G o d s a b o v e.
{SIDNEY} *26* : Prob. in first sonnet ~ 1 in 1750
Prob. skip = 26 in first sonnet ~ 1 in 535
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Who Was Spencer’s [EK]: Was He the Seventeenth Earl of Oxford?
https://shakespeareoxfordfellowship.org/who-was-spencers-ek/
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Watson_(poet)
<<Thomas Watson (1555–1592) was an English poet & translator and the pioneer of the English madrigal. His incorporation of Italianate forms into English lyric verse influenced a generation of English writers, including Shakespeare, who was referred to in 1595 by William Covell as "Watson's heyre". His 1584 Hekatompathia "published at the request of certaine gentlemen his *VERY* frendes" and dedicated to Edward de Vere, contains over 100 poems in French & Italian sonnet styles of common six-line stanza.>>
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<<Thomas Watson (1515–1584) was a Catholic Bishop, notable among Catholics for his descriptions of the Protestant Reformation. In 1536, the 21-year-old Watson was required to swear an oath of allegiance to King Henry VIII following the king's rejection of the Catholic Church. Watson then wrote an unpublished five-act play based on Absalom's revolt against his father David. The manuscript was hidden and lost until it was rediscovered among 16th century humanist manuscripts in the British Museum in 1963.>>
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. Sonnet 76 (1609)
.
. WHy is my verse so barren of new pride?
. So far from variation or quicke *CHANGE*?
. Why with the time do I not glance aside
. {T}o new found methods, and to compounds *STRANGE*?
. {W}hy write I still all one, [EVER] the same,
. {A}nd keepe inuention in a *NOT{ED WEED}*,
. {T}hat {EVERy WORD} [D]oth almost fel {M[Y] NAME},
. {S}hewing th[E]ir birth, and whe[R]e {T}hey did proce[E]d?
. {O} k{N}ow sweet love I alw{A}ies writ[E] of you,
. A\n\{D} (Y)ou an[D] love are s(T|I|L)l my argument:
. So (A)ll my best is dressing old words new,
. Spending againe what is already spent:
. For as the Sun is daily new and old,
. So is my loue still telling what is told,
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{T.WATSO\n\} Acrostic Prob. ~ 1 in 5500
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A14822.0001.001?rgn=main;view=fulltext
THE ἙΚΑΤΟΜΠΑΘΊΑ [HEKATOMPATHIA] OR PASSIONATE Centurie of Loue,
Diuided into two parts:
whereof, the first expresseth the Authors sufferance in Loue:
the latter, his long farewell to Loue and all his tyrannie.
Composed by Thomas Watson Gentleman; and published
at the request of certaine Gentlemen his *VERY* frendes.
LONDON ¶Imprinted by Iohn Wolfe for Gabriell Cawood,
dwellinge in Paules Churchyard at the Signe of the Holy Ghost.
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To the Right Honorable my very good Lord Edward de Vere, Earle of Oxenford, Vicount Bulbecke, Lord of Escales, and Badlesmere, and Lord High Chamberlaine of England, all happinesse.
ALexander the Great, passing on a time by the workeshop of Apelles, curiouslie surueyed some of his doings: whose long stay in viewing them, brought all the people into so great a good liking of the painters workemanship, that immediatelie after, they bought vp all his pictures, what price soeuer he set them at.
And the like good happe, (Right Honorable,) befel vnto mee latelie, concerning these my Loue Passions, which then chaunced to Apelles, for his Portraites. For since the world hath vnderstood, (I know not how) that your Honor had willinglie voutchsafed the acceptance of this worke, and at conuenient leisures fauourablie perused it, being as yet but in written hand, many haue oftentimes and earnestly called vpon mee, to put it to the presse, that for their mony they might but see, what your Lordship with some liking had alreadie perused. And therewithall some of them said (either to yeeld
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To the frendly Reader.
COurteous Reader, if anie thing herein either please or profitte thee, afforde me thy good worde in recompence of my paines: if ought offend or hurt thee, I desire that thou forget the one, and forgiue the other. This toye being liked, the next may prooue better; being discouraged, wil cut of the likeliehood of my trauaile to come▪ But by that meanes all will be well, and both parties pleased. For neither shall I repent my labour in the like, nor thou be anie more troubled with my faultes or follies.
Yet for this once I hope thou wilt in respect of my trauaile in penning these louepassions, or for pitie of my paines in suffering them (although but supposed) so suruey the faultes herein escaped, as ey[T]her to winke at them, [A|S} ouersightes of a b[L]inde L{O}uer; or to exc[U]se them, as id{L}e TOYE[S] proceedinge from {A} youngling frenzie; or las{T}lie, to defend them, by saying, it is nothing Praeter decorum for a maiemed man to halt in his pase, where his wound enforceth him, or for a Poete to falter in his Poëme, whē his matter requireth it. Homer in mētioning the swiftnes of the winde, maketh his verse to runne in posthaste all vpon Dactilus: and Virgill in expressing the striking downe of an oxe, letteth the end of his hexameter fall withall, Procumbit humibos.
Therefore if I roughhewed my verse, where my sense was vnsetled, whether through the nature of the passion, which I felt, or by rule of art, which I had learned, it may seeme a happie fault; or if it were so framed by counsell, thou mayest thinke it well donne; if by chaunce, happelie.
Yet write I not this to excuse my selfe of such errours, as are escaped eyther by dotage, or ignorance: but those I referre to thy gentle curtisie and fauourable construction, or lay manie of them vpon the Printers necke, whom I would blame by his owne presse, if he would suffer me.
As for any Aristarchus, Momus, or Zoilus, if they pinch me more then is reasonable, thou courteous Reader, which arte of a better disposition, shalt rebuke them in my behalfe;
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. <= 20 =>
.
. s u r v e y t h e f a u l t e s h e r e
. i n e s c a p e d,a s e y[T]h e r t o w
. i n k e a t t h e m[A|S}o v e r s i g h
. t e s o f a b[L]i n d e L{O}v e r;o r t
. o e x c[U]s e t h e m,a s i d{L}e T O Y
. E[S]p r o c e e d i n g e f r o m{A}y o
. u n g l i n g f r e n z i e;o r l a s{T}
. l i e,t o d e f e n d t h e m,
[TALUS] 17
{TALOS} -22 : Prob. of both in first two dedications ~ 1 in 575
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Sonnet 88
This whole Sonnet is nothing els bvt a briefe and pithy morall, and
made after the selfe same vaine with that, which is last before it.
The two first staffes, (excepting onely the two first verses of all)
expresse the Avthovrs alteration of minde & life, and his change from
his late vaine es[T]ate an[D] folli[E]s in lo[V]e, by a m[E]tapho[R]e
of th[E] shipmā, which by shipwrakes chavnce is happely restoared on
a sodeine vnto that land, which he a long time had most wished for.
....................................................
. <= 6 =>
.
. f r o m h i
. s l a t e v
. a i n e e s
. [T] a t e a n
. [D] f o l l i
. [E] s i n l o
. [V] e,b y a m
. [E] t a p h o
. [R] e o f t h
. [E] s h i p m
.
[T.DEVERE] 6
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. _Sylvie and Bruno Concluded_ - Lewis Carroll,
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“Yes,” I thought. “This bare platform is, for me, rich with the memory
of a dear friend! She was sitting on that *VERy* bench, and invited me to
[S]hare it, with some quotation fr[O]m {SHAKESPEARE}—I forget what. I’l[L]
try the Earl’s plan for the Dram[A|T}isation of Life, and f{A}ncy tha[T]
figure to be {L}ady Muriel; and I won’t {U}ndeceive myself too {S}oon!”
.......................................................................
. <= 22 =>
.
. m e t o{S}h a r e i t,w i t h s o m e q u o
. t a t i o n f r{O}m{S H A K E S P E A R E}I
. f o r g e t w h a t.I’l{L}t r y t h e E a r
. l’s p l a n f o r t h e D r a m{A|T]i s a t
. i o n o f L i f e,a n d f[A]n c y t h a{T}f
. i g u r e t o b e[L]a d y M u r i e l;a n d
. I w o n’t[U]n d e c e i v e m y s e l f t o
. o[S]o o n!”
.
[TALUS] 18
{TALOS} -26
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“Who was i[T] wan[TED] to c(O)m[E] i(n)?”
S(Y)l[V]i(e) a(S)K[E]d, (a)s hE [R]e(t)urn[E]d to his place.
“It were a Mouse,” said Bruno.
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. <= 6 =>
.
. W h o w a
. s i[T]w a n
. [T E D]t o c
. (O)m[E]i (n)?S
. (Y)l[V]i (e) a
. (S)K[E]d,(a) s
. h E[R]e (t) u
. r[N E D] t o
. h i s p l a
. c e.
[TE/DEVERE] 6
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Only explicit mention of [MASON]s in Ma.Twain:
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. A Tramp Abroad (1880)
.
"What’s your father’s religious denominatio[N]?"
"Hi{M}? [O]h, he’[S] {A} bl[A]ck{S}[M]ith."
"N{O}, no—I do{N}'t mean his trade. What’s his RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION?"
"OH—I didn't understand you befo'. He’s a Free{MASON}."
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. <= 6 =>
.
. f a t h e r
. ’s r e l i g
. i o u s d e
. n o m i n a
. t i o [N] H i
. {M}[O] h, h e'[S]
. {A} b l [A] c k
. {S}[M] i t h."N
. {O},n o —I d o
. {N}'t m e a n
. h i s t r a
. d e.
[MASON] -4
{MASON} 1,6 : Prob. of 2[MASON]s skip<7 ~ 1 in 124,000
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Terry Ross wrote HLAS: <<The emblematic device at the head
of the [*MINERVA* Britanna] title page with its motto:
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. "{UT} [A]lij[S], me c[ONS]u[M]e"
. ("as you burn I consume myself")
. and its picture of *TWO (Masonic?) LIGHTED CANDLES*.>>
.
https://hankwhittemore.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/minerva-1.jpeg
. (3rd Masonic candle = arm + feather)
.
. "{UT} [A]lij[S], me c[ONS]u[M]e"
....................................................
. <= 3 =>
.
. [M] e {U T}
. [A] l i j
. [S],m e c
. [O N S] u
. [M] e {U T}
. [A] l i j
. [S],m e c
. [O N S] u
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_______ [M-A-S-ONS]: (cui e mel {TU}i)
_______________ (and from your honey)
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_____ {UT} [MASTER M-A-S-ONS]
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___ <= 3 x 7 =>
.
. {U} P o n t h e L i n e s a n d L i f e o f
. {T} H e F a m o u s S c e n i c k e P o e t
.
. [M A S T E R] W I L L I A M S H A K E S P E
. [A] R E T h o s e h a n d s w h i c h y o u
. [S] O c l a p t g o n o w a n d w r i n g Y
. [O] u B r i t a i n e s b r a v e f o r d o
. [N] e a r e S h a k e s p e a r e s d a y e
. [S]
[MASONS] 21 : Prob. at start of poem ~ 1 in 9460
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. Only Latin Hekatompathia sonnet: XLV
.
The Authour vseth in this Passion the like sense to that which he had in the last before it, calling his Mistres a Second Sunne vpon earth, wherewith Heauen it selfe is become in Loue: But when he compiled this Sonnet, he thought not to haue placed it amongst these his English toyes.
.
. FOelices alij iuuenes, quos blandula Cypris
. Aptos fecit amoribus,
. Exoptare solent tenebrosa crepuscula noctis,
. Aurorae maledicere:
. At multo est mihi chara magis pulcherrima coniux
. Tythoni gelidi senis,
. Dum venit in prima surgentis parte diei,
. Et Soles geminos mihi
.
. Apperit, & moesto foelices reddit ocellos,
. Quòd Soles videa[M] duos,
. Qui simili form[A], simili sic luce coru[S]can{T},
. E(T) mittunt radi[O]s par{ES},
.(UT) Polus ipse [N]ouo Te{R}r{A}e laqueatu[S] amore
. F•• n{M}is inuideat meis,
.
. Solis & ignoto se torreat igne secundi,
. Oblitus decoris sui,
. Haud secus at{que} olim, Cum veris prima venustas
. Multo flore superbijt,
. Et nitidos primùm strophijs ornâre capillos
. Pulchri Naïadum chori.
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. <= 19 =>
.
. A p p e r i t&m o e s t o f o e l i c
. e s r e d d i t o c e l l o s,Q u ò d
. S o l e s v i d e a[M]d u o s,Q u i s
. i m i l i f o r m[A]s i m i l i s i c
. l u c e c o r u[S]c a n{T}E(T)m i t t
. u n t r a d i[O]s p a r{E S|U T)P o l
. u s i p s e[N]o u o T e{R}r{A}e l a q
. u e a t u[S]a m o r e F • • n{M}i s i
. n u i d e a t m e i s,
.
[MASONS] 18 : Prob. in only Latin sonnet ~ 1 in 1130
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Google translation:
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The Suns have twins
Open, and moesto happy makes my eyes
That frequently see two,
He who in a similar form, in a similar manner of flashing light,
He sent beams are equal;
As the pole of the earth is love laqueatus
F •• nmis my envy,
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. Hekatompathia sonnet: 52
.
Here the Authour after some dolorous discourse of his vnhap∣pines, and rehearsall of some particular hurtes which he su∣steineth in the pursute of his loue: first questioneth with his Lady of his deserte; and then, as hauinge made a sufficiente proofe of his innocency, perswadeth her to pitie him, whom she herselfe hath hurte. Moreouer it is to be noted, that the first letters of all the verses in this Passion being ioyned to∣gether as they stand, do conteine this posie agreeable to his meaning, Amor me pungit & vrit.
A AW••ld of woes doth raigne within my brest,
m My pensiue thoughtes are cou'red all with care,
o Of all that sing the Swanne doth please me best,
r Restraint of ioyes exiles my woonted fare,
M Mad mooded Loue vsurping Reasons place
e Extremitie doth ouer rule the case.
P Paine drieth vp my vaines and vitall bloud,
u Unlesse the Saint I serue geue helpe in time:
n None els, but she alone, can do me good.
g Graunt then ye Gods, that first she may not clime
i Immortall heau'ns, to liue with Saintes aboue,
t Then she vouchsafe to yeeld me loue for loue,
E Examine well the time of my distresse
t Thou dainty Dame, for whom I pine away,
V Unguyltie though, as needes thou •nust confesse,
r Remembring but the cause of my decay:
i In vewing thy sweete face arose my griefe,
t. Therefore in time vouchsafe me some reliefe.
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. Hekatompathia sonnet: 71
.
The Authour writeth this Sonnet vnto his very friend, in ex∣cuse of his late change of study, manners, and delights, all happening through the default of Loue. And here by exam∣ples he proueth vnto him, (calling him by the name of Ti∣tus, as if him selfe were Gysippus) that Loue not onely wor∣keth alteration in the mindes of men, but also in the very Gods them selues; and that so farre forth, as first to drawe them from their Celestiall seates and functions, and then to ensnare them with the vnseemely desire of mortall crea∣tures, a Passion ill befitting the maiesty of their Godheads.
ALas deere Titus mine, my auncient frend,
What makes thee muse at this my present plight,
To see my woonted ioyes enioy their end
And how my Muse hath lost her old delight?
" This is the least effect of Cupids dart,
" To change the minde by wounding of the heart.
Alcides fell in loue as I haue done,
And layd aside both club and Lions skinne:
Achilles too when he faire Bryses wunne,
To fall from warres to wooing did beginne.
Nay, if thou list, suruey the heau'ns aboue,
And see how Gods them selues are chang'd by Loue▪
Ioue steales from skies to lye by Laedaes side;
Arcas descendes for faire Aglaurus sake,
And Sol, so soone as Daphne is espied,
To followe her his Chariot doth forsake:
No meruaile then although I change my minde,
Which am in loue with one of heau'nly kinde.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shepheardes_Calender
<<The Shepheardes Calender (1579) was Edmund Spenser's first major poetic work (in emulation of Virgil's first work, the Eclogues). The poem introduces Colin Clout, a folk character originated by John Skelton, and depicts his life as a shepherd through the twelve months of the year. The Calender encompasses considerable formal innovations, anticipating the even more virtuosic Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (1580). It is also remarkable for the extensive commentary included with the work in its first publication, ascribed to an "E.K." E.K. is an intelligent, very subtle, and often deeply ironic commentator. Edmund Spenser’s involvement with the Earl of Leicester set the ground work for the influential effect that The Shepheardes Calender would have. A year after working together, the two of them, joined by Sir Philip Sidney, {E}dward {DYER}, and Fulke Greville, created the literary group called “Areopagus”.>>
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THE Shepheardes Calender
Conteyning twelue Æglogues
proportionable to the twelve monethes.
Entitled
TO THE NOBLE AND VERTVous Gentleman
most worthy of all titles both of
learning and cheualrie M. Philip [SIDNE]y.
AT LONDON. 1579.
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TO HIS BOOKE.
. Goe little booke: thy selfe present,
. As child whose parent is vnkent:
. To him that is the president
. Of noblesse and of cheualree,
. And if that Enuie barke at thee,
. As sure it will, for succoure fle[E]
. Vnder the shadow of his wi[N]g,
. And asked, who thee forth [D]id bring,
. A shephea{R}ds swa[I]ne saye did th{E}e sing,
. All as hi[S] stra{Y}ing flocke he fedd:
. An{D} when his honor has th{E}e redde,
. Crave pardon for my hardyhedde.
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. <= 19 =>
.
. i t w i l l,f o r s u c c o u r e f l
. e[E]V n d e r t h e s h a d o w o f h
. i s w i[N]g,A n d a s k e d,w h o t h
. e e f o r t h[D]i d b r i n g,A s h e
. p h e a{R}d s s w a[I]n e s a y e d i
. d t h{E}e s i n g,A l l a[S]h i s s t
. r a{Y}i n g f l o c k e h e f e d d:A
. n{D}w h e n h i s h o n o r h a s t h
. {E}e r e d d e,C r a v e p a r d o n f
. o r m y h a r d y h e d d e.
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[SIDNE] -22 : Prob. ~ 1 in 93
{EDYER} -18 : Prob. ~ 1 in 44
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. But if that any aske thy name,
. Say thou wert base begot with blame:
. For thy thereof thou takest shame.
. And when thou art past ieopardee,
. Come tell me, what was sayd of mee:
. And I will send more after thee. - Immeritô.
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Art Neuendorffer
[M]R. William
S(H)AK<ES>PE[A|R}ES
Comedi(E)s,
H<I>sto[R|I}es &
Traged(I)es,
<P>ubl[I|S}hed accor(D)ing to
t{H e} True Orig(I)nal Co<PIES>
.................................................
________ <= 17 =>
.
. [M]R. W i l l i a m S (H) A K <E S> P E
. [A|R} E S C o m e d I (E) s,H <I> s t o
. [R|I} e s&T r a g e D (I) e s <P> u b l
. [I|S} h e d a c c o r (D) i n g t o t
. {H e} T r u e O r i g (I) n a l C o<P I E S>
[MARI{He}] 17 : Prob. ~ 1 in 2000 (any skip)
(HEIDI) : German form of (ALICE)
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TO THE ONLIE BEGETTER OF THESE INSUING SONNETS
.
________ <= 17 =>
.
. [M]R {W H}A L L {H} A P P I N E S S E
. [A|N) D T H A T {e} T {E}R N I T I E P
. [R|O) M I S E D {B}(Y){O}U R E V E R L
. [I|V) I N G P O {e}(T){W}I S H E T H T
. {H e} W E L L W I (S){H}I N G
.
[MARI{He}] 17 : Prob. ~ 1 in 4700 (any skip)
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. Sweet swan of Avon! what a fight it were
. To see thee in our waters yet appeare,
. And make those flights upon the bankes of Tha[M]es,
. That so did t[A]ke Eliza, and ou[R] James !
. But stay, [I S]ee thee in t(He) {He}misphere
........................................
_____ <= 13 =>
.
. S w e e t s w a n o f A v
. o n! w h a t a S I G H t i
. t w e r e T O s e E t h e
. e i n o u R w a T e r s y
. e t a p p e a r e, A n d m
. a k e t h o s e f l i g h
. t s u p o n t H e B a n k
. e S o f T H a [M] e s, T h a
. T s o d I d t [A] k e E l I
. z a, a N d o u [R] J a m E s!
. B u T s t a y [I S] e e t h
. e E i n t (H e){H e} m i s p
. H e r e
.
[MARI{He}] 13 : Prob. (at end) ~ 1 in 1524
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THE LA. [MARI]e [He]rbert COUNTESSE OF PEMBROOKE.
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Shepheardes Calender (1579) dedicated to Sir Philip [SIDNEY]
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Shepheardes_Calender_Title_Page.jpg
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Sir Philip [SIDNEY] (born 30 *November* 1554: Saint Andrew's Day)
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. Shepheardes Calender (1579) *November*
.
Why wayle we then? why weary we the gods with playnts,
As if some evill were (to HER BET)ight*?
She raignes *A GODDES[S]E* now emong the saintes,
That wh[I]lome was the saynt of shephear[D]s light:
And is enstalled nowe i[N] heavens hight.
I see thee, bless[E]d soule, I see,
Walke in Elisian f[I]eldes so free.
O happy *HERSE*!
Might I one come to thee! O that I might!
O joyfull *VERSE*!
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______ <= *26* =>
.
. A s i f s o m e e v i l l w e r e(t o H E R B E T)i
. g h t?S h e r a i g n e s*A G O D D E S[S]E*n o w e
. m o n g t h e s a i n t e s,T h a t w h[I]l o m e w
. a s t h e s a y n t o f s h e p h e a r[D]s l i g h
. t:A n d i s e n s t a l l e d n o w e i[N]h e a v e
. n s h i g h t.I s e e t h e e,b l e s s[E]d s o u l
. e,I s e e,W a l k e i n E l i s i a n f[I]e l d e s
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[SIDNEI] *26*
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. The Original 1590 quarto edition!
...............................................
http://tinyurl.com/pma5gmz
http://tinyurl.com/nsvfzdm
.
The Covntesse of Pembrokes Arcadia,
. written by Sir Philippe [SIDNEI].
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. Epitaph [in print, NOT grave] to Lady Mary Sidney,(HERBErT)
. ascribed to the poet and dramatist Ben Jonson.
.
. Underneath this *SABLE HERSE*
. Lies the subject of all *VERSE* ,
. [SIDNEY]'s sister! Pembroke's mother!
. Death, ere thou hast slain another
. Fair, and learn'd, and good as she,
. *Time shall throw a DART* at thee!
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Lady Mary died London, 25th Sept 1621, of smallpox, age 59 yrs,
bur. in the choir ["Quire"] of Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire,
there is no gravestone, but there is apparently a plaque
to "several members of the Pembroke family buried *HERE*.>>
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At the top of the KJV title page to the 1611 :
http://tinyurl.com/yafpyqk
1) the Tetragrammaton "יהוה" ("YHWH"/*26*) over
2) the holy spirit in a form of a dove over and
3) a grotesque *St.THOMAS in SHADOW* with a *carpenter's square*
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*26* is the gematric number, being the sum of the Hebrew characters
(Hebrew: יהוה) being the name of the god of Israel – YHWH (Yehweh).
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http://spenserians.cath.vt.edu/TextRecord.php?textsid=33437
The Great Assises holden in Parnassus by Apollo and his Assesours:
by George Wither (1645)
The Lord VERULAN, Chancellor of Parnassus.
Sir [PHILIP SIDNEY], High Constable of Par.
WILL|IAM) BUDEUS, High Treasurer.
JOHN [P]ICUS, Earle of Mirandula, [H]igh Chamberlaine.
JULIUS CESAR SCAL[I]GER
ERASMUS ROTERODAM.
JUSTUS [LIPSI]US
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. <= *26* =>
.
. T h e L o r d V E R U L A N,C h a n c e l l o r o f
. P a r n a s s u s.S i r[P H I L I P S I|D N E Y]H i
. g h C o n s t a b l e o f P a r.W I L L|I A M)B U D
. E U S,H i g h T r e a s u r e r.J O H N[P]I C U S,E
. a r l e o f M i r a n d u l a,H i g h C[H]a m b e r
. l a i n e.J U L I U S C E S A R S C A L[I]G E R E R
. A S M U S R O T E R O D A M.J U S T U S[L I P S I]U S
.
[I AM|PHIL/IP SI|DNEY] 26 : Prob. skip *26* at top ~ 1 in 6800
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*125* is the gematric number, being the sum of the English
characters for PHILIP SIDNEI = [(15+8+9+11+9+15)+(18+9+4+13+5+9)]
The "intentionally concealed message" in Sonnet 125 is
that Fulke Greville: Recorder of Stratford (1606-1628)
And [NED] [DYER] (b. October 1543 – d. May 1607)
*both* "bore the canopy" {For}[SIDNEI]:
http://tinyurl.com/ptpxsdu
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. Sonnet 125
. WEr't ought to me I "bore the canopy",
. With my extern the outward honoring,
. Or layd great bases {For} eternity,
. Which proues more [S]hort then wast or ruining?
. Haue [I] not seene dwellers on forme an[D] fauor
. Lose all,and more by payi[N]g too much rent
. For compound sw[E]et;Forgoing simple sauor,
. Pitt[I]full thriuors in their gazing spent.
. Noe,let me be obsequious in thy heart,
. And take thou my oblacion,poore but free,
. Which is not mixt with seconds,knows no art,
. But mutuall render onely me for thee.
. Hence,thou subbornd Informer, a trew soule
. When most impeacht,stands least in thy controule.
.......................................................
. <= *26* =>
.
. {F o r} e t e r n i t y,W h i c h p r o u e s m o r e
. [S] h o r t t h e n w a s t o r r u i n i n g?H a u e
. [I] n o t s e e n e d w e l l e r s o n f o r m e a n
. [D] f a u o r L o s e a l l,a n d m o r e b y p a y i
. [N] g t o o m u c h r e n t F o r c o m p o u n d s w
. [E] e t;F o r g o i n g s i m p l e s a u o r,P i t t
. [I] f u l l t h r i u o r s i n t h e i r g a z i n g
{For}[SIDNEI] *26*
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Shortest {For}[SIDNEI] skip in KJV : 869
Shortest {For}[SIDNEI] skip in Moby Dick : 2818
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. Sonnet 47
.
. BEtwixt mine eye and heart a league is tooke,
. And each doth good turnes now vnto the other,
. When that mine eye is famisht {For} a looke,
. Or heart in loue with [S]ighes himselfe doth smother;
. W[I]th my loues picture then my eye [D]oth feast,
. And to the painted ba[N]quet bids my heart:
. An other tim[E] mine eye is my hearts guest,
. And [I]n his thoughts of loue doth share a part.
. So either by thy picture or my loue,
. Thy seife away,are present still with me,
. For thou nor farther then my thoughts canst moue,
. And I am still with them,and they with thee.
. Or if they sleepe, thy picture in my sight
. Awakes my heart,to hearts and eyes delight.
.......................................................
. <= *26* =>
.
. {F o r} a l o o k e,O r h e a r t i n l o u e w i t h
. [S] i g h e s h i m s e l f e d o t h s m o t h e r;W
. [I] t h m y l o u e s p i c t u r e t h e n m y e y e
. [D] o t h f e a s t,A n d t o t h e p a i n t e d b a
. [N] q u e t b i d s m y h e a r t:A n o t h e r t i m
. [E] m i n e e y e i s m y h e a r t s g u e s t,A n d
. [I] n h i s t h o u g h t s
.
{For}[SIDNEI] *26*
.
Prob. of 2{For}[SIDNEI]s same skip ~ 1 in 34,000,000
Prob. of 2nd {For}[SIDNEI]s skip *26* ~ 1 in 150,000
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. *26* days
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Sidney#Injury_and_death
<<[Sir Philip Sidney (30 November 1554 - 17 October 1586)]
joined Sir John Norris in the Battle of Zutphen, fighting for
the Protestant cause against the Spanish. During the battle,
he was shot in the thigh & died of gangrene *26* days later.
According to the story, while lying wounded he gave his water
to another wounded soldier, saying, "Thy necessity is yet
greater than mine". As he lay dying, Sidney composed a song to
be sung by his deathbed. Sidney's body was interred in the Old
St. Paul's Cathedral on 16 February 1587. [Sidney] had become
for many English people the very epitome of a Castiglione
courtier: learned and politic, but at the same time generous,
brave, and impulsive. The funeral procession was one of the
most elaborate ever staged, so much so that his father-in-law,
Francis Walsingham, almost went bankrupt. Never more than a
marginal figure in the politics of his time, he was memorialised
as the flower of English manhood in Edmund Spenser's Astrophel,
one of the greatest English Renaissance elegies. An early
biography of Sidney was written by his friend & schoolfellow,
Fulke Greville: Recorder of Stratford (1606-1628).>>
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George Chapman 1598 _[HERO] & Leander_ poem:
She bowd her selfe so low out of her Towre,
That wonder twas she fell not ere her howre,
With searching the lamenting waves for him;
Like a poore Snayle, her gentle supple lim
Hung on her Turrets top so most {D}owne {R}ight,
{A}s she {W}ould {D}ive b{E}neath the darknes quite,
To finde her Jewell; Jewell, her Leander,
A name of all ea[R]ths Jewels pleasde not her,
Lik[E] his deare name: Leander, still m[Y] choice,
Come nought but my Lean[D]er; O my voice
Turne to Leander: h[E]nce-forth be all sounds,
Accents, and phrases that shew all griefes wounds,
Analisde in Leander. O black change!
.........................................................
______ <= *26* =>
.
.{D}o w n e{R}i g h t{A}s s h e{W}o u l d{D}i v e b{E}
. n e a t h t h e d a r k n e s q u i t e,T o f i n d
. e h e r J e w e l l;J e w e l l,h e r L e a n d e r,
. A n a m e o f a l l e a [R] t h s J e w e l s p l e a
. s d e n o t h e r,L i k [E] h i s d e a r e n a m e:L
. e a n d e r,s t i l l m [Y] c h o i c e,C o m e n o u
. g h t b u t m y L e a n [D] e r;O m y v o i c e T u r
. n e t o L e a n d e r:h [E] n c e-f o r t h b e a l l
.
[E.DYER] -26
{EDWARD} -5
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<<{O}r spunne out Riddles, or weav'd fifty Tomes
__{O}f *LOGOGRIPHES*, or curious Palindromes;
__{O}r pump'd for those hard trifles, Anagrams,
__{O}r Ecrosticks, or your finer flames
__{O}f EGGES , and Halbards, Cradles, and a Herse,
__[A] paire of Sizers, and *a COMBE in verse* ;
__[A]crosticks, and *TELLESTICKS*, or jumpe names,>> -- B. Jonson
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2 *TELLESTICKS* found by Jones Harris & John Rollett:
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The Names of the *26* Principall Actors
in all these Playes.
[William Shakespeare]
Richard B(ū)rba(D)ge.
John Hemmings.
Augusti(ñ)e Phillip [S].
William Kemp [T].
Thom(ā)s Poop (e).
George Brya (N).
Henry C(O)n[D]el [L].
W(I)l(L)iam S(L) (Y|E).
{R}ichard Cowl [Y].
John Low(I)ne.
Samuell Crosse.
A(L|E]xander Co(O)k{E}.
............................
Samuel Gilburn{E}.
[R]obert Armi(N).
Will(I)am Ostl(E)r.
(N)athan Field.
............................
John Underwoo [D].
{N}icholas T(O)ole {Y}.
William Eccl[E]ston {E}.
Joseph Taylo {R}.
Robert Be[N]fiel {D}.
Robe(R)t Gough {E}.
Richar{D} Robinso {N}.
John Shancke.
John Rice.
.........................................................
. <= *26* =>
.
. [W i l l i a m S h a k e s p e a r e]R i c h a r d B
. (U) r b a D g e.J o h n H e m m i n g s.A u g u s t i
. (N) e P h i l l i p S W i l l i a m K e m p T T h o m
. (A) s P o o p e G e o r g e B r y a N H e n r y C o n
. [D] e l l.W i l L i a m S l Y E R i c h a r d C o w l
. [Y] J o h n L o w I n e.S a m u e l l C r o s s e.A l
. [E] x a n d e r C o O k E S a m u e l G i l b u r n E
. [R] o b e r t A r m i N W i l l i a m O s t l E r N a
. t h a n F i e l d.J o h n U n d e r w o o [D] N i c h
. o l a s T o o l e Y W i l l i a m E c c l [E] s t o n
. e. J o s e p h T a y l o r.R o b e r t B e [N] f i e l
. d.
.
(UNA) 26 : personification of "Truth" in Spenser's FQ
........................
[DYER] 26
[NED] -26
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Thomas Nashe’s preface to Robert Greene’s (1589) _Menaphon:
...............................................................
It is a common practise now a daies amongst a sort of shifting companions,
that runne through EVERy arte and thrive by none, to leave the trade of
Noverint, whereto they were borne, and busie themselves with the in(D)evors
of Art, that could sca[R]c(E)lie lati{N}ize their (N)ecke-v[E]r(S)e if they
(S)h{O}uld hav(E) neede; [Y]et English S(E|N)e{C}a rea(D) by ca(N|D]le
light yeel(D|E)s m{A}nie good s[E]ntences, as Blou(D) is a {B}egger, a[N|D)
so foorth; and, if you intreate him faire in a frostie morning, {he will
affoord you whole HAMLETS}, I should say handfulls of tragical speaches.
.......................................................
____ <= *26* =>
.
. b u s i e t h e m s e l v e s w i t h t h e i n(D)e
. v o r s o f A r t,t h a t c o u l d s c a[R]c(E)l i
. e l a t i{N}i z e t h e i r(N)e c k e-v[E]r(S)e i f
. t h e y(S)h{O}u l d h a v(E)n e e d e[Y]e t E n g l
. i s h S(E|N)e{C}a r e a(D)b y c a(N|D]l e l i g h t
. y e e l(D|E)s m{A}n i e g o o d s[E]n t e n c e s,a
. s B l o u(D)i s a{B}e g g e r,a[N|D)s o f o o r t h;
. a n d,i f y o u i n\t\r e a t/e/h i m f a i r e i n
. a f r o s t i e m o r\n\i n/g{h e w i l l a f f o o
. r d y o u w h o l e H A M L E T S}I s h o u l d s a
. y h a n d f u l l s o f t r a g i c a l s p e a c h e s
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{BACON} -27 : Prob. in 'whole Hamlets' sentence ~ 1 in 787
[NEDYER] -25 : Prob. in 'whole Hamlets' sentence ~ 1 in 660
............................................................
(NED) 25,26,26
(S.E.D.) -25,26 : Prob. of 5 NED/SED's in array ~ 1 in 150
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. Thomas Watson's HEKATOMPATHIA: Sonnet 1
.
WEll fare the life sometimes I ledde ere this,
When yet no downy heare ycla[D] my face:
my heart devoyde of car[E]s [D]id bath in blisse,
my thought[S] w[E]re free in every time & place:
But [N]ow (ala[S]) all's fowle, which then wa{S} fair[E].
My wonted ioyes are turn{I}ng to [DES]paire.
Where then I liv'{D} without controule or checke,
A{N} other now is mistris of my mind{E},
Cupid hath clapt a yoake upon m{Y} necke,
Under whose waighte I hu[E] in servile kinde:
I now cry crea[K]e, that ere I scorned love,
Whose might is more then other Gods above.
I have assaide by labour to eschewe
What fancy buildes upon a love conceite,
But nearthelesse my thought revives anew,
Where in fond love is wrapt, and workes deceite:
Some comfort yet I have to live her thrall,
In whome as yet I find no fault at all.
.............................................................
. <= *26* =>
.
. W E l l f a r e t h e l i f e s o m e t i m e s I l
. e d d e e r e t h i s, W h e n y e t n o d o w n y h
. e a r e y c l a [D]m y f a c e:m y h e a r t d e v o
. y d e o f c a r [E]s[D] i d b a t h i n b l i s s e,m
. y t h o u g h t [S]w[E] r e f r e e i n e v e r y t i
. m e&p l a c e:B u t[N] o w a l a [S]a l l's f o w l e,
. w h i c h t h e n w a {S} f a i r [E]M y w o n t e d i
. o y e s a r e t u r n {I} n g t o [D E S] p a i r e.W h
. e r e t h e n I l i v'{D} w i t h o u t c o n t r o u
. l e o r c h e c k e,A {N} o t h e r n o w i s m i s t
. r i s o f m y m i n d {E},C u p i d h a t h c l a p t
. a y o a k e u p o n m {Y} n e c k e,U n d e r w h o s
. e w a i g h t e I h u [E] i n s e r v i l e k i n d e:
. I n o w c r y c r e a [K] e,t h a t e r e I s c o r n
. e d l o v e,W h o s e m i g h t i s m o r e t h e n
. o t h e r G o d s a b o v e.
{SIDNEY} *26* : Prob. in first sonnet ~ 1 in 1750
Prob. skip = 26 in first sonnet ~ 1 in 535
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Who Was Spencer’s [EK]: Was He the Seventeenth Earl of Oxford?
https://shakespeareoxfordfellowship.org/who-was-spencers-ek/
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Watson_(poet)
<<Thomas Watson (1555–1592) was an English poet & translator and the pioneer of the English madrigal. His incorporation of Italianate forms into English lyric verse influenced a generation of English writers, including Shakespeare, who was referred to in 1595 by William Covell as "Watson's heyre". His 1584 Hekatompathia "published at the request of certaine gentlemen his *VERY* frendes" and dedicated to Edward de Vere, contains over 100 poems in French & Italian sonnet styles of common six-line stanza.>>
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<<Thomas Watson (1515–1584) was a Catholic Bishop, notable among Catholics for his descriptions of the Protestant Reformation. In 1536, the 21-year-old Watson was required to swear an oath of allegiance to King Henry VIII following the king's rejection of the Catholic Church. Watson then wrote an unpublished five-act play based on Absalom's revolt against his father David. The manuscript was hidden and lost until it was rediscovered among 16th century humanist manuscripts in the British Museum in 1963.>>
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. Sonnet 76 (1609)
.
. WHy is my verse so barren of new pride?
. So far from variation or quicke *CHANGE*?
. Why with the time do I not glance aside
. {T}o new found methods, and to compounds *STRANGE*?
. {W}hy write I still all one, [EVER] the same,
. {A}nd keepe inuention in a *NOT{ED WEED}*,
. {T}hat {EVERy WORD} [D]oth almost fel {M[Y] NAME},
. {S}hewing th[E]ir birth, and whe[R]e {T}hey did proce[E]d?
. {O} k{N}ow sweet love I alw{A}ies writ[E] of you,
. A\n\{D} (Y)ou an[D] love are s(T|I|L)l my argument:
. So (A)ll my best is dressing old words new,
. Spending againe what is already spent:
. For as the Sun is daily new and old,
. So is my loue still telling what is told,
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{T.WATSO\n\} Acrostic Prob. ~ 1 in 5500
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A14822.0001.001?rgn=main;view=fulltext
THE ἙΚΑΤΟΜΠΑΘΊΑ [HEKATOMPATHIA] OR PASSIONATE Centurie of Loue,
Diuided into two parts:
whereof, the first expresseth the Authors sufferance in Loue:
the latter, his long farewell to Loue and all his tyrannie.
Composed by Thomas Watson Gentleman; and published
at the request of certaine Gentlemen his *VERY* frendes.
LONDON ¶Imprinted by Iohn Wolfe for Gabriell Cawood,
dwellinge in Paules Churchyard at the Signe of the Holy Ghost.
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To the Right Honorable my very good Lord Edward de Vere, Earle of Oxenford, Vicount Bulbecke, Lord of Escales, and Badlesmere, and Lord High Chamberlaine of England, all happinesse.
ALexander the Great, passing on a time by the workeshop of Apelles, curiouslie surueyed some of his doings: whose long stay in viewing them, brought all the people into so great a good liking of the painters workemanship, that immediatelie after, they bought vp all his pictures, what price soeuer he set them at.
And the like good happe, (Right Honorable,) befel vnto mee latelie, concerning these my Loue Passions, which then chaunced to Apelles, for his Portraites. For since the world hath vnderstood, (I know not how) that your Honor had willinglie voutchsafed the acceptance of this worke, and at conuenient leisures fauourablie perused it, being as yet but in written hand, many haue oftentimes and earnestly called vpon mee, to put it to the presse, that for their mony they might but see, what your Lordship with some liking had alreadie perused. And therewithall some of them said (either to yeeld
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To the frendly Reader.
COurteous Reader, if anie thing herein either please or profitte thee, afforde me thy good worde in recompence of my paines: if ought offend or hurt thee, I desire that thou forget the one, and forgiue the other. This toye being liked, the next may prooue better; being discouraged, wil cut of the likeliehood of my trauaile to come▪ But by that meanes all will be well, and both parties pleased. For neither shall I repent my labour in the like, nor thou be anie more troubled with my faultes or follies.
Yet for this once I hope thou wilt in respect of my trauaile in penning these louepassions, or for pitie of my paines in suffering them (although but supposed) so suruey the faultes herein escaped, as ey[T]her to winke at them, [A|S} ouersightes of a b[L]inde L{O}uer; or to exc[U]se them, as id{L}e TOYE[S] proceedinge from {A} youngling frenzie; or las{T}lie, to defend them, by saying, it is nothing Praeter decorum for a maiemed man to halt in his pase, where his wound enforceth him, or for a Poete to falter in his Poëme, whē his matter requireth it. Homer in mētioning the swiftnes of the winde, maketh his verse to runne in posthaste all vpon Dactilus: and Virgill in expressing the striking downe of an oxe, letteth the end of his hexameter fall withall, Procumbit humibos.
Therefore if I roughhewed my verse, where my sense was vnsetled, whether through the nature of the passion, which I felt, or by rule of art, which I had learned, it may seeme a happie fault; or if it were so framed by counsell, thou mayest thinke it well donne; if by chaunce, happelie.
Yet write I not this to excuse my selfe of such errours, as are escaped eyther by dotage, or ignorance: but those I referre to thy gentle curtisie and fauourable construction, or lay manie of them vpon the Printers necke, whom I would blame by his owne presse, if he would suffer me.
As for any Aristarchus, Momus, or Zoilus, if they pinch me more then is reasonable, thou courteous Reader, which arte of a better disposition, shalt rebuke them in my behalfe;
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. <= 20 =>
.
. s u r v e y t h e f a u l t e s h e r e
. i n e s c a p e d,a s e y[T]h e r t o w
. i n k e a t t h e m[A|S}o v e r s i g h
. t e s o f a b[L]i n d e L{O}v e r;o r t
. o e x c[U]s e t h e m,a s i d{L}e T O Y
. E[S]p r o c e e d i n g e f r o m{A}y o
. u n g l i n g f r e n z i e;o r l a s{T}
. l i e,t o d e f e n d t h e m,
[TALUS] 17
{TALOS} -22 : Prob. of both in first two dedications ~ 1 in 575
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Sonnet 88
This whole Sonnet is nothing els bvt a briefe and pithy morall, and
made after the selfe same vaine with that, which is last before it.
The two first staffes, (excepting onely the two first verses of all)
expresse the Avthovrs alteration of minde & life, and his change from
his late vaine es[T]ate an[D] folli[E]s in lo[V]e, by a m[E]tapho[R]e
of th[E] shipmā, which by shipwrakes chavnce is happely restoared on
a sodeine vnto that land, which he a long time had most wished for.
....................................................
. <= 6 =>
.
. f r o m h i
. s l a t e v
. a i n e e s
. [T] a t e a n
. [D] f o l l i
. [E] s i n l o
. [V] e,b y a m
. [E] t a p h o
. [R] e o f t h
. [E] s h i p m
.
[T.DEVERE] 6
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. _Sylvie and Bruno Concluded_ - Lewis Carroll,
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“Yes,” I thought. “This bare platform is, for me, rich with the memory
of a dear friend! She was sitting on that *VERy* bench, and invited me to
[S]hare it, with some quotation fr[O]m {SHAKESPEARE}—I forget what. I’l[L]
try the Earl’s plan for the Dram[A|T}isation of Life, and f{A}ncy tha[T]
figure to be {L}ady Muriel; and I won’t {U}ndeceive myself too {S}oon!”
.......................................................................
. <= 22 =>
.
. m e t o{S}h a r e i t,w i t h s o m e q u o
. t a t i o n f r{O}m{S H A K E S P E A R E}I
. f o r g e t w h a t.I’l{L}t r y t h e E a r
. l’s p l a n f o r t h e D r a m{A|T]i s a t
. i o n o f L i f e,a n d f[A]n c y t h a{T}f
. i g u r e t o b e[L]a d y M u r i e l;a n d
. I w o n’t[U]n d e c e i v e m y s e l f t o
. o[S]o o n!”
.
[TALUS] 18
{TALOS} -26
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“Who was i[T] wan[TED] to c(O)m[E] i(n)?”
S(Y)l[V]i(e) a(S)K[E]d, (a)s hE [R]e(t)urn[E]d to his place.
“It were a Mouse,” said Bruno.
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. <= 6 =>
.
. W h o w a
. s i[T]w a n
. [T E D]t o c
. (O)m[E]i (n)?S
. (Y)l[V]i (e) a
. (S)K[E]d,(a) s
. h E[R]e (t) u
. r[N E D] t o
. h i s p l a
. c e.
[TE/DEVERE] 6
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Only explicit mention of [MASON]s in Ma.Twain:
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. A Tramp Abroad (1880)
.
"What’s your father’s religious denominatio[N]?"
"Hi{M}? [O]h, he’[S] {A} bl[A]ck{S}[M]ith."
"N{O}, no—I do{N}'t mean his trade. What’s his RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION?"
"OH—I didn't understand you befo'. He’s a Free{MASON}."
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. <= 6 =>
.
. f a t h e r
. ’s r e l i g
. i o u s d e
. n o m i n a
. t i o [N] H i
. {M}[O] h, h e'[S]
. {A} b l [A] c k
. {S}[M] i t h."N
. {O},n o —I d o
. {N}'t m e a n
. h i s t r a
. d e.
[MASON] -4
{MASON} 1,6 : Prob. of 2[MASON]s skip<7 ~ 1 in 124,000
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Terry Ross wrote HLAS: <<The emblematic device at the head
of the [*MINERVA* Britanna] title page with its motto:
........................................................
. "{UT} [A]lij[S], me c[ONS]u[M]e"
. ("as you burn I consume myself")
. and its picture of *TWO (Masonic?) LIGHTED CANDLES*.>>
.
https://hankwhittemore.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/minerva-1.jpeg
. (3rd Masonic candle = arm + feather)
.
. "{UT} [A]lij[S], me c[ONS]u[M]e"
....................................................
. <= 3 =>
.
. [M] e {U T}
. [A] l i j
. [S],m e c
. [O N S] u
. [M] e {U T}
. [A] l i j
. [S],m e c
. [O N S] u
......................................................
_______ [M-A-S-ONS]: (cui e mel {TU}i)
_______________ (and from your honey)
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_____ {UT} [MASTER M-A-S-ONS]
..............................................
___ <= 3 x 7 =>
.
. {U} P o n t h e L i n e s a n d L i f e o f
. {T} H e F a m o u s S c e n i c k e P o e t
.
. [M A S T E R] W I L L I A M S H A K E S P E
. [A] R E T h o s e h a n d s w h i c h y o u
. [S] O c l a p t g o n o w a n d w r i n g Y
. [O] u B r i t a i n e s b r a v e f o r d o
. [N] e a r e S h a k e s p e a r e s d a y e
. [S]
[MASONS] 21 : Prob. at start of poem ~ 1 in 9460
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. Only Latin Hekatompathia sonnet: XLV
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The Authour vseth in this Passion the like sense to that which he had in the last before it, calling his Mistres a Second Sunne vpon earth, wherewith Heauen it selfe is become in Loue: But when he compiled this Sonnet, he thought not to haue placed it amongst these his English toyes.
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. FOelices alij iuuenes, quos blandula Cypris
. Aptos fecit amoribus,
. Exoptare solent tenebrosa crepuscula noctis,
. Aurorae maledicere:
. At multo est mihi chara magis pulcherrima coniux
. Tythoni gelidi senis,
. Dum venit in prima surgentis parte diei,
. Et Soles geminos mihi
.
. Apperit, & moesto foelices reddit ocellos,
. Quòd Soles videa[M] duos,
. Qui simili form[A], simili sic luce coru[S]can{T},
. E(T) mittunt radi[O]s par{ES},
.(UT) Polus ipse [N]ouo Te{R}r{A}e laqueatu[S] amore
. F•• n{M}is inuideat meis,
.
. Solis & ignoto se torreat igne secundi,
. Oblitus decoris sui,
. Haud secus at{que} olim, Cum veris prima venustas
. Multo flore superbijt,
. Et nitidos primùm strophijs ornâre capillos
. Pulchri Naïadum chori.
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. <= 19 =>
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. A p p e r i t&m o e s t o f o e l i c
. e s r e d d i t o c e l l o s,Q u ò d
. S o l e s v i d e a[M]d u o s,Q u i s
. i m i l i f o r m[A]s i m i l i s i c
. l u c e c o r u[S]c a n{T}E(T)m i t t
. u n t r a d i[O]s p a r{E S|U T)P o l
. u s i p s e[N]o u o T e{R}r{A}e l a q
. u e a t u[S]a m o r e F • • n{M}i s i
. n u i d e a t m e i s,
.
[MASONS] 18 : Prob. in only Latin sonnet ~ 1 in 1130
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Google translation:
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The Suns have twins
Open, and moesto happy makes my eyes
That frequently see two,
He who in a similar form, in a similar manner of flashing light,
He sent beams are equal;
As the pole of the earth is love laqueatus
F •• nmis my envy,
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. Hekatompathia sonnet: 52
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Here the Authour after some dolorous discourse of his vnhap∣pines, and rehearsall of some particular hurtes which he su∣steineth in the pursute of his loue: first questioneth with his Lady of his deserte; and then, as hauinge made a sufficiente proofe of his innocency, perswadeth her to pitie him, whom she herselfe hath hurte. Moreouer it is to be noted, that the first letters of all the verses in this Passion being ioyned to∣gether as they stand, do conteine this posie agreeable to his meaning, Amor me pungit & vrit.
A AW••ld of woes doth raigne within my brest,
m My pensiue thoughtes are cou'red all with care,
o Of all that sing the Swanne doth please me best,
r Restraint of ioyes exiles my woonted fare,
M Mad mooded Loue vsurping Reasons place
e Extremitie doth ouer rule the case.
P Paine drieth vp my vaines and vitall bloud,
u Unlesse the Saint I serue geue helpe in time:
n None els, but she alone, can do me good.
g Graunt then ye Gods, that first she may not clime
i Immortall heau'ns, to liue with Saintes aboue,
t Then she vouchsafe to yeeld me loue for loue,
E Examine well the time of my distresse
t Thou dainty Dame, for whom I pine away,
V Unguyltie though, as needes thou •nust confesse,
r Remembring but the cause of my decay:
i In vewing thy sweete face arose my griefe,
t. Therefore in time vouchsafe me some reliefe.
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. Hekatompathia sonnet: 71
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The Authour writeth this Sonnet vnto his very friend, in ex∣cuse of his late change of study, manners, and delights, all happening through the default of Loue. And here by exam∣ples he proueth vnto him, (calling him by the name of Ti∣tus, as if him selfe were Gysippus) that Loue not onely wor∣keth alteration in the mindes of men, but also in the very Gods them selues; and that so farre forth, as first to drawe them from their Celestiall seates and functions, and then to ensnare them with the vnseemely desire of mortall crea∣tures, a Passion ill befitting the maiesty of their Godheads.
ALas deere Titus mine, my auncient frend,
What makes thee muse at this my present plight,
To see my woonted ioyes enioy their end
And how my Muse hath lost her old delight?
" This is the least effect of Cupids dart,
" To change the minde by wounding of the heart.
Alcides fell in loue as I haue done,
And layd aside both club and Lions skinne:
Achilles too when he faire Bryses wunne,
To fall from warres to wooing did beginne.
Nay, if thou list, suruey the heau'ns aboue,
And see how Gods them selues are chang'd by Loue▪
Ioue steales from skies to lye by Laedaes side;
Arcas descendes for faire Aglaurus sake,
And Sol, so soone as Daphne is espied,
To followe her his Chariot doth forsake:
No meruaile then although I change my minde,
Which am in loue with one of heau'nly kinde.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shepheardes_Calender
<<The Shepheardes Calender (1579) was Edmund Spenser's first major poetic work (in emulation of Virgil's first work, the Eclogues). The poem introduces Colin Clout, a folk character originated by John Skelton, and depicts his life as a shepherd through the twelve months of the year. The Calender encompasses considerable formal innovations, anticipating the even more virtuosic Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (1580). It is also remarkable for the extensive commentary included with the work in its first publication, ascribed to an "E.K." E.K. is an intelligent, very subtle, and often deeply ironic commentator. Edmund Spenser’s involvement with the Earl of Leicester set the ground work for the influential effect that The Shepheardes Calender would have. A year after working together, the two of them, joined by Sir Philip Sidney, {E}dward {DYER}, and Fulke Greville, created the literary group called “Areopagus”.>>
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THE Shepheardes Calender
Conteyning twelue Æglogues
proportionable to the twelve monethes.
Entitled
TO THE NOBLE AND VERTVous Gentleman
most worthy of all titles both of
learning and cheualrie M. Philip [SIDNE]y.
AT LONDON. 1579.
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TO HIS BOOKE.
. Goe little booke: thy selfe present,
. As child whose parent is vnkent:
. To him that is the president
. Of noblesse and of cheualree,
. And if that Enuie barke at thee,
. As sure it will, for succoure fle[E]
. Vnder the shadow of his wi[N]g,
. And asked, who thee forth [D]id bring,
. A shephea{R}ds swa[I]ne saye did th{E}e sing,
. All as hi[S] stra{Y}ing flocke he fedd:
. An{D} when his honor has th{E}e redde,
. Crave pardon for my hardyhedde.
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. <= 19 =>
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. i t w i l l,f o r s u c c o u r e f l
. e[E]V n d e r t h e s h a d o w o f h
. i s w i[N]g,A n d a s k e d,w h o t h
. e e f o r t h[D]i d b r i n g,A s h e
. p h e a{R}d s s w a[I]n e s a y e d i
. d t h{E}e s i n g,A l l a[S]h i s s t
. r a{Y}i n g f l o c k e h e f e d d:A
. n{D}w h e n h i s h o n o r h a s t h
. {E}e r e d d e,C r a v e p a r d o n f
. o r m y h a r d y h e d d e.
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[SIDNE] -22 : Prob. ~ 1 in 93
{EDYER} -18 : Prob. ~ 1 in 44
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. But if that any aske thy name,
. Say thou wert base begot with blame:
. For thy thereof thou takest shame.
. And when thou art past ieopardee,
. Come tell me, what was sayd of mee:
. And I will send more after thee. - Immeritô.
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