• THOMAS BROWNE (2/2)

    From Arthur Neuendorffer@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 18 19:25:24 2021
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    for most of the book as well as many unpublished notes, survive as
    Society of Antiquaries MSS. 127 and 128. In one of these notebooks,
    under the heading "Stratford upon Avon," WeEVER recorded the poems
    from Shakespeare's monument and his gravestone, as follows: ..........................................................
    . Iudcio Pilum, Genio Socratem, Arte Maronem
    . Terra tegit, populus maeret, Olympus habet.

    .{S}tay Passenger, why go{E}s[T] thou by so fast
    . Rea{D} i[F] your canst whome env[I]ous death hath plac'd
    . [W]ithin this monument [S]hakespeare with who[M]e
    . Quick Nature dy'd wh[O]se name doth deck his [T]ombe
    . far more then co{S}t, sith all yt hee hath {W}ritt
    . L(E)ave(S) liv(I)ng A(R)t but page to serve hi{S W}itt.
    .
    . ob Ano doi 1616 AEtat. 53. 24 die April
    .
    . Good frend for Iesus sake [F]orbeare
    . To digg th{e d[U]s}t enclosed heare
    . Bl[E]st bee ye man that spa[R]es these stones
    . And c[U]rst bee hee that move[S] my bones. .........................................................
    In the margin opposite the heading "Stratford upon Avon",
    WeEVER wrote "Willm Shakespeare the famous poet",
    .
    and opposite the last two lines of the epitaph
    he wrote "vpo[n] the grave stone".>> ...................................................
    ____________ <= 18 =>
    .
    . {S} t .a. y P a s s e n g e r w h y g o
    . {E} s [T] t h o u b y s o f a s t R e a
    . {D} i [F] y o u r c a n s t w h o m e e
    . .n. v [I] o u s d e a t h h a t h p l a
    . .c. d [W] i t h i n t h i s m o n u m e
    . .n. t [S] h a k e s p e a r e w i t h w
    . .h. o [M] e Q u i c k N a t u r e d y d
    . .w. h [O] s e n a m e d o t h d e c k h
    . .i. s*[T] O M B E*f a r m o r e t h e n
    . .c. o {S} t s i{T}h a l l y t h e e h a
    . .t. h {W} r i t{T}L(E)a v e(S)l i v(I)n
    . .g. A (R) t b u{T}p a g e t o s e r v e
    . .h. i {S W} i t{T}
    .
    [TOM SWIFT] -18
    {S.E.D.} 18
    (RISE) -4
    .
    Prob. of [TOM SWIFT] ~ 1 in 2,230,000 (any skip) .................................................
    . . . <= 18 =>
    .
    . G O(O) D {F} r e n d f(O)r J e s u s s
    . a k(E)[F]{O} r b e a r(E)T(O)d i g g t
    . h{e d [U]{S} t e n c l(O)s(E)d h e a r
    . e B l [E]{S} t b e e y(E)m a n t h a t
    . s p a [R]{E} s t h e{S}e s t o n e s A
    . n d c [U]_r .s t b e{E}h e e t h a t m
    . o v e [S]_M .y b o n{E}s
    ........................................
    {FOSSE} 18 : A grave (Old French)
    [F. UERUS] 18 ~ 1 in 23,800 (any skip)
    Prob. of *UERUS* ~ 1 in 1090 (any skip) -----------------------------------------------
    . . . . . <= 18 =>
    .
    . L e t t h e .b. i r d o f l o u d e s
    . t l a y O n .t. h e s o l e A r a b i
    . a n t r e e .H. e r a l d s a d a n d
    . t r u m p e .t. b e T o w h o s e s o
    . u n d c h a [S] t e w i n g s o b e y
    . B u t t h o [U] s h r i e k i n g h a
    . r b i n g e [R] F o u l p r e c u r r
    . e r o f t h [E] f i e n d A u g u r o
    . f t h e*F E [V] E R'S*e n d T o t h i
    . s t r o u p [E] C O M E(t)h o u n o t
    . n e a r
    .
    [E. VERUS {COME(s)}] -18
    Prob. of [E. VERUS] ~ 1 in 12,240 (any skip) ..............................................
    . [E]douardus [VERUS] , {COME(s)} Oxoniae,
    . Vicecomes Bulbeck, Dominus de Scales
    . & Badlismer, D. Magnus Angliae Ca-
    . merarius: Lectori. S. D. ---------------------------------------------------------- http://shakespeareauthorship.com/monrefs.html

    According to David Kathman:

    17th-century References to Shakespeare's Stratford Monument ............................................................
    1) 1630: There was no Stratford monument.

    2) 1631: There were the poems of the Stratford monument including:

    "Leaves living Art but pa[ge to serve his wit]t."

    . pa[Ge to serve his Wit]t
    . anagram
    . [Geo. Wither vestis]

    [vestis :(Latin) a garment, vesture; from vestio:
    I clothe, dress.
    I adorn, attire, deck.
    I make emperor (i.e. clothe in imperial purple).]

    3) 1634: There was (finally) in Stratford: "A *NEAT* Monument
    of that famous English Poet, Mr. William Shakespeere" ---------------------------------------------------------
    EPIGRAMS. BOOK I. The Author B. J. http://hollowaypages.com/jonson1692epigrams.htm

    Dedication:

    To the great Example of Honour, and *VER(tu)E* , the most
    Noble William, Earl of Pembroke, Lord Chamberla[I]n, &c.

    MY LORD, WHil[E] {Y}ou cannot cha[N]ge your Merit, I [D]a{R}e
    not change [Y]our Title: It wa[S] th{A}t made it, and not I.
    Under which NA{M}E, I here offer to your Lordship
    the ripest of my Studies, my Epigrams;

    _________ <= 13 =>

    . *V. E. R (t .u) E*,t h e m o s t
    . .N. o. b. l .e. W. i l l i a m E
    . .a. r. l. o .f. P. e m b r o k e,
    . .L. o. r. d .C. h. a m b e r l a
    . [I] n &c. M .Y. L. O R D,W H i l
    . [E]{Y} o .u .c. a. n n o t c h a
    . [N] g. e .y .o. u. r M e r i t,I
    . [D] a {R} e .n. o. t c h a n g e
    . [Y] o. u .r. T. i. t l e:I t w a
    . [S] t. h {A} t. m. a d e i t,a n
    . .d. n. o .t. I. U. n d e r w h i
    . .c. h. N .A {M} E, I h e r e o f
    . .f. e. r .t .o. y. o u r L o r d
    . .s. h. i .p
    .
    [SYDNEI] -13
    {MARY} -27
    ---------------------------------------------
    LXV. (65) To my Muse.

    AWay, and leave me, thou thing most abhor'd
    That hast betray'd me to a worthless Lord;
    [M]ade me commit most fircefierce Idolatry
    To a gre[A]t Image through thy Luxury.
    Be thy next Masters mo[R]e u(N)lucky Muse,
    And, as thou'hast mine, his Hours, and [Y](O)uth abuse.
    Get him the Times long grudg, the Cour(T)[S] ill will;
    And Reconcil'd, keep him Suspected st(I)ll.
    Make him lose all his Friends; and, which is wo(R)se,
    Almost all ways, to any better course.
    With me (T)hou leav'st an happier Muse than thee,
    And which thou brought'st me, welcome Poverty.
    She shall instruct my After-thoughts to write
    Things manly, and not smelling Parasite.
    But I repent me: Stay. Who e're is rais'd,
    For worth he has not, He is tax'd, not prais'd. ...................................................
    . <= 40 =>
    .
    . [M]a d e m e .commitmostfircefierceIdolatryToagr
    . .e[A]t I m a .gethroughthyLuxuryBethynextMasters
    . .m o[R]e u(N) luckyMuseAndasthouhastminehisHours
    . .a n d[Y|O)u .thabuseGethimtheTimeslonggrudgtheC
    . .o u r(T|S]i .llwillAndReconcildkeephimSuspected
    . .s t(I)l l M .akehimloseallhisFriendsandwhichisw
    . .o(R)s e A l .mostallwaystoanybettercourseWithme
    . (T)h o u l e .avstanhappierMusethantheeAndwhicht
    . .h o u b r o .ughtstmewelcomePoverty
    .
    [MARY S.] 41
    (TRITON) -39 : Thomas Lodge crest. ..................................................
    With me thou leav'st an happier Muse than thee,
    And which thou brought'st me, welcome Poverty.
    She shall in(S)truct my After-thoughts t(O) write
    Things manly, and no(T) smelling Parasite.
    But I r(E)pent me: Stay. Who e're is rai(S)'d,
    For worth he has not, He is (T)ax'd, not prais'd.

    (SO TEST) -22
    Prob. of 5(SO TEST)s skip< 23 in Epigrams ~1 in 87 ---------------------------------------------------------
    Seventeenth-century References
    to Shakespeare's Stratford Monument by David Kathman http://shakespeareauthorship.com/monrefs.html

    <<In 1634 a military company of Norwich was travelling through
    the English countryside. One Lieutenant [Hammond] of the company
    kept a diary of what he encountered during his travels, and
    on or about September 9 he made the following entry:

    In that dayes travell we came by Stratford upon Avon, where
    in the church in that towne there are some monuments, which
    church was built by Archbishop Stratford. Those worth
    observing, and which wee tooke notice of, were these.

    The monument of Sr. Hugh Clopton, who built tha(T) [S]trong
    stone bridge of f(A|Y]re arches over that riv(E|R]. He was
    Ld. Mayor of Londo(N). [A] (NEAT) monument of that f(A|M]ous
    English poet, Mr. Wm. Shakespeere, who was borne heere. .................................................
    _____ . . <= 21 =>
    .
    . . . . . . . . . . . . .T h e m o n u m e n t
    . o f S r.H .u. g. h C l o p t o n w h o b u i
    . l t t h a (T)[S] t r o n g s t o n e b r i d
    . g e o f f (A)[Y] r e a r c h e s o v e r t h
    . a t r i v (E)[R] H e w a s L d.M a y o r o f
    . L o n d o (N)[A](N E A T)m o n u m e n t o f
    . t h a t f (A)[M] o u s E n g l i s h p o e t
    . {M r.W m.S h a k e s p e e r e}w h o w a s
    . b o r n e h e e r e.
    .
    [MARY,S.] -21 : Prob. ~ 1 in 1035
    (A NEAT) -21
    .................................................
    And one of an old gentleman, a batchelor, Mr. Combe, upon whose
    name the sayd poet did merrily fann up some witty and facetious
    verses, which time would nott give us leave to sacke up. ----------------------------------------------------------------
    _____ <= 51 =>
    .
    . *A NEA T MONUMENT* ofthatfamousEnglishPoetMrWmShakes P [E] ere
    . {W} how A sbornehe ereAndoneofanoldGentlemanaBatchel O [R] MrC
    . {O} mbe U ponwhose namethesaydPoetdidmerrilyfannupso M [E] wit
    . {T} yan d facetiou sverseswhichtimewouldnottgiveusle A [V] eto
    . {S} ack e up.
    .
    {STOW Monument}: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_Stow.jpg
    [VERE] -51
    ------------------------------------------------------- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stow http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/John_Stow.jpg

    <<In 1561 John Stow (c. 1525 - 6 April 1605) published, The woorkes of Geffrey Chaucer, newly printed with divers additions whiche were never in printe before. This was followed in 1565 by his Summarie of Englyshe Chronicles. Stow having in his
    dedication to the edition of 1567 referred to the rival publication of Richard Grafton (c. 1500 - c. 1572) in terms, the dispute between them became extremely embittered.

    Stow's antiquarian tastes brought him under ecclesiastical suspicion as a person "with many dangerous and superstitious books in his possession", and in 1568 his house was searched. An inventory was taken of certain books he possessed "in defence of
    papistry." In 1580, Stow published his Annales, or a Generale Chronicle of England from Brute until the present yeare of Christ 1580. Stow's Survey of London published in 1598, not only interesting for the quaint simplicity of its style and its amusing
    descriptions and anecdotes, but of unique value for its detailed account of the buildings, social condition and customs of London in the time of Queen Elizabeth I. A 2nd edition appeared in his lifetime in 1603, a 3rd with additions by Anthony Munday in
    1618. Through the patronage of archbishop Matthew Parker, Stow was able to print the Flores historiarum of Matthew of Westminster in 1567, the Chronicle of Matthew Paris in 1571, and the Historia brevis of Thomas Walsingham in 1574. In the Chronicle of
    England 1590 Stow writes: "To The Honorable Sir John Hart, Lord Maior, The Chronicle written before that nothing is perfect the first time, and that it is incident to mankinde to erre and slip sometimes, but the point of fanta[s]tical fooles to preserve
    and continue in their errors."

    Ben Jonson relates that Stow jocularly asked two mendicant cripples "what they would have to take him to their order." Stow was buried in the church of St Andrew Undershaft, where the monument erected by his widow, a terracotta figure of him, still
    remains. The pen held in the hand of his alabaster monument is renewed every three years by the Lord Mayor of the City of London.>>
    ---------------------------------------------------------
    17-century References to Shakespeare's Stratford Monument
    by David Kathman

    http://shakespeareauthorship.com/monrefs.html

    <<In 1658, two years after the publication of Dugdale's
    Antiquities of Warwickshire, Sir Aston Cokain's collection
    Small Poems of *DIVERS* Sorts contained a poem to Dugdale.
    It was entitled "To my worthy, and learned Friend
    Mr. William Dugdale, upon his Warwickshire
    Illustrated," and it goes as follows: ......................................................
    . Now Stratfor[D] upon Avon, we would choose
    . Thy gentle and ing[E]nious Shakespeare Muse,
    . (Were he among the li[V]ing yet) to *RAISE*
    . T' ou{R} An(T)iquari(E|S) merit (S|O)m[E] jus(T) *PRAISE*:
    . And sweet-tongu'd Drayton (th{A}t h[A]th given renown
    . Unto a poor (before) and obscu[R]e town,
    . Harsull) w{E}re he not fal'n *INTO HIS TOMB[E]*,
    . Would crown this work with an Encomi{U}m.
    . Our Warwick-shire the Heart of England is,
    . As you most evidently {H}ave proved by this;
    . Having it with more spirit dignifi'd,
    . Then all our English Counties are beside.
    . . [Shakspere Allusion Book, II, 71]>> ............................................
    _ . . . <= 7 =>
    .
    . .T'o u{R}A n (T)
    . .i q u a r i (E)
    . (S)m e r i t (S)
    . (O)m[E]j u s (T)
    . *P R A I S E*
    ............................................
    _______ <= 37 =>

    . NowStratfor [D] uponAvonwewouldchooseThyg
    . entleanding [E] niousShakespeareMuseWereh
    . eamongtheli [V] ingyettoRAISETourAntiquar
    . iesmeritsom [E] justPRAISEAndsweettongudD
    . raytonthath [A] thgivenrenownUntoapoorbef
    . oreandobscu [R] etownHarsullwerehenotfaln
    .*INTOHISTOMB [E] WouldcrownthisworkwithanE
    . ncomium.
    .
    . Our Warwick-shire t.he Heart of England is,
    . As you most evidently {H}ave proved by this;
    . Having it with more spirit dignifi'd,
    . Then all our English Counties are beside.

    [DEVEARE] skip 37: Prob. ~ 1 in 72,300
    {H.UEARE} skip -54
    -------------------------------------------------
    Burial registry: July 6th 1604:

    ' [E]dward [VEARE] earl of Oxford',

    ' Edward [DEVEARE] Erle of Oxenford
    . was buryed the 6th daye of Iulye Anno 1604' ............................................
    The 1612 MINERVA BRITANNA *MENTE VIDEBOR*
    ______ anagram is clearly *DE VERE IN TOMB* ............................................
    Within this monument Shakespeare with whome
    Quick Nature dy'd whose name doth deck his Tombe ..............................................
    Monstrous Adversary: The Life of Edward de Vere,
    17th Earl of Oxford By Alan H. Nelson, p. 425

    http://tinyurl.com/9vp9mpc

    Of two surviving registers, one notes under burials:

    . '[E]dward [VEARE] earl of Oxford',

    A second register notes:

    . 'Edward [DEVEARE] Erle of Oxenford
    . was buryed the 6th daye of Iulye Anno 1604' --------------------------------------------------
    . Sonnet 38
    .
    HOw can my Muse WANT subiect to *INVENT*
    While thou dost breath that poor'st into my *VERSE* ,
    Thine owne sweet argument, to e{X}cell[E]nt,
    F{O}r EVE[R]y vu{L}gar p[A]per to *reH[E]ARSE* :
    Oh gi[V]e thy self[E] the thankes if ought in me,
    WORTHy perusal stand against thy sight,
    For who's *so dumbe* that cannot write to thee,
    When thou thy selfe dost give *INVENTion* light? ............................................
    _ . . . <= 9 =>
    .
    . t o e {X} c e l l [E]
    . n t,F {O} r E U E [R]
    . y v u {L} g a r p [A]
    . p e r .t. o r e H [E]
    . A R S .E. O h g i [V]
    . e t h .y. s e l f [E]
    . t h e .t. h a n k. e
    . s i f .o. u g h t. i
    . n m e,
    .
    [EVEARE] -9 : Prob. ~ 1 in 5 (in Sonnets)
    {LOX} -9
    ------------------------------------------------------
    20 May, 1857: Release of Hans Christian Andersen's
    _AT VÆRE ELLER IKKE VÆRE_, 1857 - "To Be or Not to Be" ..............................................
    *VAERE* = "to be" (Danish)
    *VEARE* = edward earl of Oxford' -------------------------------------------------------
    .On Mr. Wm. Shakespeare.
    . Poems, by J. D. with Elegies on the Authors Death.
    . William Basse (c. 1622)
    .
    . Renowned Spencer lye a thought more nye
    . To learned Chaucer, and rare Beaumond lye
    . A little neerer Spenser, to make roome
    . For Shak{E}speare in your threefold, fowerfol{D} Tombe.
    .(To LODGE) all fowre in one bed m{A}ke a shift
    . Untill Doomesdaye, for ha{R}dly will a sift
    . Betwixt ys day and yt {B}y Fate be slayne,
    . For whom your Curta{I}nes may be drawn againe.
    . If yo(U)r prec{E}dency in death doth barre
    . A fourth plac[E] in your sacred sepulcher,
    . Under this carved ma[R]ble of thine owne,
    . Sleepe, rare Tragoedian, Shak[E]speare sleep alone;
    . Thy unmolested peace, unsh[A]red Cave,
    . Possesse as Lord, not Tenant, of the Gra[V]e,
    . That unto us and others it may be
    . Honor hereafter to be layde by thee. ............................................
    _______ <= 39 =>

    . Ifyo (U) rprece dencyindeathdothbarreAfourth
    . plac [E] inyour sacredsepulcherUnderthiscarv
    . edma [R] bleoft hineowneSleeperareTragoedian
    . SHAK [E] SPEARE sleepaloneThyunmolestedpeace
    . unsh [A] redCav ePossesseasLordnotTenantofth
    . eGRA [V] EThatu ntousandothersitmaybeHonorhe
    . reaf .t. ertobe laydebythee.

    [VAERE] -39
    -------------------------------------------------
    _______ <= 30 =>
    .
    . ForSHAK {E} SPEAREinyourthreefoldf
    . owerfol {D} TombeToLODGEallfowrein
    . onebedm {A} keashiftUntillDoomesda
    . yeforha {R} dlywillasiftBetwixtysd
    . ayandyt {B} yFatebeslayneForwhomyo
    . urCurta {I} nesmaybedrawnagaineIfy
    . oUrprec {E} dencyindeathdothbarreA
    . fourthp .l. acEinyoursacredsepulcher
    .
    {E.DARBIE} 30 : Prob. ~ 1 in 10,300 ................................................ http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A12017.0001.001?view=toc

    <<The most lamentable Romaine tragedie of Titus Andronicus As it was plaide by the right honourable the {E}arle of {DARBIE}, Earl of Pembrooke, and Earl of Sussex their seruants.

    London: Printed by Iohn Danter, and are to be sold by Edward White & Thomas Millington, at the little North doore of Paules at the signe of the Gunne, 1594.>>
    --------------------------------------------------------------
    George [WITHER] (11 June 1588 - 2 May 1667) poet,
    . pamphleteer, & satirist clearly added the text: .................................................
    . Knew you not, traitors, I was limited
    . For four and twenty years to b[R]eathe on [E]arth?
    . And [H]ad you cu[T] my body w[I]th your s[W]ords,
    . Or hewed this flesh and bones as small as sand,
    . Yet in a minute had my spirit returned,
    . And I had breathed a man made free from harm. .................................................
    . . . <= 8 =>
    .
    . .F. o r f o u r a
    . .n. d t w e n t y
    . .y. e a r s t o b
    . [R] e a t h e o n
    . [E] a r t h?A n d
    . [H] a d y o u c u
    . [T] m y b o d y w
    . [I] t h y o u r s
    . [W] o r d s,O r h
    . .e. w e d t h i s
    . .f. l e s h a n d
    . .b. o n e s a s s
    . .m. a l l a s s a
    . .n. d,
    .........................................
    [WITHER] skip -8 : Prob. ~ 1 in 5900 ............................................ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wither https://archive.org/stream/collectionofembl00withe#page/n11/mode/thumb -----------------------------------------------------
    . Richard II Act II, i (Quarto 1, 1597)
    .
    Gaunt: Ioine with the present sicknes that I haue,
    . And thy vnkindnes be like {CROOK}ed age,
    . To crop at once a too lon[G WITHER]ed flower,
    . Liue in thy shame, but die not shame with thee,
    . These words hereafter thy tormentors be,
    . Convay me to my bed then to my graue,
    . Loue they to liue that loue and honour haue. -----------------------------------------------------
    ___ A Midsummer Night's Dream (Quarto 1, 1600)
    .
    Theseus: NOw faire Hippolita, our nuptiall hower
    . Draws on apase: fower happy daies bring in
    . An other Moone: but oh, me thinks, how slow
    . This old Moone waues! She lingers my desires,
    . Like to a Stepdame, or a dowager,
    . Lon[G WITHER]ing out a yong mans reuenewe. -------------------------------------------------
    My *main* goal is to:
    . . amuse myself with an interesting puzzle!

    My work has already inspired Alan Green & Alexander Waugh
    in their studies to locate buried Masonic Treasures: ---------------------------------------------------
    There are at least 2 anti-Stratfordian cypher-mongers
    who are attempting to make it *an exact science* by
    claiming *a priori* where written evidence might lie:

    1) Alan Green in the Stratford altar:
    . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-2AaElwQP0
    . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRSIQape79U

    2) Alexander Waugh in Westminster Abbey "St. Blaise" altar:
    . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDlfct74HC4
    . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU2p1i4_2Rs ---------------------------------------------------
    I much prefer having competent anti-Stratfordian
    cypher-monger competition (than incompetent followers). -------------------------------------------------------
    Art Neuendorffer

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