Bacon's Nova resuscitatio; or, The unveiling of his concealed works and travels

Walter Begley

Sujets

• William Shakespeare
• English literature
• Early modern period
• Bacon

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• Nombre de lectures: 12
• Langue: English
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BACON'S NOVA RESUSCITATIOBACON'S
NOVA RESUSCITATIO
OR
Ube of bis Concealefc Worfesmnveilfng
anfc Uravels
BY THE
REV. WALTER BEGLEY
DISCOVERER AND EDITOR OF MILTON'S NOVA SOLYMA
AUTHOR OF
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'IS IT SHAKESPEARE?' BIBLIA 'BIBLIA ETC.CABALISTICA, ANAGRAMMATICA,'
IN THREE VOLUMES
VOL. I.
LONDON
GAY AND BIRD
22 BEDFORD STRANDSTREET,
1905
All rights reservedCONTENTS OF VOL. I.
CHAPTER PAGE
I. INTRODUCTORY: THE LONG-EXISTING MYSTERY OF
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'GEORGE TOTTENHAM'S ARTE OF ENGLISH POESIE 1
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II. THE INTERNAL EVIDENCE FOR FRANCIS BACON 15
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III. THE CANCELLED PAGES AND BEN JONSON 40
iv. GEORGE PUTTENHAM'S MANUSCRIPT ON THE EXECU
-TION OF OF SCOTS 58MARY, QUEEN
AUTHOR'S CURIOUSv. THE AND HISWORD-MINT,
-THEEFFORTS TO SECURE FAVOUR 66QUEEN'S
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-VI. THE 81PARTHENIADESy
VII. THE PURPORTAND PHILOSOPHY OF THE BODENHAM
- -BOOKS 94
-VIII. WHO WAS JOHN BODENHAM? 109
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-IX. WIT'S COMMONWEALTH' 124POLITEUPHUIA, (1597)
-x. 'PALLADIS TAMIA' 132(1598)-
- -xi. 'WIT'S THEATER' 148(1599)
-xii. 'PALLADIS PALATIUM' 156(1604)
-xm. 'BELVEDERE' 166
XIV. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS RESPECTING THE BODEN
-HAM BOOKS 183
-xv. 'ENGLAND'S PARNASSUS' AND ROBERT ALLOTT 217BACON'S KESUSCITATIO
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTORY : THE LONG-EXISTING MYSTERY OF
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ARTE OF ENGLISH POESIEGEORGE PUTTENHAM'S
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GEORGE Arte of PoesieEnglish
is one of the most celebrated treatises on poetry
that have been handed down to us from Eliza
times. is in tobethan It many respects superior
the other books on the same Sir Philipsubject by
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and other InWebbe,Sidney, contemporaries.
this who was awork,' Hallam,says competent
' we find an to thejudge, approach higher pro
vince of criticism.'philosophical
But critics have found the ingreatest difficulty
of for the book wasthe ;point authorshipsettling
in and the1589, printer,published anonymously
wasRichard confessed that he ofField, ignorant
the author's when he dedicated it to Lordname,
From internal the authorevidence,Burghley.
1VOL. i.2 BACON'S RESUSCITATIO
totime to be dedicatedintended it at one
clearly
no reason isandElizabeth, whyQueen given
WhatLord took the Queen's place.Burghley
wellever the secret it was kept,was, extremely
after itsand Sir John twoonly yearsHarington,
who hadfirst was unable to ascertainappearance,
inwritten it. A little later in Camdenon, 1605,
*
his refers to theRemaines Britaine,'concerning
could not or would notbutwork, apparently
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of him as thename the for heauthor, speaks
Poets were the firstwhich thatgentleman proved
and the firstthe firstPoliticians, Philosophers,
One of the two earliest referHistoriographers.'
ences to a name for the author is Bolton in hisby
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not1620,Hypercritica (circa though published
till He mentions the name of
1722). simply
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Puttenham as the as the fameauthor,reported
he he noBut Christian andis,' name,says. gives
no other information that he was one of theexcept
Gentlemen Pensioners. Bolton's evidenceQueen's
is not fromfree as I have shown elsesuspicion,
where that he seems to have known certain
and so have an insecrets,literary might object
off the scent.throwing people right
The other mention of this Puttenhamonly
without a Christian inname is in the second1614,
'
edition of Camden's where a certainRemaines,'