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234 FRANCIS BACON'S CRYPTIC RHYMES
(Bacon to Count Gondomar) Me ver6 jam vocat et aetas, et
fortuna, atque etiam Genius meus, cui adhuc satis morose* satisfeci,
ut excedens e theatro rerum civilium literis me dedam, et ipsos adores
instruam, et posteritati serviam.
ALLUSIONS BY BACON AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES
TO THE TITLES OF THE SHAKESPEARE-
DRAMAS AND THEIR AUTHORSHIP
(De Augmentis Scientiarum) Suave est spectaculum navetn
t
intueri tempcstate in mari jactatam.
(Matthew to Bacon) I shall not promise to return you weight for
weight, but measure for measure.
(The Advancement of Learning) As it is used in some comedies of
errours.
(Essays) Beaucoup de Bruit, peu de Fruit ;
Much Bruit, little Fruit.
(Conclusion of the Collection of Apophthegms, 1661 Edition)
Come now, allis well.
All is well that endes well.
(Promus)
(Essays) Imputing it to misunderstanding, fear, passion, or what
you will.
(Essays) Prophecies, dreams, and predictions ought to serve but
for Winter Talke (contes tfhiver).
(Northumberland-Manuscript) By Mr. Francis\William Shakespeare
Richard the second
Bacon Richard the third
(Matthew's Collection of Letters in a letter speaking of Bacon)
As that excellent Authors Sir John Falstaff says.
Bacon's History of King Henry the Seventh. (Henry
the Seventh, the only king missing from the series of the
Shakespeare Histories arranged according to the time the
kings reigned. The above-quoted passages show how in
writing this very book Bacon constantly mentions the stage
and had that in his mind).
(The Advancement of Learning) In Henry the Eighth's time also
began that great alteration in the state ecclesiastical, an action which
seldom cometh upon the stage.
(Preface to Troylus and Cressida, 1609) His Commedies seeme
to be born in that sea that brought forth Venus. (The Birth of
Venus was mysterious cf.
De Sapientia Veterum.)