We have also entered text samples from other texts for use as control samples. Three theological samples were chosen, by Ames, Wolleb and Baxter. Five polemic samples were also identified, works by May, Prynne, Wentworth, Earle and Bate. We also had access to samples of text by Bacon from the Oxford Text Archive. The control texts all have around 3000 to 5000 words and were kept as one sample each.
Measures employed so far include function word doubletons and the most common words used.
Their frequencies were standardized and then examined using principal components analysis. The analysis proceeded in two distinct branches. Firstly, it was important to discover if this technique was applicable to neo-Latin, by applying it to texts of known authorship. Secondly, we wished to investigate the relative discriminatory ability of sections of words, the top fifty, second fifty, top twenty-five and so on. Initially, therefore, we considered only the texts of known authorship, the Milton polemics, the polemic and theological control texts as well as the Bacon samples.