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tionably proved by the incorrect ,
left his dramas, and by the testi
leagues, who became his publishers
His carelessness in this respect is one of the most
curious anomalies recorded in the history of litera-
ture.
Well, he cared little about his Poems, either
amatory or dramatic. He had made his fortune,
and was tired with the battle of life, so valiantly
waged by him during twenty long years. This
being the case, if the brother of his wife, then a
young man, begged from his generosity the gift of
those scattered, loose, unarranged poems, of those
studies, intitations from the Italian. juvenile. essays,
passionate utterings, senti'i,ental effusions, Ht nit
to turvy, dateless, nameless, p; obably written
on separate sheets (for what 111311 of letters is not
aware of the chaotic state, in which such old papers
are generally left ?)---if W. 11., or William Utah-
away, who perhaps was no stranger to the Illoni)y_
griping propensities of the family, requested from
his illustrious relative to give him (W. H.) the
right of publishing the nectr-imprinted Sonnets,—
how could Shakspere refuse to comply? It was
a very good bargain for Shakspere himself. The
Sonnets were really Lord Southampton's property,—
that noble and impassioned gentleman of the Sydney
school being the godfather, the truest begetter (Be
and Ge, the Teutonic roots indicating acquisition
and creation,--Southampton, I. repeat, being the
real Minerva, the Begetter and fecundating power
of Shakspere's Muse. The Sonnets belonged (Be-
Longed) to him; for they were made after his
fashion, in the mood of Surrey's, Spenser's, and
Sydney's poetry.

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In 1606 and 1609 Southampton was following
his stormy and sturdy career, travelling by land
and sca, fighting through clouds and smoke. Was
it not a sort of breach of friendship to print, to
render public, the Sonnets which, though ad-
dressed by Sbakspere to several persons, and
alluding to many people and to many events, had
been inspired by Southampton alone?
Following the thread of our very simple and
likely imagiuings, we may fancy that William
Hathaway was made aware of the difficulty by the
poet whose tact never deserted him through the
whole course of his life, and who, though attached
to Essex, 'to James, to Southampton, was clever
enough to avoid being embroiled in their dangerous
plots, but remained true to friendship, and invin-
cibly devoted to Southampton.
A manuscript requires a publisher; the Sonnets
wanted one. Here steps forward the famous Thorpe.
He was, as appears from the little we know of his
life, a rather odd man ; literary, priggish, senten-
tious, and a lover of erudite riddles. Mr. Gerald
Massey, in his useful work, produces specimens of the
Holophernes-Malvolio style of that conceited pub-
lisher. If William Hathaway, having in his pos-
session the disorderly matter of the never-before-
imprinted (and never-to-be-understood) Sonnets,
chanced to meet Thorpe, and asked him to print
them; no doubt the bookseller consented, but with
a reserve. He stood, of course, in awe of South-
ampton, and concocted for Hathaway the enig-
matical dedication upon which so many pates and
poetical annotators have floundered and been
wrecked.

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"Pray, my Lord (so says the good rustic to
Southampton), excuse the liberty we take, Mr. Editor
and I, in printing the poems of my brother-in-law,
William Shakspere. I am aware they are yours,
though Shakspere wrote them. Shakspere is our
poet, you know. Ile is England's poet. lam his
by my sister's marriage, as he is yours by friendship
and literary relationship. You may forgive our
breach of trust, since, in these very Sonnets, your
name is gloriously emblazoned, crowned with im-
mortality. As I have no authority from you, my
lord, I dare not mention your name in full, and
hope you will remain satisfied with my modest
homage."

Assuredly I am far from swearing to the absolute
truth of these possibilities, the links of which agree,
but which cannot bear the test of a judicial inquiry.
I aver only, end maintain (to use the energetic
language of Mr. Massey) that my explanation is
simple, probable, without a flaw; that it has in its
favour the date of the publication, and the character
of the persons concerned. It harmonises with
Southatrpton's fiery pride, with William Hath-
away's humble position, with Shakspere's estab-
lishe•i reputation and literary habits, and, last of
all, with Thorpe's eccentric personality, which ap-
pears in strong light at the end of the dedication,
and shows itself in the flourish of his signature.
" Well," says the Matrolio bookseller, " must I,
the capitalist, the man who ventures his money
and his credit, must I, I'. T., be debarred from the
benefit of publicity ? No ! I will have room and be
permitted to show my honourable face. You, my
Lord, are the begetter, and Mr. William Hathaway
is the go-between ; but I, Thomas Thorpe, the
money'd man, am the adventurer, and say so. May
I not lose my money !"
Such is my view of that business.

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