Bacon is Shake-Speare

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Durning-Lawrence Edwin. Bacon is Shake-Speare

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BACON IS SHAKESPEARE

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER XI

CHAPTER XII

Chapter XIII

CHAPTER XIV

CHAPTER XV

ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA

EDWIN DURNING-LAWRENCE

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"What does it matter whether the immortal works were written by Shakespeare (of Stratford) or by another man who bore (or assumed) the same name?"

Some twenty years ago, when this question was first propounded, it was deemed an excellent joke, and I find that there still are a great number of persons who seem unable to perceive that the question is one of considerable importance.

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The other two characters in the scene (act iii. sc. I) are Puntarvolo who, as his crest is a Boar, must be intended to represent Bacon;2 and Carlo Buffone who is a buffoon or jester.

Enter Sogliardo (the filth), who is evidently the Stratford Clown, who has just purchased a coat of arms: —

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