I wonder if Harvey’s “Minerva In thy RIGHT HAND lies hidden” might allude to Peacham’s frontispiece, where the curtained author’s right hand writes the de Vere anagram..
Thanks for this thorough exposition. Liam Scheff’s collection “Official Stories” contains a good essay on de Vere as Shakespeare that cites, among other evidence, very specific geographical knowledge of Italy. I don’t remember if he mentions Looney or others who have made similar arguments (I don’t have the book at hand) but all the essays are worth reading if you don’t know Scheff’s work.
Thanks, I'll check it out. The Minerva references are important, and 'Minerva Brittana' in Peacham's title is a without doubt a reference to Shakespeare, Britain's Minerva, the spear-shaker. But Peacham's book is 1612, I believe, whereas Harvey's address was 1578, so I would see both as being allusions to same context of secrecy; and there's a lot more to be said about that.
Given the timing, Peacham could be alluding to Harvey then, but in any case both are operating covertly in accordance with Minerva’s esoteric significance as a nocturnal figure whose wise totem is the owl. As Hegel says, “The owl of Minerva flies only at dusk.”
The evidence for Bacon far exceeds that for DeVere. Actual hard physical evidence. DeVere was no doubt involved. Many were involved by necessity. Many knew of the secret authorship. Of course they did. Few were any actual secrets in Tudor Town. The real secret was that Shakespeare was designed for English exceptionalism, nationalism and the future world-encompassing occult empire. The proof is the war mongering, alchemy and Freemasonry embedded in the plays. Only Bacon was capable of such grandiosity, and of pulling it off.
Welcome, and thanks for commenting. Actually I'm working on a piece about Bacon, but I'm happy to get into discussion about his role in the Shakespeare project. I'm reading your updated essay with interest, and will make some comments there if I've got anything to add.
I wonder if Harvey’s “Minerva In thy RIGHT HAND lies hidden” might allude to Peacham’s frontispiece, where the curtained author’s right hand writes the de Vere anagram..
Thanks for this thorough exposition. Liam Scheff’s collection “Official Stories” contains a good essay on de Vere as Shakespeare that cites, among other evidence, very specific geographical knowledge of Italy. I don’t remember if he mentions Looney or others who have made similar arguments (I don’t have the book at hand) but all the essays are worth reading if you don’t know Scheff’s work.
Thanks, I'll check it out. The Minerva references are important, and 'Minerva Brittana' in Peacham's title is a without doubt a reference to Shakespeare, Britain's Minerva, the spear-shaker. But Peacham's book is 1612, I believe, whereas Harvey's address was 1578, so I would see both as being allusions to same context of secrecy; and there's a lot more to be said about that.
Given the timing, Peacham could be alluding to Harvey then, but in any case both are operating covertly in accordance with Minerva’s esoteric significance as a nocturnal figure whose wise totem is the owl. As Hegel says, “The owl of Minerva flies only at dusk.”
The evidence for Bacon far exceeds that for DeVere. Actual hard physical evidence. DeVere was no doubt involved. Many were involved by necessity. Many knew of the secret authorship. Of course they did. Few were any actual secrets in Tudor Town. The real secret was that Shakespeare was designed for English exceptionalism, nationalism and the future world-encompassing occult empire. The proof is the war mongering, alchemy and Freemasonry embedded in the plays. Only Bacon was capable of such grandiosity, and of pulling it off.
https://open.substack.com/pub/robertfrederick/p/the-overwhelming-evidence-francis?r=1iqqju&utm_medium=ios
Thanks for the tip on the Borges! Cheers
Welcome, and thanks for commenting. Actually I'm working on a piece about Bacon, but I'm happy to get into discussion about his role in the Shakespeare project. I'm reading your updated essay with interest, and will make some comments there if I've got anything to add.
Fantastic. Nice to meet you 😃