E CHAPTER XVI. SHAKSPERE'S SICKNESS. Why, thou globe of sinful continents, what a life dost thou lead ! VERY word of the first part of this chapter grows out of the rootnumber 523-218-305, modified by deducting 31 or 32, to-wit, the number of words in 79:1 from the top of the column to the end of scene 4, act i, or to the beginning of scene 1, act ii. The remainder of the chapter is derived from 504—167—338, and shows how substantially the same story comes out of the same text by two different root-numbers. My publishers advise me that there are already 850 pages in type, and that I must condense the remainder of the Cipher story. I shall therefore be as brief as possible, and instead of giving a continuous narrative I shall only give fragments of the story. We have two descriptions of Shakspere's sickness, one given by the Bishop of Worcester to Cecil, the other the narrative of Bacon himself, interjected into the story; the former is the briefer of the two. The first grows out of the root-number used in the last chapter, 523-218-305; the other from the root-number 505— 167 338, which gave us the story of Shakspere's youth, his quarrel with Sir Thomas Lucy, the fight, etc. The Bishop says to Cecil, after describing Shakspere's intended house, his "plate" (591 79:2, 96 80:1); his "tapistry" (594 79:2, 37 80:1); his "bed-hangins" (33 80:1), etc., that he will not live to enjoy his grandeur; that he will 305-31-274—50–224. 610-224-386+1=387+9 b— 396 22-3b (146)=19. days. 305-32-273-50-223-5 b-218-50-168-146— 577-19-558+1=559+1h= 560 77:1 The reader will observe how singularly the words match with the count. The root-number 305—31 (79:1)—274-50(74:2)=224, carried up the column (77:2), counting in the bracketed words, yields ashes; but counting in both the bracketed and hyphenated words, it gives us sack-cloth. But if we count in, in that 31, the five words in brackets, then we have: 305-50-255-31-224—5 6 (31)=219; and 219 taken up the same column gives us repents, and counting in the three hyphenated words alone it gives us in, and counting both the bracketed and hyphenated words it gives us and. Here we have repents in sack-cloth and ashes. But this is not all. The same root-number 224 carried up the same column, counting in the three hyphenated words, yields the word young; and the same root-number 255 modified by deducting 32 gives us, less 56 (32), 218, and this carried to the beginning of the scene and brought backward and up 77:1 gives us days: — young days. And observe that the word lechery occurs only this once in this play, and not again in all the ten Histories. And this is the only time repents is found in this play, and it does not appear again in all the Histories. And this is the only time sackcloth occurs in this play, and it is found but once more in all the Plays! I mention these facts for the benefit of those shallow intellects that think all words necessary for all sentences can be found anywhere. And then the Bishop goes on to speak again of Shakspere's wealth: 305-50-255-32-223-5 b (31)-218-50-168. 458 -168-290+1=291. 291 76:2 His Observe here how plays comes out twice by the same number, once as please (plase), 118 up 76:2, and the second time as plays, cunningly the word is worked in the second time: the rogue with my great toe." 118 down 78:1. And note how "For the one or the other plays Observe also how the same numbers bring out purse-gold-abundance groats-pence— much— admired-draw-great-numbers, etc., just as we saw another number bringing out of these same pages shoes, stockings, cloak, slops, smock, cap; in fact, a whole wardrobe. This is the only time groats occurs in this play. It is found but four other times in all the Plays. And this is the only time pence occurs in this play. It is found but five other times in all the Plays. Purse occurs but four times in this play. This is the only time admired appears in either 1st or 2d Henry IV.; and this is the only time numbers is found in this act. Abundance occurs but twice in this play, and but eight other times in all the Plays. I should be sorry, for the credit of human intelligence, that any man could be found who would think that all these unusual words - rare on a thousand pages have concurred arithmetically on two or three pages by accident. And the aristocracy are in dread of the wealthy parvenu absorbing the territory around him. The Bishop says: - New Place. And note this group of words: buy-all-land — appertinent-to How lawyer-like is the language. Appertinent occurs but once in this play and but twice besides in all the Plays! Yet here it coheres arithmetically with buy —land – New Place. And this is the only time buy and land are found in this act, and buy 305-32-273-50-223-5 b-218-50-168-146 occurs but once besides in the whole play. And this is the first time place appears in eighteen columns of the Folio - since 1st Henry IV., act 5, scene 1. And the Bishop expresses the opinion of his friends, the gentlemen around Stratford, that the village boy they had known so well as a poacher could not have written these "much admired plays." 305-32-273-50-223-5 b-218-50 (76:1)=168. 468-168-300+1-301+10 b col.-311. 305-31-274-30-244-162-82-13 b & h col.= 305-32-273-50-223-5 b-218-50-168—146— 22-3 (146)=19. 420-19—401+1—402. 305-32-273-50-223--30-193-162—31. 305-31-274-50-224-5 6-219. 305-31-274-30-244-5 b-239. 610-239-371 +1-372. 305--31-274-30-244+162-406—2 h col.-404. 404 305-31-274-193-81-49 (76:1)-32. 457+32- 489 305-31-274-254-20-15 b & h=5. 448—5—443+1=-444 |