for ANDREw Wise, by VALENTINe Sims

[neufer]

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JOHN VALENTIN(e sims) ANDRE(wise)
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. And V.(ALENTINE) & A.(NDREW)
. printed & sold W.(ise) S.(ims):
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. 1597, Richard III (Q1 STC 22314):
. THE TRAGEDY OF / King Richard the third.
.
. Printed *by VALENTINe Sims, for ANDREw Wise* ,
.
. dwelling in Paules Church-yard, at the
. Signe of the Angell. 1597.
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August 23, 1600, Shakespeare 1st appears in Stationer's Register

when *ANDREW WYSE* (Grand Prior 1593-1631)

enters "Much Ado About Nothing" & "II Henry IV".
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. 1600, Henry IV Part II (Q1):
. THE Second part of Henrie the fourth,
.
Printed by *V.S. for ANDREw Wise* , and William Aspley.1600.
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. 1600, Much Ado About Nothing (Q):
.
Printed by *V.S. for ANDREw Wise* , and William Aspley.1600.
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*ANDREw Wise* - titular Grand Prior 1593-1631
THE KNIGHTS OF SAINT JOHN IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND
http://www.saintjohn.org/priory.htm
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http://www.montaguemillennium.com/research/crusaders.htm

<< "... the Knights (of Rhodes/St. John), having lost their
stronghold ... to Timur the Lame ("Tamurlane",) in 1402,
were establishing a new base at Bodrum, the site of the ancient
Halicarnassus and its famous Mausoleum, stone from which was used
in the construction of the Christian fortress dedicated to St. Peter.

The castle of St. Peter provides a striking witness to English
participation. Over the gateway to one of its towers, known
as the English Tower, 26 coats of arms were set up in stone,
including Burleigh, STRANGE, Arundel, MONTAGUE, Stafford, DE VERE,>>
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wise

<<Andrew *WISE* (fl. 1589 – 1603), or Wyse or Wythes, was a London
publisher of the Elizabethan era who issued first editions of five
Shakespearean plays. "No other London stationer invested in
Shakespeare as assiduously as Wise did, at least while Shakespeare was
still alive." Andrew Wise was the son of a Yorkshire yeoman; as
"Wythes," he served an eight-year apprenticeship under Henry Smith and
Thomas Bradshaw starting in 1581, and became a "freeman" (a full
member) of the Stationers Company on 26 May 1589. He ran his own
business in London from about 1593 to 1603; his shop was at the sign
of the Angel in St. Paul's Churchyard.

Wise published editions of the following five Shakespearean plays:

. He entered Richard II into the Stationers' Register on 20 August
1597, and published the first quarto of the play before the end of the
year. The second and third quartos both followed in 1598. All three
volumes were printed by VALENTINe Simmes.

. Richard III was entered into the Stationers' Register on 20 October
1597; the first quarto appeared later that year. Wise published the
second quarto of R3 in 1598, and the third in 1602. VALENTINe Simmes
printed signatures A-G of the first quarto, with H-M coming from Peter
Short's print shop. The other two books were printed by Thomas Creede.

. Henry IV, Part 1 was registered on 25 February 1598 (new style),
and published later that year, printed by VALENTINe Simmes and Peter
Short. Q2 followed in 1599, with printing by Simon Stafford.

. Henry IV, Part 2 was registered on 23 August 1600; the sole quarto
edition of the era was published that same year. In this case, Wise
worked in partnership with colleague William Aspley; the printing was
done once again by VALENTINe Simmes.

. Much Ado About Nothing was also registered on 23 August 1600, and
published that year by Wise and Aspley, with printing by Simmes.

In one view, "Andrew Wise...struck gold three times in a row in 1597–8
by picking what would become the three best-selling Shakespearean
quartos as the first three plays of his brief career." In addition to
Shakespeare's plays, Wise published a range of other contemporary
works, including Thomas Nashe's Christ's Tears Over Jerusalem (1593),
and Thomas Campion's Observations in the Art of English Poesy (1602).
As was typical of publishers of his era, he published religious and
homiletic works, like The Pathway to Perfection and The Mean of
Mourning (both 1596) by Thomas Playfair — though he appears to have
operated a rather small-scale business, in comparison with other
stationers of his generation. On 25 June 1603, Andrew Wise transferred
his copyrights to R2, R3, and 1H4 to fellow stationer Matthew Law,
who issued subsequent quartos of all three plays.
.
Thereafter Wise "is not heard of again.">>
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John VALENTIN ANDREA
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http://home.sol.no/~noetic/modg.htm

http://www.knight.org/advent/cathen/13193b.htm

<<In 1602 or 1603, Lutheran theologian of Würtemberg,
John VALENTIN ANDREA composed the ROSICRUCIAN book,
"Chymische Hochzeit Christiani Rosenkreuz 1459",
which appeared in 1616.>>
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ANDREW W.(ise)
VALENTINe S.(ims)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VALENTINe_Simmes

<<VALENTINe Simmes (fl. 1585 – 1622) was an Elizabethan era and
Jacobean era printer; he did business in London, "on Adling Hill near
Bainard's Castle at the sign of the White Swan." Simmes has a
reputation as one of the better printers of his generation, and was
responsible for several quartos of Shakespeare's plays. Nothing is
known of Simmes's early life or personal history. He was active as a
printer starting in 1585. In an eight-year period from 1597 through
1604, Simmes printed nine Shakespearean quartos for various London
stationers or booksellers.

For the bookseller Andrew Wise, Simmes printed:

. Richard III, Q1 (1597)
. Richard II, Q1 (1597)
. Richard II, Q2 (1598)
. Richard II, Q3 (1598)

For Wise and William Aspley, Simmes printed:

. Henry IV, Part 2, Q (1600)
. Much Ado About Nothing, Q (1600)

For Thomas Millington, Simmes printed:

. Henry VI, Part 2, Q2 (1600)

For Nicholas Ling and John Trundell, Simmes printed:

. Hamlet, Q1 (1603) — the "bad quarto."

For Matthew Law, Simmes printed:

. Henry IV, Part 1, Q3 (1604).

Also for Nicholas Ling, Simmes printed Q3 of The Taming of a Shrew
(1607), the [Bad Quarto 1594] version of Shakespeare's The Taming of
the Shrew. And for Thomas Pavier, Simmes printed Q1 of Sir John
Oldcastle (1600), a play of the Shakespeare Apocrypha. For "the Widow
Newman," Simmes printed the second, 1607 edition of Lawrence Twine's
The Pattern of Painful Adventures, one of the sources for
Shakespeare's Pericles, Prince of Tyre.

Simmes also printed a range of other significant texts in English
Renaissance theatre, including:

. Day's An Humorous Day's Mirth (15999)
. Dekker's The Shoemaker's Holiday (1600)
. Marlowe's Doctor Faustus (1604), for publisher Thomas Bushell
. Jonson's The Coronation Triumph (1604), for Edward Blount
. The Entertainment at Althorp (1604), for Edward Blount
. Marston's The Malcontent (1604), for William Aspley
. Jonson's Hymenaei (1606), for Thomas Thorpe
. The Troublesome Reign of King John (Q2, 1611), for John Helme

— among other works. In Simmes's era, the specialties of printer and
bookseller/publisher were usually practiced separately, though some
individuals, like William Jaggard, functioned in both. Simmes normally
kept to the printshop side of the business, though he did occasionally
publish too, as with the first quartos of George Chapman's Humorous
Day's Mirth and Thomas Dekker's Shoemaker's Holiday.

Best known for his printing of plays, Simmes worked on non-dramatic
projects as well; he printed Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum (1611) for the
bookseller Richard Bonian — a volume of poems by Emilia Lanyer, it was
one of the very rare books by a woman published in that era. For John
Clapham's The History of Great Britain (1606), he was both printer and
publisher.

While Simmes is recognized as among the best printers of his
generation, a cynic might complain that this is not saying much — that
it merely identifies Simmes as the best of a bad lot. Simmes, or his
compositors, allowed 69 typographical errors in Richard II, Q1; when
they printed Q2 they corrected 14 of these typos, but added 123 new
ones.

Apart from his reputation for quality, Simmes "was constantly in
trouble for printing unauthorized works, and in 1622 was
forbidden to work as a master printer.">>
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. . Rosicrucians. . Freemasons
. . Rosy Cross[the Craft] Stone Guild
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. Q1. *ROSsenCRAFT*. . *GuilderSTONE*
. Q2. ROSencrans. . Guyldensterne
. F1. ROSincrane. . Guildensterne
. F2,3,4 *ROSinCROSSe* . . Guildenstare
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__ \_*_/
__ _\_/
__ * - X * Edward de Vere, Erle of Oxenford was buryed
__ _/_\ __________ the 6th daye of Julye Å 1604
__ _/ *_\ ____________ [ *St. Godelieve's day* ]
.
<<The strange, large 'X' type symbol appears to have been put there
much later. According to Paul Altrocchi, this must have happened a
many decades later "...since pencils with such a sharp point did
not appear until the late 1600's." It really is anybody's guess
who put it there - perhaps an over-enthusiastic Oxfordian?>>
.
- _The Death of Edward de Vere_ by Michael Llewellyn
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THE CREST OF *JOHANN VALENTIN ANDREÆ*.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/sta/img/14000.jpg
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<<The reference to four red roses & a white cross in
the Chymical Marriage of Christian Rosencreutz identified
Johann Valentin Andreæ as its author, for his family crest,
shown above, consisted of four red roses & a white cross.>>
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1616 *JOHANN VALENTIN ANDREÆ's* Rosicrucian manifesto:
. _The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreuz 1459_

1616 Shakespeare wills Anne second best bed.
1616 Cervantes & Shakespeare die on St.George's Day.
1616 1000th anniversary of Ethelbert(/bard?)'s death.
1616 Jupiter returns the "Serpent's foot"
1616 Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (V2) published
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___*cruz* : *CROSS* (Spanish, Portuguese)
___*Kreuz* : *CROSS* (German)
___*Kranz* : CROWN, WREATH(DUTCH)
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The Passionate Pilgrim Sonnet 18

One silly *CROSS* wrought all my loss;
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. http://www.fiu.edu/~mizrachs/poseur3.html
.
The *ROSE*: Rosicrucianism, the Rosy Cross,
and *ROSE-line* symbolism is all over the place in this mystery.
.
<<How interesting to discover, as I have recently, that the name of
several places in France - Rhedae/Rennes, Rouen/Rhodom, Rodez/Rhodes,
are derived from the Greek Island of Rhodes, whose name itself comes
from the *ROSE* - goddess Rhoda. Contemporary texts say that the
red-haired Celtic "Redones" or "*ROSE* people" (Rutheni/Rhodanim)
settled both Rennes in the Midi and Rennes in Brittany - the name
derives from the ethnic group. It is said that the resident goddess
of Mount Sion-Vaudemont, the "other Sion" of the "priory of Sion"
in Switzerland, is *ROSEmertha* - the *ROSE mother*.>>
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. http://www.sirbacon.org/mshrew.htm
.
<<On the title page of Robert Fludd's Summum Bonum
(The Highest Good), subtitled "True Magic, Cabala, Alchemy,
of the *True Brothers of the ROSE Cross* , is a curious emblem.
In the center of the emblem is a picture of a huge *ROSE*
with a BEE in the air beside it. To the left of the
*ROSE* is a spider's web, and to the right a *BEE HIVE* .
Over the *ROSE* in large letters is the legend
.
. "DAT ROSA MEL APIBUS", i.e.
. "The *ROSE* Gives The BEEs HONEY."
.
Idries Shah says there is a connection between
the Sufi "Path of The *ROSE* ", and the Rosicrucian Fraternity.
.
In the Fama Fraternity [by John VALENTINe Andrea?] of the
order of the Rosicrucians we are told that the founder of the
Order became acquainted with the *WISE* Men of Damcar in Arabia.
These "*WISE* Men of Damcar" could only have been the Sufis.>>
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_______ Sonnet 34
.
VVHy didst thou *PROMISE* such a beautious day,
And make me trauaile forth without my *CLOAKE* ,
To let base cloudes ore-take me in my way,
Hiding thy brau'ry in their rotten smoke.
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_. GOOD FREND FO_{R} [IE]{SVS}'_S(AKE)__ FOR[BE]ARE,
____ TO DIGG THE D_{V}[ST] ___ EN(CLO)ASED [HE]ARE:
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_. BLESTE BE Ye MA_{N} Yt___ SPA[RE]S THES STONES,
__ AND CVRST BE H_{E} Yt___ MO[VE]S MY BONES.
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http://library.thinkquest.org/5175/images/grave1.jpg
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Nor can thy shame give physic to my grief;
[T]hough thou repent, yet I have still the loss:
[T]he offender's sorrow lends but weak relief
[T]o him that bears the strong offence's *CROSS*.
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. TOTHEO - {N} l ___{I} _ EBE G ____ ETTERO
. FTHESE_- {I} n __-{S} - UIN G ____ SONNET
. SMrWha_- {L} L __ [H]A P_<P> I__ {N} ESSEA
. NDthat___ {E} T __ [E]R N_<I> T__-{I} EPROM
. ISEDB Y O u ___- [R]E _ V <E> R_ {L} IVING
. POEtW I s h ____ [E]T __ H [T] H__-{E} WELLW
. IShIN- G a _____ [d V e] __ N [T] u ______ ReRINS
. EtTIN G fort----_________ H [T] t
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____ SONNET 42 *ROGERM* : skip = 38

Suff[R]ing my friend for my sake to approoue her,
If I l[O]ose thee, my losse is my loues gaine,
And loosin[G] her, my friend hath found that losse,
Both find[E] each other, and I loose both twaine,
And both fo[R] my sake *LAY ON ME THIS CROSSE* ,
But here's the ioy, [M]y friend and I are one,
Sweete flattery, then she loues but me alone.
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Suff <= 38 =>

[R]ingmyfriendformysaketoapprooueherIfIl
[O]osetheemylosseismylouesgaineAndloosin
[G]hermyfriendhathfoundthatlosseBothfind
[E]eachotherandIloosebothtwaineAndbothfo
[R]mysakelayonmethiscrosseButherestheioy
[M]yfriendandIareone

Sweete flattery, then she loues but me alone.

Prob. of *ROGERM* with skip <39 ~ 1 in 21
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Peter Nockolds wrote:

> The first italicised word in my reprint of the 1609
> edition of the sonnets is *ROSE*, in sonnet 1, line 2.
> There is no further italicised word until sonnet 4.
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THE 1609 QUARTO VERSION: Sonnet 1
.
FRom fairest creatures we desire increase,
That thereby beauties *ROSE might nEUER DIE* ,
But as the riper should by time decease,
His *tender HEIRE* might beare his memory:
But thou contracted to thine owne bright eyes,
Feed'st thy lights flame with selfe substantiall fewell,
Making a famine where aboundance lies,
Thy selfe thy foe, to thy sweet selfe too cruell:
Thou that art now the worlds fresh ornament,
And only herauld to the gaudy spring,
Within thine owne bud buriest thy content,
And tender chorle makst wast in niggarding:
. Pitty the world, or else this glutton be,
. To eate the worlds due, by the graue and thee.
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Art Neuendorffer