Bacon is Shake-speare . ^h^^. S MAXTOR ^^^ ^^^^i^ ^ Plate XL. Facsimiles of Law Clerks Writing of the name Shakespeare, FROM HaLLIWELL-FhILLIPPS OUTLINES OF THE LiFE OF Shakespeare, Vol. 2, 1S89. this is not and cannot be kes or ks because inthe law writing of the period every letter * s (ex-cepting s at the end of a word) was written as avery long letter. This may readily be seen in theword Shakespeare which occurs in Plate 39 on theeighth line above the signature of Daniell Nicholas. 170 Bacon is Shakespeare* What then is this blotted letter if it is not kes or ks ?The answer is quite plain,
Bacon is Shake-speare . ^h^^. S MAXTOR ^^^ ^^^^i^ ^ Plate XL. Facsimiles of Law Clerks Writing of the name Shakespeare, FROM HaLLIWELL-FhILLIPPS OUTLINES OF THE LiFE OF Shakespeare, Vol. 2, 1S89. this is not and cannot be kes or ks because inthe law writing of the period every letter * s (ex-cepting s at the end of a word) was written as avery long letter. This may readily be seen in theword Shakespeare which occurs in Plate 39 on theeighth line above the signature of Daniell Nicholas. 170 Bacon is Shakespeare* What then is this blotted letter if it is not kes or ks ?The answer is quite plain, it is an X, and a carefulexamination under a very strong magnifying glass willsatisfy the student that it is without possibility ofquestion correctly described as an * X.* Yes, the lawclerk marked the Stratford Gentlemans Answers toInterrogatories with the name Wilm Shaxp. Doesthere exist a Stratfordian who will contend thatWilliam Shakespeare, of Stratford-upon-Avon, Gentle-man, if he had been able to write any portion of h
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