Re: {R}ich in th{E} treasur{E} of *DESER{V}'D RENOWN{E}

[Arthur Neuendorffer]

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. Edmund [SPENS]er FQ dedication
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To the right honourable Sir Fr. Walsingham,
knight, principall Secretary to her Maiesty,
and of her honourable Priuy Counsell.
..
THat Mantuane Poetes incompared spirit,
Whose girland now is set in highest place,
Had not Mecænas for his worthy merit,
It first aduaunst to great Augustus grace,
Might long perhaps haue lien in silence bace,
Ne ben[E] so mu[C]h adm[I]r'd of [L]ater [A]ge.
This lowly Muse, that learns like steps to trace,
Flies for like aide vnto your Patronage;
That as *the great MECENAS* of this age,
As wel to al that ciuil artes professe
As those that are inspired with Martial rage,
And craues protection of her feeblenesse:
Which if ye yield, perhaps ye may her rayse

[ALICE] -5
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. The Merry Wives of Windsor Act 1, Scene 1
.
SIMPLE: *BOOK of Riddles* ! why, did you not lend it to
. *ALICE SHORTCAKE* upon All-hallowmas last,
. a fortnight afore *MICHAELMAS* ?
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SHORTCAKE, n. An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened
. with *BUTTER* , rolled thin, and baked.
.
SPENCER, n. [OF. d(E.SPENS)i(ER).]
. One who has the care of the *SPENCE, or BUTTERY* .
.
. *ALICE* SPENCER/(a.k.a. SHORTCAKE) was the WIDOW
. of Ferdinando STANLEY - Lord *STRANGE* & sister-in-law
. of William Stanley who died on *MICHAELMAS* 1642
. (Cervantes 95th birthday).
.
William Stanley (6th Earl of Derby) married Edward de Vere's
. daughter Elizabeth and fathered Lord *STRANGE*
. James Stanley Governor of the Isle of Mann.
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Thomas Nashe's (1592) dedication in
_ *STRANGE* Newes, or Foure Letters Confuted_
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To the most copious Carminist of our time,
and famous persecutor of Priscian, his
*VERiE friend Maister Apis lapis* : Tho. NASHE wisheth
new strings to his old tawnie Purse, and all honour
[A]b[L]e [I]n[C]r[E]a[S]e of acquaintance *in the Cellar*.
.
[ALICE S.] 2 : pROB. ~ 1 IN 36,000
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. Gentle M. William, that learned writer Rhenish wine & Sugar, in the first booke of his Comment upon Red-noses, hath this saying : veterem ferendo iniuriam inuitas nouam ; which is as much in English as one Cuppe of nipitaty puls on another. In moyst consideration whereof, as also in zealous regard of that high countenance you show unto Schollers, I am bolde, in stead of new Wine, to carouse to you a cuppe of newes : which if your Worship (according to your wonted Chaucerisme) shall accept in good part, Ile bee your daily Orator to pray that that pure sanguine complexion of yours may neuer be famisht with potte-lucke, that you may tast till your last gaspe, and liue to see the confusion of both your speciall enemies, Small Beere and Grammer rules.
. It is not vnknowne to report, what a famous pottle-pot Patron you haue been to olde Poets in your daies, & how many pounds you haue spent (and, as it were, throwne into the fire) vpon the durt of wisedome, called Alcumie :

Yea, you haue beene such an *infinite MECENAS* to learned men, that not any that belong to them (as Sumners, and who not) but haue tasted of the coole streames of your liberalitie.
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Thomas Nashe's (1592) dedication in
_Strange Newes, or Foure Letters Confuted_
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Yea, you haue beene such an *infinite MECENAS* to learned men,
that not any that belong to them (as Sumners, and who not)
but haue tasted of the coole streames of your liberalitie.
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Thomas Nashe's (1593) modified dedication in
_Apology of Pierce Penniless; or Strange News
of the *Intercepting Certain Letters* _
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Yea, you are such an *infinite MECENAS* to learned men,
that there is not that morsell of meate they can carue you,
but you will eate for their sakes, and accept VERy thankefully.

Thinke not, though vnder correction of your boone companionship,
I a{M} disposd to be a little pleasant, I condemne you of
{A}ny immoderation eithe[R] in eating [O]r drinkin[G],
fo{R} I know[E] you(R) go(V)e[R|N)em(E)nt and carriage to be
EVER{Y} way Canonical!. VERily, VERily, all poore Scholler{S}
acknowledge you as their patron, prouiditore, and supporter,
for there cannot a threed-bare *CLO-AKE* sooner *PEEPE FORTH*,
but you strait presse it to be an outbrother of your bounty:
three decayed Students you kept attending vpon you a long time.
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{MARYS} 41 : Prob ~ 1 in 307
[ROGER] 9 : Prob ~ 1 in 185
(RVNE) 3 : Prob ~ 2 in 41
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<<In 1590, Thomas Nashe (November 1567 – c. 1601) contributed a preface to an unlicensed edition of Philip Sidney's Astrophil and Stella, which removed the controversial *Rich she (Penelope?) is* Sonnet 37:
.
. My mouth doth water, and my breast doth swell,
. My tongue doth itch, my thoughts in labour be:
. Listen then, lordings, with good ear to me,
. For of my life *I must a riddle tell* .
. Toward Auroras Court a nymph doth dwell,
. Rich in all beauties w[H]ich mans eye [C]an see;
. Beaut[I]es so farre f[R]om reach of words that we
. Abase her praise saying she doth excell;
.{R}ich in th{E} treasur{E} of *DESER{V}'D RENOWN{E}*,
. Rich in the riches of a royall heart,
. Rich in those gifts which give th'eternall crowne;
. Who, though most rich in these and EV'Ry part
. (W)hich make the patents of *TRUE* worldy blisse,
. (H)ath no misfortune but that *Rich she is* .
.
[RICH] -11
{E.VEER} -8 : Prob. ~ 1 in 105

*DESER{V}'D RENOWN{E}*
{E}DW. DE{V}ERE RN SON
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but the edition was called in, and the authorised (1598,
Mary Sidney/Fulke Greville) 2nd edition removed Nashe's work.>>
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*REVEREND WARD *
*EDWARD VERE, R.N. [Royal Navy] *
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<<In 1588, during the Armada battle, Oxford volunteered
for service at Tilbury but refused Leicester's request
that he serve as governor of Harwich, thinking the
position beneath him. When Oxford took his complaint
to the queen, Leicester wrote to Walsingham:

'I am glad I am rid of my [L]ord [O]xford, *SEEing*
he refuseth this and I pray you let me not be
pressed any more for him what suit so EVER he make'.

To cover the earl's dereliction of duty Burghley, in a
propaganda pamphlet issued the same year, refashioned Oxford,
along with other non-combatant noblemen, into national heroes.>>
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- Alan Nelson's entry on De Vere from the ONDB
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_____ MAR - *L.O.*
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<<This Earle of [O]xford, making his
* [L]OW [O]BEISANCE* to Queen Elizabeth, happened to let a
FART, at which he was so abashed and ashamed that he went to
Travell, 7 yeares. On his returne the Queen welcomed him home,
and sayd, My [L]ord, I had forgott the FART.>> -- John Aubrey
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*OZONE* is derived from the Greek *OXEiN* meaning *to SMELL*
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http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/thomas-nashe
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<<Nashe who rails against "the swelling bombast of bragging blank verse" can turn mellifluous on occasion, as he does in the preface to the pirated edition of Sidney's Astrophil and Stella:
.
"for here you shall find a paper stage strewed with *pEARL* , an artificial heaven to overshadow the fair frame, and crystal walls to encounter your curious eyes, while the tragicomedy of love is performed by *STARlight* ."
.
At first glance he appears to devalue his "heavy-gaited" style because it "cannot dance, trip, and go so lively, with 'oh my love, ah my love, all my love's gone,' as other shepherds that have been fools in the Morris time out of mind." The preface goes on to say that good and bad in literature are matters of opinion; but for all his admiration of Sidney, Nashe suggests a rivalry between his brand of prose and the fashionable verse of the day.">>
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. GOOD FREND FO-{R}-[IE]{SVS}'_S(AKE)__ FOR[BE]ARE,
___ TO DIGG THE D_{U}[ST] __- EN(CLO)ASED - [HE]ARE:
_ BLESTE BE Ye MA_{N} Yt___ SPA[RE]S THES STONES,
_ AND CVRST BE H_{E} Yt__- MO[VE]S MY BONES.

http://library.thinkquest.org/5175/images/grave1.jpg
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____ "The Rape of Lucrece

. And my *TRUE eyes have nEVER* practised how
. To *CLOAKE* offences with a cunning brow.
.
.'O Night, thou furnace of *FOUL-REEKING SMOKE*,
. Let not the jealous Day behold that face
. Which underneath thy black *all-HIDING* (CLO-AKE)
. Immodestly lies martyr'd with disgrace!
. Keep still possession of thy gloomy place,
. That all the faults which in thy reign are made
. May likewise be *SEPULCHRED* in thy shade
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. Sonnet 34
.
[W]Hy didst thou *PROMISE* such a beautious day,
[A]nd make me trauaile *FORTH without my CLO-AKE* ,
[T]o let base cloudes ore-take me in my way,
*HIDING* thy brau'ry in their *ROTTEN SMOKE* .
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. _MOBY DICK_ CHAPTER 107 "Queequeg in His Coffin"

<<*THE CARPENTER* forthwith with all the indifferent
promptitude of his character, proceeded into the forecastle
and took Queequeg's measure with great accuracy, regularly
*CHALKing Queequeg's person as he shifted the RULE*
.
"Ah! POOR FELLOW! he'll have to die now,"
. ejaculated the Long Island sailor.
.
Going to his vice-bench, the *CARPENTER* for
convenience sake and general reference, now
.
. *TRANSFERRINGLY MEASURED ON*
.
it the exact length the coffin was to be, and then made the
transfer permanent by cutting two notches at its extremities.>>
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__________ *TRANS[F]ERR[I]NGL[Y] MEA[SU]RED ON*
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____________. [S]
. roger manners, e. r[U]tland
____________. [F]
____________- [I]
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__________ *SUFIY* - wise, *PIOUS*

1623 AD: Shake-speare, at length thy *PIOUS* fellowes
give The world thy Workes : thy Workes, by which, out
-live *THY TOMBE* , thy name must when that *STONE* is rent,
And Time dissolves thy Stratford Moniment,

623 AD: <<45 men of Makka took *OATH OF FIDELITY* to the
doctrines of the prophet (PBUH) and formed a community
of property and to perform daily religious practices.
They added the title of fakir because of renouncing
attractions of this world, because Mohammed said
(pbuh) "Al fakru fakhri" - POVERTY IS MY GLORY.>>
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufi

<<The lexical root of Sufi is traced to صُوف ṣūf "wool",
.
*SUFI* - woolen
*SUF* : wool, woolly; a hair cloth used by penitents
________ in the early days of Islam
.
referring either to the simple *CLOAKS* the early Muslim
ascetics wore, or possibly to صَفا ṣafā "purity". The two were
combined by al-Rudhabari who said, "The SUFI is the one who
wears wool on top of purity." *WOOL CLOAKS* were sometimes
a designation of their initiation into the *SUFI* order.>>
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Thomas Nashe's (1592) dedication in
_ *STRANGE* Newes, or Foure Letters Confuted_
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. I would speake in commendation of your hospitalitie likewise, but that it is chronicled in the Archdeacons Court, and the fruites it brought foorth (as I gesse) are of age to speake for themselues. Why should vertue bee smothered by blinde circumstances? An honest man of Saffron Walden kept three sonnes at the Vniuersitie together a long time ; and you kept three maides together in your house a long time. A charitable deed, & worthie to be registred in red letters.
. Shall I presume to dilate of the the grauitie of your round cap, and your dudgen dagger? It is thought they will make you be cald vpon shortlie to be Alderman of the Stilliard. And thats well remembred ; I heard saie, when this last Terme was remooued to Hartford, you fell into a great studie and care by your selfe, to what place the Stilliard should be remooued ; I promise you trulie it was a deepe meditation, and such as might well haue beseemed Eldertons parliament of noses to haue sit vpon.
. A Tauerne in London, onelie vpon the motion, mourned all in blacke, and forbare to girt hir temples with iuie, because the grandame of good fellowship was like to depart from amongst them. And I wonder verie much, that you sampsownd not your selfe into a consumption with the profound cogitation of it.
. Diu viuas in amore iocisque, whatsoeuer you do, beware of keeping diet. Sloth is a sinne, and one sinne (as one poison) must be expelled with another. What can he doe better that hath nothing to do, than fal a drinking to keep him from idlenesse?
. Fah, me thinks my ieasts begin alreadie to smell of the caske, with talking so much of this liquid prouinder.
. In earnest thus ; There is a Doctor and his Fart that haue kept a foule stinking stirre in Paules Churchyard ; I crie him mercie, I slaundered him, he is scarse a Doctor till he hath done his Acts : this dodipoule, this didopper, this professed poetical braggart, hath raild vpon me, without wit or art, in certaine foure penniworth of Letters and three farthing-worth of Sonnets ; now do I meane to present him and {SHAKE}rley to the Queens foole-taker for coatch-horses : for two that draw more equallie in one O[R]atoriall y[O]ke of vaine-[G]lorie, ther[E] is not vnde[R] heauen.
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[ROGER] 10
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. What saie you, Maister Apis lapis, will you with your eloquence and credit shield me from carpers? Haue you anie odde shreds of Latine to make this letter-munger a cockscombe of?
. It stands you in hand to arme your self[E] against [H]im ; for he [S]peaks ag[A]inst Con[N]icatchers, and you are a Connicatcher, as Connicatching is diuided into three parts ; the Verser, the Setter, and the Barnacle.
. A Setter I am sure you are not, for you are no Musitian: nor a Barnacle ; for you neuer were of the order of the Barnardines : but the Verser I cannot acquite you of, for M.Vaux of Lambeth brings in sore euidence of a breakefast you wonne of him one morning at an vnlawful game cald riming. What lies not in you to amend, plaie the Doctor and defend.
. A fellow that I am to talke with by and by, being told that his Father was a Rope-maker, excused the matter after this sort; And hath neuer saint had reprobate to his Father? They are his owne wordes, hee cannot goe from them. You see here hee makes a Reprobate and a Ropemaker, voces convertibiles. Go too, take example by him to wash out durt with inke, and run up to the knees in the channell, if you bee once wetshod. You are amongst graue Doctors, and men of iudgement in both Lawes euerie daie : I pray aske them the question in my absence, whether such a man as I haue describ'd this Epistler to be, one that hath a good handsome pickerdeuant, and a prettie leg to studie the Ciuill Law with, that hath made many proper rimes of the olde cut in his daies, and deserued infinitely of the state by extolling himselfe and his two brothers in euerie book he writes : whether (I saie) such a famous pillar of the Presse, now in the fourteenth or fifteenth yeare of the raigne of his Rhetorike, giuing money to haue his illiterat Pamphlet of letters {P}rinted (w{H}eras oth{E}rs haue m{O}nie giue{N} them to suffer them selues to come in Print) it is not to bee counted as flat simonie, and be liable to one and the same penaltie?
. I tell you, I mean to trounce him after twentie in the hundred, and have a bout with him with two staues and a pike for this geare.
. If he get any thing by the bargaine, lette what soeuer I write hence-forward bee condemned to wrappe bumbast in.
. Carouse to me good lucke, for I am resolutely bent ; the best bloud of the brothers shall pledge me in vineger. O would thou hadst a quafing boule, which, like Gawens scull, should containe a pecke, that thou mightst swappe off a hartie draught to the successe of this voiage.
. By what soeue{R} thy vis{A}ge hold{E}th most {P}retiou{S} I beseech thee, by Iohn Davies soule and the blew Bore in the Spittle I coniure thee, to draw out thy purse and giue me nothing for the dedication of my Pamphlet.
. Thou are a good fellow I know, and hadst rather spend ieasts than monie. Let it be the taske of thy best tearmes, to safeconduct this booke through the enemies countrey.
. Proceede [T]o ch[E]ris[H] thy [S]urp[A]ssi[N]g carminicall arte of memorie with full cuppes (as thou dost) : let Chaucer bee new scourd against the day of battaile, and Terence come but in nowe and then with the snuffe of a sentence, and Dictum puta, Weele strike it as *dead as a doore naile* ; Haud teruntij estimo, We haue cattes meate and dogges meate inough for these mungrels. Hoeuer I write merrilie, I loue and admire thy pleasant wittie humor, which no care or crosse can make unconuersable. Stil be constant to thy content, loue poetry, hate pedantisme. Vade, vale, cavue ne titubes, madataq; frangas.

Thine intirely, Tho. Nashe
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{PHEON} 8
{SPEAR} -7
[NASHE,T.] -4 : Prob. ~ 1 in 484 in last paragraph.
[NASHE] -8
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http://phrases.org.uk/meanings/as-dead-as-a-doornail.html

<<"As dead as a doornail" is old - at least 14th century. There's a reference to it in print in 1350, a translation by William Langland of the French poem Guillaume de Palerne: "For but ich haue bote of mi bale I am ded as dorenayl."

Langland also used the expression in the much more famous poem The Vision of William Concerning Piers Plowman, circa 1362: Fey withouten fait is febelore þen nouȝt, And ded as a dore-nayl. [Faith without works is feebler than nothing, and dead as a doornail.]

The expression was in widespread colloquial use in England by the 16th century, when Shakespeare gave these lines to the rebel leader Jack Cade in King Henry VI, Part 2, 1592: Look on me well: I have eat no meat these five days; yet, come thou and thy five men, and if I do not leave you all as dead as a doornail, I pray God I may never eat grass more.

In A Christmas Carol: Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail. Mind! I don’t mean to say that I know, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a door-nail. I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade. But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands shall not disturb it, or the Country’s done for. You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a door-nail.>>
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Shakespeare scholars unite to see off claims of the 'Bard deniers'
by Dalya Alberge, The Observer, Saturday 30 March 2013

<<David Kathman, an independent scholar, writes on Shakespeare
and Warwickshire, showing how the works are "peppered" with
signs that the author came from around Stratford, pointing to
local dialect words such as *BATLET* , a paddle to beat laundry.>>
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. As You Like It Act 2, Scene 4 (modern)

TOUCHSTONE: And I mine. I remember, when I was in love
. I broke my sword upon a stone and bid him take that for
. *coming a-NIGHT* to *JANE Smile* ; and I remember the
. kissing of *HER BATLET* and the cow's dugs that her
. pretty chopt hands had milked; and I remember the
. wooing of a peascod instead of her, from whom
. I took two cods and, giving her them again, said with
. weeping *TEARS* 'Wear these for my sake.' We that are
. *TRUE lovers* run into *STRANGE capers*; but as all is
. mortal in nature, so is all nature in love mortal in folly.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Spencer

<<Alice Spencer, Countess of Derby (4 May 1559 – 23 January 1637)
was an aristocratic English woman, and a noted patron of the arts.
Edmund [SPENS]er represented her as "A(maryl)LIS" in his
pastoral poem Colin Clouts Come Home Againe and dedicated his
*The TEARES of the Muses* to her. Her first husband was
Ferdinando Stanley, Lord *STRANGE* , a claimant to the English
throne. Alice's eldest daughter, Anne Stanley, Countess of
Castlehaven was *HEIR* presumptive to Queen Elizabeth I.>>
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*ALICE* Spencer, Countess of Derby
*CELIA* => *A-LIE(na)* (Latin for *STRANGEr*)
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"How would it ha[V|E) joyed brav[E] (T)ALBOT (the t[E|R)ror of the F[R|E)nch)
to think that after he had lyne two hundred yeares in his TOMBE,
hee should triumphe again on the Stage, and have his *BONES* newe
embalmed with the *TEARES* of ten thousand spectators at least;"
. -- THOMAS NASHe _Pierce Penilesse_(1592)
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_____ <= 11 =>
.
. H o w w {O} u l d i t h
. a [V|E) j {o} y e d b r a
. v [E|T) A {L} B O T(t h e
. t [E|R) r {O} r o f t h e
. F [R|E) n c h)
.
[VEER] 11
(ETRE) 11
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. [T]hen, Passenger, hast nere a *TEARE* ,
. [T]o weepe with her that wept with all;
. [T]hat wep(T), y(E){T (S)E(T)} her self to chere
. [T]hem up with comforts cordiall.
. {H}er love s[H]all li[V]e, her m[E]rcy sp[R]ead,
. {W}he[E]n thou hs't ner'e a *TEARE* to shed. - Susanna Hall epit.
.
[H.VERE] 6
(TEST) 2,-1
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. As You Like It Act 2, Scene 4 (Folio 1, 1623)

Clown: And I mine: I remember when I was in loue, I
. *broke my sWORD* vpon a stone, and bid him take that for
. *comming a NIGHT* to *IANE SMILE* , and I remember the kis-
. sing of her *BATLER*, and the Cowes dugs that her prettie
. chopt hands had milk'd; and I remember the WOOing
. of a peascod instead of her, from whom I tooke two
. cods, and giuing her them againe, said with weeping
. *TEARES* , weare these for my sake: wee that are *TRUE* L.O.-
. VERS, runne into *STRANGE capers*; but as all is mortall
. in nature, so is all nature in loue, mortall in folly.
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*BATTLER* , n. A student at Oxford who is supplied
. with provisions from the *BUTTERY* ; formerly,
. one who paid for nothing but what he called for,
. answering nearly to a *SIZAR at Cambridge*.
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Edmund [SPENS]er/{SPENC}er (c. 1552 – 13 Jan. 1599) was
educated at the Merchant Taylors' School, London, and
matriculated as a *SIZAR at PEMBROKE College, Cambridge.*
While at Cambridge he became a friend of *GABRIEL* Harvey.
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<<In a DUEL on 22 September [1598] at *ShoreDITCH*
[Bem Jonson] killed *GABRIEL [SPEN]CER* , an actor who had
been in the Marshalsea prison with him the year before as
a result of the government's outrage over Jonson's & NASHE's
_The Isle of Dogs_. This time, to escape the gallows, Jonson
pleaded benefit of clergy: he read his 'neck verse' to prove
he knew Latin, and received a BRAND with a hot iron at the BASE
of his LEFT THUMB, 'T' for Tyburn.>> - _Shakespeare_ Halliday
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____ Stanley(/Lord *STRANGE* ) motto:

________ *SANS CHANGER MA VERITE*
_______ *CERVANTES AGNES HIRAM*

*AGNES* : (Latin) *HAGNES* meaning "chaste" or "sacred".
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<<*ALICE* Spencer died on 23 January 1637 and was buried
on 28 January in St Mary the Virgin Church, Harefield.
A handsome monument dedicated to the memory of Alice &
her three daughters was built at St Mary the Virgin,
to her own specifications, before her death.>>
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. (Michael) Cervantes was born on MICHAELMAS 1547.
. William Stanley who died on MICHAELMAS 1642.
. (Cervantes 95th birthday)!
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http://home.att.net/~tleary/GIFS/MINERVA.GIF

_The MINERVA BRITANNA_ Banner Folding clearly demonstrates
how the Equidistant Linear Sequence decoding is to be performed:
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http://f01.middlebury.edu/FS010A/students/Minerva/title.jpg
.
. [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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1577 Dedication in John Brooke's The Staff of Christian Faith.

. To the Right honourable and his singular good Lorde
. and maister Edwarde de \VERE\, Lorde d'Escales, and
. Badlesinere, [VICOUNT] Bulbecke, Earle of Oxenforde,
. and Lorde great Chamberlayne of Englande,
. Iohn Brooke wisheth long lyfe,
. with the increase of honor.&c.

ALTHOUGH VER(tu)E the roote of well doing (Right honorable Lorde) hath
of it selfe, sufficient force to withstande, repell, and ouerthrowe,
both the open m{ALICE}, and secrete slaunders of euill tongues, yet
notwithstanding considering howe dangerous, yea howe vnpossible a
thing it is to escape that poysoned sting of Zoilus, and also that
nothing hath eue[R] ben s[O] well [D]one, b[U]t tha[T] this Scorpion
hath eyther openly or priuily stong, I nede not to doubt, nay I may
be right sure, that these my labors shal come into the hands of some,
more curious than *WYSE* , more ready to nippe and tant
(yea euen withoute fault) then frendly to admonsihe or amende.

{ALICE} 1
[TUDOR] -5
............................................................
1579: Dedication to Oxford in the only edition of
Geoffrey Gates' The Defence of Militarie profession.

. TO THE RIGHT honorable, Edward de \VERE\, Earle of
. Oxenford, [VICOUNT] Bulbecke, Lod of Escales
. and Baldesmere, and Lord great Chamberlaine of England.

. The experience of troublesome furies of men founded Armes, and
aduanuced Militarie profession, for the repressing and restraining
of the tyrannes and noyfull m{ALICE} of the wicked. The experience of
the profit and value of lawe and armes, maketh al prudent states and
commonwelths, to embrace and to vphold them both with much care and
endeuour. So to conclude, experience is the ordinarie companion and
naturall ornament of reason, which maketh men wise in knowledge, &
prudent in the direction and vse of things. He therefore that
iudgeth or directeth against experience, i(S) not in deede a man,
but *A FOOLE MORE ign(O)rant THAN A BEAST* .
The experience of o(T)her mens harmes, warneth the *WISE*
to b(E)ware. The experience of forren euill(S), warneth England
to waken it selfe ou(T) of securitie, and to be watchfull,
and *WISEly* to take it selfe. Experience hath taug[H]t me
[T]o lo[U]e an[D] to h[O]nou[R] armes, and in the zeale of good heart
to couet the aduancement of martial occupation, which made me (an
vnletter man) to take vnto me a notarie to sette downe in writing
this drift in the defence and praise of warlike prowesse, against
al contemners of the same: for the benefite and encouragement of
my countrie & countrimen. And finally, the experience of the high
noblenes & honour of you, my singular good Lord, doth enbolden me (in
the loue of a faithful hart, to your renoumed VER(tu)Es) most humbly
to commend this litle work to your honorable protection, that vnder
the shielde of your noble favour and iudgement, it may stande in grace
before our nation, to some good effect. God graunt it. To whom be
praise, & to your good Lordhippe, abundaunce of heauenly graces,
and fatherly blessings, euen to *EUERlasting* life.

Amen. London. 23 Decemb. 1578,

{ALICE} 1
[H. TUDOR] 4
(SO TEST) 31
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http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Annex/DraftTxt/Oth/Oth_Q/Oth_Q.html

The Tragoedy of Othello,
The Moore of Venice.

As it hath beene diverse times acted at the
Globe, and at the Black-Friers, by
his Maiesties Servants,

Written by VVilliam Shakespeare

LONDON,
Printed by N.O. for Thomas Walkley, and are to be sold at his
shop, at *The EAGLE and CHILD* , in Brittans Bursser. 1622.

A sign for (of) Derby [Lord Strange/ Stan(d)-ley <=> Walk-ley]:
-------------------------------------------------------------
_MINERVA BRITANNA_ by Henry Peacham
........................................
Divina misericordia.

The greedie *EAGLE HERE* , vpon the tree,
PROMETHEVS heart with teene doth prZy vpon,
But this example doth admonish thee
On wretches poore to haue compassion:
To pitie those, on whome doth fortune frowne,
And Tyrant-like, not more to crush them downe.
This pleaseth God, this Pietie commaundes,
Nature, and Reason, bids vs doe the like,
Yea though our foes, doe fall into our handes,
Wee should haue mercie, not in m[ALICE S]trike:
Who helpes the sick, and pities the oppressed,
He liues to God, and doubtlesse dieth blessed.

[ALICE S.] 1
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http://www.bulfinch.org/fables/bull19.html

<<Hercules [*ALCI(d)ES*] in a fit of madness killed his friend
Iphitus, and was condemned for this offence to become the slave of
Queen Omphale for 3 years. While in this service the hero's nature
seemed changed. He lived effeminately, wearing at times the dress of a
woman, and spinning wool with the hand-maidens of Omphale, while the
queen wore [*ALCI(d)ES's*] lion's skin.>>
--------------------------------------------------------------------
_MINERVA BRITANNA_ by Henry Peacham
........................................
Vis Amoris.

*ALCI(d)E-S* heere, hath throwne his Clubbe away,
And weares a Mantle, for his Lions skinne,
Thus better liking for to passe the day,
With Omphale, and with her maide[S] to spinne,
To card, to reele, and doe such daily t[A]ske,
What ere it pleased, Omphale to aske.
That a[L]l his conquests wonne him not such *FAME*,
For wh[I]ch as God, the world did him adore,
As Loues affe[C]tion, did disgrace and shame
His virtues part[E]s. How many are there more,
Who hauing Honor, and *A WORTHY NAME* ,
By actions base, and lewdnes loose the same.
.......................................................
______ <= 38 =>
.
(W)ithOmphaleandwit hher maide [S] tospin neToc
(a)rdtoreeleanddoes uchd ailyt [A] skeWha terei
(t)pleasedOmphaleto aske Thata [L] lhisco nques
t swonnehimnotsuch*FAME*Forwh [I] chasGo dthew
o rlddidhimadoreAs Loue saffe [C] tiondi ddisg
r aceandshameHisvi rtue spart [E] sHowma nyare
t heremoreWhohauin gHon orand *A WORTHY NAME*

[S.,ALICE] 38
--------------------------------------------------
Marlovian Peter Bull wrote HLAS:
.
<<[Shakespeare's *A LOVER'S COMPLAINT*
. starts with the acrostic *FAMA*
. A Rosicrucian call to *FAME*? >>
..........................................
. A Lover's Complaint Stanza 1
.
[F|R}OM off a hill whose concave womb reworded
[A] plaintful story from a sistering vale,
[M]y spirits to attend this double voice accorded,
[A]nd down I laid to list the sad-tuned tale;
-----------------------------------------------
*THE REST IS* silence" - Hamlet
*THE REST IS FAME* " - *SYDNEY* motto
[ *CÆTERA FAMA* ]
.................................................
Hamlet = *SYDNEY* in _Shadowplay_ by Clare Asquith
----------------------------------------------------
{F|EY]ne would I singe but fury makes me frette,
{A|ND] rage hath sworne to seke revenge of wronge;
{M|Y] mased mynde in m[ALICE S]o is sette
{A|S] death shall daunte my deadly dolors longe.

finis Earle of Oxenforde

[ALICE S.] 1
----------------------------------------------------
. The Taming of the Shrew (Folio)
.
Lord: Wee'l shew thee Io, as she was a Maid,
. And how she was beguiled and surpriz'd,
. As liuelie painted, as the deede was done.

Man: Or Daphne roming through a *THORNi[E]* wood,
. S[C]ratch[I]ng her [L]egs, th[A]t one shal sweare she bleeds,
. And at that sight shal sad Apollo weepe,
. So workmanlie the blood and teares are drawne.

[ALICE] -6
----------------------------------------------------
. Sonnet 35

NO more bee greeu'd at that which thou hast done,
Roses haue *THORNES* , and siluer fountaines mud,
Cloudes and eclipses staine both Moone and Sunne,
And loathsome canker liues in sweetest bud.

All men make faults, and euen I in this:
Authorizing thy trespas with compare,
My selfe corrupting saluing thy amisse,
Excusing their sins, more then their sins are:

For to thy sensuall fault I bring in sence,
Thy aduerse party is thy Aduoc(A)te,
And gainst my selfe a lawful(L) plea commenc{E},
Su{C}h c{I}ui{L}l w{A}r (I|S} in my love and hate,

That I an ac(C|E]ssa[R]y ne[E]ds m[U]st b[E],
To t{H}at s{W|E)et theefe which sourely robs from me.
...................................................
____ <= 26 =>

. T h y a d u e r s e p a r t y i s t h y A d u o c(A)
. t e,A n d g a i n s t m y s e l f e a l a w f u l(L)
. p l e a c o m m e n c{E}S u{C}h c{I}u i{L}l w{A}r(I)
.{S}i n m y l o v e a n d h a t e,T h a t I a n a c(C)
.[E]s s a[R]y n e[E]d s m[U]s t b[E]T o t{H}a t s{W|E)
. e t t h e e f e w h i c h s o u r e l y r o b s f r
o m m e.
...................................................
(ALICE) 26 Prob of 2 Sonnet (ALICE)s ~ 1 in 250
{S.,ALICE} -3
[{WH}E.UERE] -4
---------------------------------------------------
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Churchyard

<<Thomas {CHURCH-YARD} (c. 1520 – 1604), English author, was born
at *Shrewsbury* , the son of a farmer. In 1564 {CHURCH-YARD} served
in Ireland under Sir Henry [SIDNEY]. The religious disturbances in
the Netherlands attracted him to Antwerp, where, as the agent of
William of Orange, he allowed the insurgents to place him at their
head, and was able to save much property from destruction.
This action made him so hated by the mob that he had
to fly for his life *in the disguise of a priest*.

In the next year he was sent by the *earl of Oxford* to serve
definitely under the prince of Orange. After a year's service he
obtained leave to return to England, and after many adventures and
narrow escapes in a journey through hostile territory he embarked for
Guernsey, and thence for England. His patron, *Lord Oxford*, disowned
him, and the poet, whose health was failing, retired to Bath. He
appears to have made a very unhappy marriage at this time, and
returned to the Low Countries. Falling into the hands of the Spaniards
he was recognized as having had a hand in the Antwerp disturbance,
and was under sentence to be executed as a (SPY) when he was
*saved by the intervention of a NOBLE LADY*.>>
----------------------------------------------------
____ Richard III Q1 (1597)

The Tragedy of King Richard the third. Containing, His
treacherous Plots against his brother Clarence : the pittiefull
murther of his innocent nephewes : his tyrannicall vsurpation :
with the whole course of his de{TEST}ed life,
and most deserued death. As it hath beene
lately Acted b[Y] the Right honourabl[E]
the Lord Chamberlai[N]e his seruants.
At Lon[D]on, Printed by Valent[I]ne Sims,
for Andrew Wi[S]e, dwelling in Paules
{CHURCH-YARD}, at the signe of the Angell. 1597.
...........................................
As it hath beene lately - <= 18 =>
.
. A c t e d b [Y] t h e R i g h t h o n
. o u r a b L [E] T H E L o r d C h a m
. b e r l a i [N] e h i s s e r u a n t
. s A t L o n [D] o n P r i n t e d b y
. V a l e n t [I] n e S i m(S)f o r A n
. d r e w W i [S] e d w e l(L)i n g i n
. P a u l e s {C} H U R C H(Y)A R D},
.
[{C}SIDNEY] -18 {1,025,000} Q1(1597)

{C}ountesse of pembrooke: mary [SIDNEY]
--------------------------------------------------
____ Richard III Q3(1602)

The Tragedie of King Richard the third. Conteining his
treacherous Plots against his brother Clarence : the pittifull
murther of his innocent Nephewes : his tyrannicall vsurpation:
.
with the whole course of his {D|E]{TESTED} life,
and most {DEsER[V]{ED} {DE}ath. As it hath bene
lat[E|L}y Acted by the Right Honou[R|A}ble
the Lord Chamberlain[E] His seruants. Newly augmented,
.
By William Shakespeare. London Printed by Thomas Creede,
for Andrew Wise, dwelling in Paules Church-yard,
at the signe of the Angell. 1602.
.......................................................
with the whole- <= 23 =>
.
. c o u r s e o f h i s{D}[E]{T}E S T E D}l i f e
. a n d m o s t{D E s E R [V]{E}D D E}a t h A s i
. t h a t h b e n e l a t [E]{L}y A c t e d b y t
. h e R i g h t H o n o u [R]{A}b l e t h e L o r
. d C h a m b e r l a i n [E] H i s s e r u a n t s.
.
[EVERE] 23
{TELA} 23
--------------------------------------------------
____ Richard III Q4 (1605)

The Tragedie of King Richard the third. Conteining his
treacherous Plots against his brother Clarence : the pittifull
murther of his innocent Nephewes : his tyrannicall vsurpation :
with the whole course of his de{TEST[E]D} life, and most deserued
death. As it hath bin lately A[C]ted by the Right Honourable
the Lord Chamberlaine h[I]s seruants. Newly augmented, by
William Shakespeare. [L]ondon, Printed by Thomas Creede,
and are to be sold by M[A]tthew Lawe, dwelling in Paules Church
-yard, at the signe of the (F){OXE, N}ear S. Austins gate, 1605.
.......................................................
_______ <= 44 =>
.
ofhisde{TEST[E]D}lif e a n dmos tdeserueddeathAsithat
hbinlat elyA[C]t edb y t h eRig htHonourabletheLordCh
amberla ineh[I]s ser u a n tsNe wlyaugmentedbyWilliam
Shakesp eare[L]o ndo n P r inte dbyThomasCreedeandare
tobesol dbyM[A]t the w L a wedw ellinginPaulesChurchy
ardatth esig n e oft h e(F|OXEN}earSAustinsgate

[ALICE] -44
(F|OXEN} 1
--------------------------------------------------
____ Richard III Q5 (1612)

The Tragedie of King Richard the third. Containing his
treacherous Plots against his brother Clarence : the pittifull
murther of his innocent Ne-phewes : his tyrannicall usurpa-
tion : with the whole course of his detested life, and most
{DEsE[R]VED} of death. As it hath beene lately Act[E]d by
the Kings Maiesties servants. Newl[Y] augmented, By William
Shake-speare. Lon[D]on, Printed by Thomas Creede, and are
to b[E] sold by Mathew Lawe, dwelling in Pauls Churchyard,
at the Signe of the (F){OXE, N}eare S. Austins gate, 1612.
...........................................
with the whole course of his detested life,
and most <= 33 =>
.
. {DEsE [R] VED} ofdeathAsithathbeene l-atel
. yAct [E] dby theKingsMaiestiesser v-ants
. Newl [Y] aug mentedByWilliamShake s-pear
. eLon [D] onP rintedbyThomasCreede a-ndar
. etob [E] sol dbyMathewLawedwellin g-inPa
. ulsC -h- urc hyardattheSigneofthe(F|OXEN}
. eare -S- Aus tinsgate
.
[EDYER] -33
--------------------------------------------------
____ Richard III Q6 (1622)

The Tr[A]gedie of King Richard the Third. Contayning his
treacherous P[L]ots against his brother Clarence : The pittifull
murder of his [I]nnocent Nephewes : his tyrannicall usurpation :
with the whole [C]ourse of his detested life, and most deserved
death. As it hath b[E]en lately Acted by the Kings Majesties
Servants. Newly augmented. By William Shakespeare.
London, Printed by Thomas Purfoot, and are to be sold
by Mathew Law, dwelling in Pauls Church-yard, at
the Signe of the (F){OXE, N}ere S. Austines gate, 1622.
.......................................................
_______ <= 52 =>
.
TheTr[A]gedieofKing R icha rdtheThirdContayninghistreache
rousP[L]otsagainsth i sbro therClarenceThepittifullmurder
ofhis[I]nnocentNeph e wesh istyrannicallusurpationwiththe
whole[C]ourseofhisd e test edlifeandmostdeserveddeathAsit
hathb[E]enlatelyAct e dbyt heKingsMajestiesServantsNewlya
ugmen t edByWilliam*S hake speareLondonPrintedbyThomasPur
foota n daretobesol d byMa thewLawdwellinginPaulsChurchya
rdatt h eSigneofthe(F|OXEN}ereSAustinesgate

[ALICE] 52
(F|OXEN} 1
--------------------------------------------------
. THE RAPE OF LVCRECE.

FROM the besieged Ardea all in post,
Borne by the trustlesse wings of false desire,
Lust-bre[A]thed TARQVIN, leaues the Roman host,
And to Colatium beares the [L]ightlesse fire,
Which in pale embers hid, lurkes to aspire,
_And g[I]rdle with embracing flames, the wast
_Of COLATINES fair loue, LV[C]RECE the chast.
Hap'ly that name of chast, vnhap'ly set
This batel[E]sse edge on his keene appetite:

[ALICE] 52
...........................................
I will not poyson thee with my attaint,
Nor fold my f[A]u[L]t [I]n [C]l[E]anly coin'd excuses,
My sable ground of sinne I will not paint,
To hide the truth of this false nights abuses.
-------------------------------------
http://hollowaypages.com/jonson1692cynthia.htm

Cynthia's Revels (1600) or The Fountain of Self-Love.
Act II. Scene I.

Cupid: WHy, this was most unexpectedly followed
(my divine delicate Mercury) by the Beard of Jove,
thou are a precious Deity.

Mer. Nay, Cupid, leave to speak improperly, since
we are turn'd Cracks, let's [S]tudy to b[E] like Cra[C]ks;
pract[I]se their [L]anguage [A]nd Behaviours, and not with
a dead imitation: act freely, carelesly, and capriciously,
as if our Veins ran with Quick-silver, and not utter a
Phrase, but what shall come forth steept in the very
Brine of Conceit, and sparkle like Salt in Fire.
.......................................................
___ <= 8 =>
.
. l e t's [S] t u d
. y t o b [E] l i k
. e C r a [C] k s;p
. r a c t [I] s e t
. h e i r [L] a n g
. u a g e [A] n d B
. e h a v i o u r s,

[ALICE S.] 8
-------------------------------------------------------
EPIGRAMS. *BOOK* I. The Author B. J. [~44,600 letters]

To my *BOOKseller*.

THou that mak'st Gain thy end, and wisely well,
Call'st a *BOOK* good, or bad, as it doth sell,
Use mine so, too: I give thee le[A]ve. But crave
For the lucks sake, it thus much Favour have,
To [L]ye upon thy Stall, till it be sought;
Not offer'd, as it made Su[I]t to be bought;
Nor have my Title-leaf on Posts, or Walls,
Or in [C]left-sticks, advanced to make Calls
For Termers, or some Cl[E]rk-like Serving-man,
Who scarce can spell th' hard Names: who[S]e Knight less can.
If, without these vile Arts, it will not sell,
Send it to Bucklers-bury, there 'twill well.
.......................................................
______ <= 48 =>
.
*B o o k*goodorbadasitdothsellUseminesotooIgivetheele
[A]v e B utcraveFortheluckssakeitthusmuchFavourhaveTo
[L]y e u ponthyStalltillitbesoughtNotofferdasitmadeSu
[I]t t o beboughtNorhavemyTitleleafonPostsorWallsOrin
[C]l e f tsticksadvancedtomakeCallsForTermersorsomeCl
[E]r k l ikeServingmanWhoscarcecanspellthhardNameswho
[S]e K n ightlesscanIfwithoutthesevileArtsitwillnotse
l l S e ndittoBucklersburytheretwillwell

[ALICE S.] 48
----------------------------------------------------
HERO AND LEANDER by Christopher Marlowe

FIRST SESTIAD

They [S]eeing it, both Love and him abhor'd,
And Jupiter unto his pl[A]ce restor'd.
And but that Learning, in despight of Fate,
Wil[L] mount aloft, and enter heaven gate,
And to the seat of Jove [I]t selfe advaunce,
Hermes had slept in hell with ignoraun[C]e.
Yet as a punishment they added this,
That he and Poverti[E] should alwaies kis.

[S., ALICE] 47
.........................................
SECOND SESTIAD

Neptune was angrie that hee gave no eare,
And in his heart revenging m[ALICE] bare:
He flung at him his mace, but as it went,
He cald it in, for love made him repent.
-----------------------------------------------
Ben Jonson's To the memory of my beloved, the Author,
from the First Folio, 1623
....
Or crafty M[ALICE], might pretend this praise,
And thine to ruine, where it seem'd to *RAISE* .
-------------------------------------
https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/html/1807/4350/poem65.htmL

A Sonnet upon the Pitiful Burning
of the Globe [P]lay[H]ous[E] in L[O]ndo[N]_
................
[PHEON] 4
................
Now sitt thee down(E), Melpomene,
[W]rapt i<N> a *SEA-COAL ROBE* ,
[A]n(D) tell the dolefull tragedie,
[T]hat lat(E) was playd <A>t Globe;
For noe man that ca(N) *SINGE* and saye
But was {S}card on St. Pet(E)r<S> Daye.
Oh sorr{O}w, pittifull sorrow, and yett *A{L}L THIS IS TRUE* .
.
All yow t<H>at ple{A}se to understand,
Come listen {T}o my storye,
To se<E> Death with his rakeing brand
Mongst such an auditor[Y]e;
R[E]ga[R]di[N]g n[E]it[H]er Cardinalls might,
Nor yett the rugged face of Henry the Eight.
Oh sorrOw, pittifull sorrow, and yett *ALL THIS IS TRUE* .
................
(EDENE) 31
{TALOS} -25
<NASHE> 55
[HENREY] -3
................
This fearfull fire beganne above,
A wonder *STRANGE AND TRUE*,
And to the stage-howse did remove,
As round as taylors clewe;
And burnt downe both beame and snagg,
And did not spare the silken flagg.
Oh sorrOw, pittifull sorrow, and yett *ALL THIS IS TRUE* .
.
Out runne the knightes, out runne the lordes,
And there was great adoe;
Some lost their hattes and some their swordes;
T[H]en out runne *BURbidge* too;
The r[E]probates, though druncke on Mu[N]day,
Prayd for the Foole and *HEN[R](y)* Condye.
Oh sorrOw, pittifull sorrow, and yett *ALL THIS IS TRUE* .
................
[HENR](y) 26
................
The perrywigges and drumme-heades frye,
Like to a butter firkin;
A woefull burneing did betide
To many a good buffe jerkin.
Then with swolne eyes, like druncken Flemminges,
Distressed stood *OLD STU(T)TERING HEMINGES* .
Oh sorrOw, pittifull sor(R)ow, and yett *ALL THIS IS TRUE* .
.
No show[E]r [H]i[S] r[A]i[N]e did there downe force
In all that Sunn-(S)hine weather,
To save that great renowned (H)owse;
Nor thou, O ale-howse, neither.
Had itt begunne belowe, sans doubte,
Their wives for feare had pissed itt out.
Oh sorrOw, pittifull sorrow, and yett *ALL THIS IS TRUE* .
.
Bee warned, yow *stage STrUTTERS all* ,
Least yow againe be catched,
And such a burnei[N]g doe befall,
[A]s to them who[S]e howse was *T[H]ATCHED* ;
Forb[E]are your whoreing, breeding biles,
And laye up that expence for tiles.
Oh sorrOw, pittifull sorrow, and yett *ALL THIS IS TRUE* .
................
[NASHE] -2, 11
(TRASH) 35
................
Goe drawe yow a petition,
And doe yow not abhorr itt,
And gett, with low submission,
[A LICE]nce to begg for itt
In churches, sans churchwardens checkes,
In Surrey and in Midlesex.
Oh sorrow, pittifull sorrow, and yett *ALL THIS IS TRUE*
------------------------------------------------
8. Ann, wyfe to Richard James.

and in an enumeration of ' persons remarkable/
whose names were to be noticed in the Stratford
register, which was added to the volume towards
the close of the seventeenth century, there is
included the memorandum, ' 1623, one Mrs. Shake-
spere was buried ' " (Halliwell-Phillipps).

Tradition says that she earnestly desired to be
laid in the same grave with her husband. Her
tombstone is beside his, and bears the following
inscription :

" Here lyeth interred the Body of Anne, wife of
William Shakespeare, who depted this Life the 6th
Day of Augu : 1623, being of the age of 67 yeares.

Ubera tu mater, tu lac, vitamque dedisti :
Vse mihi, pro tanto munere, saxa dabo.
Quam mallem, amoveat lapidem bonus angelus ore,
Exeat, ut Christi corpus, imago tua ;
Sed nil vota valent ; venias, cito, Christe, resurget,
Claus[A LICE]t tumulo, mater et astra petet."

In bigger times to sound your liuing prayse.
----------------------------------------------------
[M]R. William
SHAK{E}SPE[A|R}ES
Comedi<ES>,
H<I>sto[R|I}es &
Traged(I)es,
<P>ubl[I|S}hed according to t[He} 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. [HIRAM] ~ 1 in 480 (any skip)
{RISE} 17
(HEIDI) : German form of (ALICE)
----------------------------------------------------------
. Sonnet 116

Let me not to the marriage of *TRUE* minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an *EVER-fixed* mark
That (L)o(O)k[S] o[N] t[E]m[P]e[S]ts and is *nEVER SHAKEn* ;
It is the star to *EVERy* wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I *nEVER* writ, nor no man *EVER* loved.

[(L.O.) SNEPS] 2
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http://www.sirbacon.org/gallery/pyramid.html

Under a STAR-y-pointing *PYRAMID*?
Dear son of *MEMORY*, great *HEIR of FAME*,-- Milton
...............................................................
<<John Milton lived close to Alice Spenser's Harefield Place.>>
...............................................................
_______ /T/ OT __ [H] EONLIEBEGE TTEROFTHESEINSVINGS
______- /O/ NN _ [E T] SMRWHALLH APPINESSEANDTHATETE
______ /R/ NI___ [T(I)E] *PROMISED*BYOVREVERLIVINGPOET
_____ /W/ IS___ [H E T H] THEWELL WISHINGADVENTVRERIN
______________________________ SETTIN GFORTH-TT
. T O T H/E/ O /N/ LIEB/E/G__ E_- TTER *oF* THES /E/ IN
. \S\U I N/G/ S /O/ NNET ß MRW \H\ ALLH *A* PPI_/N/ ESS
- \E\A N/D/ T /H/ ATET/E/RNITI___-\E\ PRO *M* IS_/E/ DBYO
_ \U\R/E/ V /E/ RLIV/I/NGPOETW_ \I\ SH_-*E* T-/H/ THEWE
_- \L L/ W /I/ SHIN/G/ADVENTURE \R\ IN ___- /S/ ETTING
__ \F/ O /R/ THTT . . . . . . . TOTH
___ *E! O* NLIE_ BEGET[T]E ROFTHESEI
___ /N/ *S* UING SONNE[T]S M RWHALLH
__- /A/ p[P I* NES_[S]EAND[T]HA__ \T\ ETERN
__- /I/ Ti[E]p*R* OM [I]SEDB Y OUR__ \E\ VER
__ /L/ IVi[N]gp *O.E*[T]WI[S]HETHTH_- \E\ W
_- /E/ LLWi[S]hing [A]DV[E]NTURERI__ \N\
_ SETTIn GFORT HT[T]\
........................
[SPENS] 22
{(E.O.)RISE} -23
----------------------------------------------------
Ben Jonson (1623) _To the Memory of Shakespeare_
........................................
. My Shakespeare, {RISE} ; I Will no{T LODGE} THee by
. Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lye
. A little further to make thee a roome ;
. Thou art a Moniment, without a tombe,
........................................
. Sweet swan of Avon! what a sight 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 !
.{B}ut stay, [I] see th{E}e in the {He}misp{He}re
. Advanc'd, and made a Constellation there !
. Shine forth, thou StarrE Of Poets, and wi[T]h rage,
. Or inf[L]uence, chide, [O]r cheere the [D]rooping Sta[G]e;
. Which, sinc[E] thy flight fro' hence, hath mourn'd li{K(e)NIGHT},
. And despaires day, but for thy Volumes light.
........................................
_____ <= 12 =>
.
. 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 A d v a n c' d, a
. n d m a d e a C o n s t
. e l l a t i o n t h e r
. e! S h i n e f o r t h, t
. h o u S t a r r e o f P
. o e t s, a n d w i [T] h r
. a g e, O r i n f [L] u {E} n
. c e, c h i d e,[O] r {C} h e
. e r e t h e [D] r {O} o p i
. n {G} S (T) a [G] e; W h i c h,
. s {I} n c [E] t h y f l i g
. h t f r o'(H) e n c e, h a
. t h m o u r n' d l i k e
. n i g h t, A n d d e s p
. a i r e s d a y, b u t f
. o r t h y V o l u m e s
. l i g h t.
.
[{He/Be}MARI{He}] 13
{STIE} 12
<HINT> 12
{E.C.O.} 11
[T LODGE] 11 Prob. with skip < 12 ~ 1 in 600
....................................................
THE LA. [MARI]e {He}r{Be}rt COUNTESSE OF PEMBROOKE.
-----------------------------------------------------
EPIGRAMS. *BOOK* I. The Author B. J.

64. To [Robert (Cecil) Earl of Salisbury. (May 4, 1608)]
Upon the Accession of the Treasurership to him.
.
NOt glad, like those that have new Hopes, or Suits,
With thy *NEW PLACE* , bring I [T]hese ear[L]y Fruits
[O]f Love, an[D] what the [G]olden Ag[E] did hold
A Treasure, Art: Condemn'd in th' Age of Gold.
..................................................
. ALICE Spencer (born May 4, 1559)
......................................................
In 1608 Thomas Greene and his wife Leticia lived at
*NEW PLACE* , Stratford-on-Avon, had a son, William.
..................................................
_ <= 8 =>

. *N E W P L A C E* (May 4, 1597)
. b r i n g I[T]h
. e s e e a r[L]y
. F r u i t s[O]f
. L o v e,a n[D]w
. h a(T)t h e[G]o
. l d(E)n A g[E]d
. i d(H)o l d A T
. r e(A)s u r e,
.
[T LODGE] 8 Prob. ~ 1 in 7250
----------------------------------------------------
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Spencer

<<(ALICE) Spencer, Countess of Derby (4 May 1559 – 23 January 1637)
was an English noblewoman and noted patron of the arts. Alice was born
in Althorpe, Northamptonshire, England on *4 May* 1559, the youngest
daughter of Sir John Spencer, Member of Parliament and High Sheriff
of Northamptonshire, and Katherine Kytson. She had three brothers
and three older sisters. Poet Edmund Spenser represented her as
"Amaryllis" in his eclogue Colin Clouts Come Home Againe (1595) and
dedicated his poem The Teares of the Muses (1591) to her. Her first
husband was Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby, a claimant to
the English throne. Alice's eldest daughter, Anne Stanley, Countess
of Castlehaven, was heiress presumptive to Queen Elizabeth I.

She married secondly in 1600 Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley.

In about 1579 Alice married her first husband, Ferdinando Stanley,
heir to the Earldom of Derby, and a claimant to the English throne.
His mother, Lady Margaret Clifford, was *HEIR* presumptive to Queen
Elizabeth I from 1578 until her death in 1596. On 25 September 1593,
he succeeded as Earl of Derby & Lord of Mann; from that date
onwards, Alice was styled as the Countess of Derby.

Together Ferdinando and Alice had *three daughters* :

1) Lady Anne Stanley (May 1580 – c. October 1647), married
firstly Grey Brydges, 5th Baron *Chandos* of Sudeley,
by whom she had issue;secondly Mervyn Tuchet,
2nd Earl of Castlehaven, by whom she had issue.

2) Lady Frances Stanley (1 May 1583 – 11 March 1636), married
John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater, by whom she had issue.

3) Lady Elizabeth Stanley (6 January 1588 – 20 January 1633), married
Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon, by whom she had issue.

Her husband died on 16 April 1594, and when his mother died two years
later, Alice's eldest daughter, Anne became heiress presumptive to
Queen Elizabeth I. Upon the Queen's death in 1603, however, the crown
passed to King James VI of Scotland who was descended from Margaret
Tudor, the elder sister of King Henry VIII, whereas the Stanleys
were descended from his younger sister, Mary Tudor, Queen of France.

For a month after his death, his company of players performed at
their home of Lathom House, Lancashire as The Countess of Derby's
Men. They had been at Lathom House shortly before the Earl's death
and had been known then as the Earl of Derby's Men.

On 20 October 1600 she married her 2nd husband Thomas Egerton,
1st Viscount Brackley, who on 21 July 1603 became
Baron Ellesmere, and on 7 November 1616 Viscount Brackley.
Less than two years after his own marriage to Alice,
Thomas's son John (by his first wife, Elizabeth Ravenscroft)
married Alice's second eldest daughter Lady Frances.

Together Alice and her new husband founded the Bridgewater Library.

In 1601, Thomas Egerton bought Harefield Place in Middlesex, and in
July 1602, the Queen was entertained at Harefield by the Egertons.

Lady Alice had Haydon Hall in Eastcote built in 1630 after she became
concerned that Lord Castlehaven would attempt to claim her estate in
the event of her death. After she died in 1636, her eldest daughter
reverted to her first married name, Lady Chandos, and became owner
of the house. Alice was known as the Dowager Countess of Derby.

Alice was a noted patron of the arts, along with her sisters, Anne,
Baroness MountEAGLE & Elizabeth Spencer, Baroness Hunsdon. Poet
Edmund Spenser was a distant relative of hers; in his pastoral poem,
Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, he represented her as "Amaryllis",
whereas her sisters, Anne and Elizabeth were "Charillis"
and "Phyllis", and Alice's husband was "Amyntas".
"Amaryllis" was described as "the highest in degree".>>
-----------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.student.kun.nl/l.derooy/index.html?alice5.html

<<At the end of the 2nd chapter of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland:
"There was a Duck, and a Dodo, a Lory and an EAGLEt". The Duck is
Canon Duckworth, the friend that went with them on the boat trip,
Lorina is the *LORY* and Edith the EAGLEt. Dodo was
Charles Dodgson, who had a slight stutter which
made him sometimes give his name as 'Do-do-Dodgson'.>>
.......................................................
"The first question of course was, how to get dry again: they had
a consultation about this, and after a few minutes it seemed quite
natural to Alice to find herself talking familiarly with them, as
if she had known them all her life. Indeed, she had quite a long
argument with the *LORY*, who at last turned sulky, and would only
say, `I am older than you, and must know better'; and this Alice
would not allow without knowing how old it was, and, as the *LORY*
positively refused to tell its age, there was no more to be said."
-------------------------------------------------------
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded
CHAPTER XI. THE MAN IN THE MOON.

Something rubbed affectionate[L]y against
my knee. [A]nd I looked down. A[N]d I could
see noth[I]ng ! Only, about a ya[R]d off, there
was a d[O]g's tail, wagging, a[L]l by itself!

[LORINA L.] -15 Prob. (skip < 16) ~ 1 in 78
---------------------------------------------
*DANVER's ESChEaT* is code for
*has DE CERVANTES*
where *has* = *you have* (Spanish)

Just as:
*DE CERVANTES* is code for *SCANT: DE VERE*

([Hamlet]'s fat, & *SCANT* of breath.)
----------------------------------------------------
_MINERVA BRITANNA_ by Henry Peacham
........................................
Honores isti aliunde.

The cheifest good, (ah would so good it were)
That most imagine Honours bring with them,
We pick from others praises here and there,
So patch herewith an Indian Diadem
Of Parrats feathers, vocall favours light,
And Plumes indeede, whereto we haue no right.
He is not honourd that Discents can show,
Nor he that can commaund a numerous traine,
Nor he to whome the vulgar lout so low,
Nor he that followes Fashion light and vaine,
Saluting windowes, and around doth wheele,
Like VRSA MAIOR, starres from head to heele.
We honour him, whose Actions not deface,
The Glories which his Ancestors haue wonne,
By Cowardise, or vic{I}ous liuing ba{S}e,
Ne wrong for {P}assion, or Aff{E}ct hath don[E]:
I{N} whome at on[C]e, Artes, Bount[I]e, Valour, dwel[L].
Contending e[A]ch which other should excell.

{I,SPEN} 12
[ALICE] -12
.............................................
QuZ plantivi irrigabo.

The Thistle arm'd with vengeaunce for his foe,
And here the Rose, faire CytherZas flower;
Together in perpetuall league doe growe,
On whome the Heavens doe all their favours power;
“For what th' Almighties holy hand doth plant,
“Can neither cost, or carefull keeping *WANT* .
Magnifique Prince, the splendour of whose face,
Like brightest Phoebvs *VER(tu)E* doth reviue;
And farre away, light-loathing vice doth chase,
These be thy Realmes; that vnder thee doe thriue,
And which vnit[E], gods providen[C]e doth blesse,
W[I]th peace, with p[L]entie, and *ALL H[A]PPINES* .

[ALICE] -13
-------------------------------------------------------
. http://www.tiny.cc/VnVtD
.
[=34] *CECIL* Papers 88/101 (bifolium, 232mm x 170mm),
Oxford to [Robert] *CECIL*; 7 October 1601 (W337;F593).
.
My VERy good Brother,
.
.... I am aduised, that I may passe *MY BOOKE* from her
Magestie, yf a warrant may be procured to my cosen Bacon
and Seriant [=Sergeant] *HARRIS* to *PERFET [=perfect] yt* .
Whiche beinge doone, I know to whome formallye to thanke,
but reallye they shalbe, and are from me, and myne,
*to be sealed vp in an AETERNALL REMEMBRANCE to yowre selfe*
And thus *WISHINGE ALL HAPPINES* to yow....
.
7th of October from my House at Hakney. 1601.
Yowre most assured and louinge Broother.
(signed) Edward Oxenford (ital.; 4+7)
.
Addressed (O): To the ryghte honorable & my VERy good Broother
Sir Robert *CECILL* on [=one] of her Magestyes pryvie Councel
and principall Secretarie giue thes at the Coorte. [seal]
Endorsed: 1601 7 October: Erle of Oxenford to my Master.
---------------------------------------------------------------
Thomas Shelton's Don Quixote, Part 1.

The Third *BOOK* XIII. How the Curate and the Barber
Put Their Design in Practice, with Many Other Things
Worthy to Be Recorded in This Famous History

The curate would not permit them to VEIL and bekerchief him, but set
on his head a white quilted linen nightcap, which he carried for the
night, and girded his forehead with a black taffeta *GARTER* , and
with the other he *MASKED HIS FACE* , wherewithal he coVERED his beard
and visage *VERy NEATly* ; then did he encasque his pate in his hat,
which was *SO BROAD* , as it might sERVE him excellently for a
quitasol; and lapping himself up handsomely in his long *CLOAK* ,
he went to horse, and rode as women use. Then mounted the barber
likewise on his *MULE* , with his beard hanging down to the girdle,
*half RED and half WHITE* , as that which, as we have said,
was made of the tail of a *pied-coloured OX*
---------------------------------------------------------------
. (OX)f(O)r(D) __ (DO)n qui(XO)te
. ------------- ______ ---------------
_ MANCHEAN _______ MANCHEgAN
__ BASIN knight ___ BASIN helmet
. (de la Manche) __ (de *LA MANCHA*)
.
. Active imagination. __ Active imagination
__ Avid reader ___ Avid reader
.
_ HACKNEY writer ___ HACKNEY rider
. (= BROOKE HOUSE). _____ (= Rosinante)
.
. *TOM CECIL* (of Stamford) __ *TOM CECIaL*
. "brother-in-law & *gossip* " "neighbour & *gossip* "
. {only Vere Garter vote}
.
. CARDANO publisher __ CARDENIO
.
___ Short ___________ Tall
.
. *William CECIL* on *MULE* Barber on *MULE*
.
. "short?" side-kick StANley short side-kick SANcho
. Governor of Isle of Man Governor of an Island
. (for services rendered) (for services rendered)
. StANley's *eliZA vERE* SANcho's *tEREsa panZA*
. *STRANGE EARLs* *STRANGE EARLs*
--------------------------------------------------------------
_________ *eLIzA Vere*
_________ *AVILe zeer* : *AVILe pain* (Dutch)
-----------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: humanities.lit.authors.shakespeare
From: Neuendorffer <p...@erols.com>
Date: 1999/06/18
Subject: 3 WOOLSACKS <=> 3 LORD CHANCELLORS
-----------------------------------------------------------
Ben Jonson's coat-of-arms contained 3 WOOLSACKS
. http://home.eznet.net/~jeff/jonson.html
---------------------------------------------------------
WOOLSACK, n. A sack or bag of wool; specifically,
THE SEAT OF THE LORD CHANCELLOR of England
in the House of Lords, being a large, square
sack of wool resembling a divan in form.
----------------------------------------------------------
3 WOOLSACKS <=> 3 LORD CHANCELLORS
----------------------------------------------------------
1) Francis Bacon (1618-1621): "I acknowlegdge the sentence just,
and for reformation's sake fit, the justest CHANCELLOR that
hath been in the five changes since Sir Nicolas Bacon's time."

2) Thomas Wriothesley (1544-1550) 1st Earl of Southampton
- Chancellor in _Henry VIII_:
---------------------------------------------------------
Chancellor: This is too much; Forbear, for shame, my lords.

GARDINER: I have done.

CROMWELL: And I.

Chancellor: Then thus for you, my lord: it stands agreed,
. I take it, by all voices, that forthwith
. You be convey'd to the Tower a prisoner;
. There to remain till the king's further pleasure
. Be known unto us: are you all agreed, lords?
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and . . . 3) Thomas Egerton (1597-1617):
Husband of Alice Spencer Stanley EGERTON.
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THE LORD CHANCELLOR Ellesmere (1596-1617)

<<The chancelor's Court of Chancery was originally set up as a
tribunal to decide cases not served by the common law.

When it granted relief against judgements of common law in 1616, a
conflict with Ellesmere's antagonist, Sir Edward

Coke, chief justince of the King's Bench, ensued and was resolved only
by the King's decision in favour of equity

(EARL of OXFORD's case). Thereafter the equitable jurisdiction of the
Court of Chancery was unquestioned.>> - Encyclopedia Brittanica.

EGERTON, THOMAS, 1st Viscount Brackley, Lord Chancellor of Ellesmere
(1540-1617). Patron (Lord Chancellor's 1608). (Husband of Alice
Spencer Stanley Egerton) [Peerage ii, 271 (1912); Heltzel,
'Sir Thomas Egerton as Patron' (1948); Seronsy, 'Daniel's Letter
to Egerton' (1965); Hasler, House of Commons ii, 80 (1981);
Tiner, 'York', 21 (1992)]

EGERTON, Alice Spencer Stanley (c.1555-1637). Sister of Anne Spencer
Stanley Compton Sackville and Elizabeth Spencer Carey Eure; wife of
Ferdinando Stanley and Thomas Egerton. [Peerage iv, 212 (1916)]

[ http://www.clark.net/pub/tross/ws/bd/bio-e.htm ]
----------------------------------------------------------
[M]R. William
SHAK{E}SPE[A|R)ES
Comedi(E)s,
H{I}sto[R|I)es &
Traged(I)es,
{P}ubl[I|S)hed according to t[He] True Orig(I)nal Copies
....................................................
________ <= 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>
..................................................
(HEIDI): diminutive of the name AdelHEID
as ALICE is dim. of *ADELAIDE* : "of noble birth"
----------------------------------------------------
TO THE ONLIE BEGETTER OF THESE INSVING 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 V 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
.
ADVENTVRER IN SETTING FORTH.
..................................................
THE LA. [MARI]e (He)r(be)rt COUNTESSE OF PEMBROOKE.
..................................................
(NOVe): in a new or unusual manner {Latin}
...............................................
. GOOD FREND FOR (ie){SUS}' SAKE FOR(be)ARE,
___ TO DIGG THE DU(st) ENCLOASED (He)ARE:
. BLESTE BE Ye MAN Yt SPA[RE]S THES STONES,
. AND CURST BE HE Yt MO[VE]S MY BONES.
...............................................
http://library.thinkquest.org/5175/images/grave1.jpg
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'Daphnaïda' An Elegy (1596, Edmund Spenser)

. For I will walke this wandring pilgrimage,
. Throughout the world from one to other end,
. And in affliction wast my better age:
.
. *My BREAD shall be the anguish of my mind* ,
. My drink the *TEARES* which fro mine eyed do raine,
. My bed the ground that hardest I may finde;
. So will I wilfully increase my paine.

Three years later Edmund [SPENS]er "died in *WANT of BREAD* "

His fellow poets "vied with each other in Elegiac
tributes to his memory" and threw their verses into
his grave along with the [PENS] that wrote them.
.....................................................
“I could not get one bit of *BREAD*
Whereby my hunger might be fed. ...
So, weary of my life, at length
I yielded up my vital strength
Within a *DITCH* ... which since that day
Is *ShoreDITCH* called, as writers say.”

(The tragedy of Jane Shore is by Nicholas Rowe).
--------------------------------------------------------------
Francis Meres

And as Horace saith of his;
Exegi momumentum aere perennius;
Regalique; fitu pyramidum altius;
Quod non imber edax; Richard Barnfield's
Non Aquilo impotens possit diruere; 1598
aut innumerabilis annorum series "A Remembrance of
&c. fuga temporum : some English Poets"
so say I seuerally of Humors. in Poems in Divers

sir Philip Sidneys,
{SPENC}ers, --- Live [SPENS]er. . .
Daniels, --- And Daniell. . .
Draytons, --- And Drayton. . .
(honey-tongued) Shakespeares, --- And Shakespeare thou,
and Warners workes; whose hony-flowing Vaine,
---------------------------------------------------------------
Francis Meres's William Camden
Palladis Tamia: Wits Treasury Remains of a Greater Worke
1598 Sep 7 (registered) Concerning Britaine (1605)

so the English tongue is If I would come
mightily enriched, to our own time,
and gorgeouslie inuested what a world
in rare ornaments and I could present
resplendent abiliments by to you out of

sir Philip Sidney, --- Sir Philipp Sidney,
{SPENC}er, --- Ed. [SPENS]er,
Daniel, --- Samuel Daniel,
Drayton, Hugh Holland,
Warner, Ben. Jonson,
Shakespeare, Th. Campion,
Marlow Mich. Drayton,
and Chapman.... --- George Chapman,
John Marston,
William Shakespeare
---------------------------------------------------------------
From: "Stephanie Caruana" <spear-sha...@mindspring.com>
Newsgroups: humanities.lit.authors.shakespeare
Subject: Re: Who's buried in whose tomb?
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 16:20:42 -0400
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
<<Ogburn quotes an account of [SPENS]er's funeral in which [SPENS]er's
fellow poets "vied with each other in Elegiac tributes to his memory"
and threw their verses into his grave along with the [PENS] that wrote
them. In fact, no contemporary account of [SPENS]er's funeral exists;
the story Ogburn quotes comes from the third volume of William
Camden's Annales, which was not published until 1627,
28 years after [SPENS]er's death.>> - David Kathman
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I haven't seen any references to Shakespeare being among
the mourners at [SPENS]er's funeral, that I can recall.

But Clara Longworth de Chambrun states;

"...Shakespeare reached the end of the century whose last years
were saddened for the world of letters by the tragic death
of the author of The Faerie Queene.

... "Edmund [SPENS]er after an unlucky attempt at protestant
colonization in Ireland, had been driven out by the peasants who set
fire to his house. He lost one of his sons in the conflagration; and
came with his wife and three remaining children, to seek refuge in
London, where he died in extreme poverty. The Earl of Essex undertook
his funeral expenses, as the Queen preferred not to be associated
with a miserable end which reflected adversely upon her policy,
for rebellion grew in Ireland from day to day.

... "On January 20, 1599, the poets gathered at the modest
house where their illustrious colleague lay dead. They carried his
coffin in procession to Westminster Abbey near at hand, and deposited
it in the chapel reserved for famous men of letters. His tomb was
placed next to that of Chaucer, and each poet with head inclined
dropped on it a symbolic scroll to which a quill was attached.

The historian William Camden wrote an account of the funeral.

..."The identity of the eight poets who carried [SPENS]er's coffin to
his burial in Westminster Abbey, is revealed by the historian, who was
an eye-witness of the ceremony. Camden, moreover, declares that they
are the most distinguished authors of his time, and those whom future
Sages will be compelled to admire: "Samuel Daniel, Hugh Holland,
Ben Jonson, Tho. Campion, Mich Drayton, George Chapman,
John Marston and William Shakespeare."

.. "A few years later, Sir Francis Beaumont
. was interred beside [SPENS]er."

It seems odd, indeed, if Shakespeare is mentioned by Camden as
being one of the eight distinguished English poets who mourned
at [SPENS]er's funeral, that this is not mentioned by other
Shakespearean scholars.>>
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<<Clark Holloway brought to my attention a 1628 epitaph
by Ben Jonson for a certain Henry, Lord La-Ware:

An Epitaph, on Henry L. La-ware.
To the Pas{S}er-by.

If, {P}asseng{E}r, thou c{A}nst but {R}eade:
Stay, drop a teare for him that's (D)ead,
Henr(Y), the brav(E) young Lo(R)d La-ware,
Minerva's and the Muses care!
What could their care doe 'gainst the {S}pigh{T}
Of a D{I}seas{E}, that lov'd no light
Of honour, nor no ayre of good?
But crept like darknesse through his blood?
Offended with the dazeling flame
Of VER(tu)E, got above his name?
No noble furniture of parts,
No love of action, and high Arts.
No aime at glorie, or in warre,
Ambition *to become a Starre* ,
Could stop the m{ALICE} of this ill,
T[H]at spr[E]ad his [B]ody o'r[E], to kill:
And only, his great Soule ENVY'd,
Because it durst [H]av[E] No[B]li[E]r dy'd.

(DYER) 8
{SPEAR} 7
[HEBE] 6
{STIE} 5
[HEBE] 4
{ALICE} 1
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An Execration upon Vulcan. by Ben Jonson
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ANd why to me this, thou lame Lord of Fire,
What had I done that might call on thine Ire?
Or urge thy greedy Flame, thus to devour
So many my Years-labours in an hour?
I ne're attempted Vulcan 'gainst thy Life;
Nor made least Line of Love to thy loose Wife;
Or in remembrance of thy afront, and scorn
With Clowns, and Tradesmen, kept thee clos'd in Horn.
'Twas Jupiter that hurl'd thee headlong down,
And Mars, that gave thee a Lanthorn for a Crown:
Was it because thou wert of old denied
By Jove to have Minerva for thy Bride.
That since thou tak'st all envious care and pain,
To ruine any Issue of the Brain?
Had I wrote Treason there, or Heresie,
Imposture, Whitchcraft, Charms, or Blasphemy?
I had deserv'd then, thy consuming Looks,
Perhaps, to have been *BURNED WITH MY BOOKS* .
But, on thy M[ALICE], tell me, didst thou spy
Any, least loose, or surrile Paper, lye
Conceal'd, or kept there, that was fit to be,
By thy own Vote, a Sacrifice to thee?
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Art Neuendorffer