Bacon is Shake-speare . ON (printed in capital letters), and by Alciat(printed in ordinary type). In this book of Emblems,Baudoin, on page 484, placed his figure of Nemesisopposite to Bacons name. If the reader carefullyexamines Plate 37 he will perceive that it is no longer agrinning hideous figure, but is a figure of FAME, andcarries a bridle in which there is found to be no sign ofany kind of bit, because the purpose of the Emblem is toshew that Nemesis will unmuzzle and glorify Bacon. In order to make the meaning of BaudoinsEmblem still more emphatically explicit a specialRosicrucian Editi
Bacon is Shake-speare . ON (printed in capital letters), and by Alciat(printed in ordinary type). In this book of Emblems,Baudoin, on page 484, placed his figure of Nemesisopposite to Bacons name. If the reader carefullyexamines Plate 37 he will perceive that it is no longer agrinning hideous figure, but is a figure of FAME, andcarries a bridle in which there is found to be no sign ofany kind of bit, because the purpose of the Emblem is toshew that Nemesis will unmuzzle and glorify Bacon. In order to make the meaning of BaudoinsEmblem still more emphatically explicit a specialRosicrucian Edition of the same date, 1638, wasprinted, in which Baudoins Nemesis is printed upsidedown; we do not mean bound upside down, but printedupside down, for there is the printing of the previouspage at the back of the engraving. We have alreadyalluded on page 113 to the frequent practice of theupside down printing of ornaments and engravings whena revelation concerning Bacons connection with Shake-speare is afforded to us. m^-. Apud I Ccn-nelis v. Dalenjiulp. Plate XXXV. Facsimile Title Page. Plate XXXV. Facsimile Title Page of Bacons Henry VII., 1642. Plate XXXVI. Nemesis, from Alciatis Emblems, 1531.
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