It can be seen that the Milton samples are spread over a large area of the first principal component, but in the higher part of the graph, while the other samples, with the exception of one of the polemic samples, Eikon Basilike, are in the lower section. 0.0 Investigation of the words affecting the first principal component reveals that 'rex' plays the major part. Thus works of a polemic nature, with reference to the king, score more negatively than works of a theological nature. This may explain the close groupings of the theological samples. On the second principal component, analysis is more difficult.
Many words play roles here, but the most significant are 'ego' and 'quis', as well as 'jam'.
It is clear that this area represents almost virgin territory for the stylometrician. Previous work has been reviewed and found wanting in many areas. This was revealed by the analysis of the most common fifty words. Consideration was also given to the second top fifty and tranches of twenty-five words. Other techniques should be investigated, but further investigation is needed into Latin stylometry before more can be done.