St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-06

named adjective. In his later lite came
many singular and corrOborative incidents.
When jamie of Scotland was crowned king
OF England, the poet Davies went to meet
him to urge some claims. Bacon wrote his
friend Davies to put in good word for
him. and especially urged him to 'be kind
to concealed pOets," from which the infer
ence is drawn, he referred to himself. Run
ming through the Shakespeare sOnnets are
numerous illusions to the plays which point
to such condition as that OF Bacon, and
utterly at variance with the condition OF
William Shakespeare. 1t is regarded as con-
elusive that Bacon confessed to Percy, his
secretary, that he had written the works,
and had entrusted them to his care. 1t is
also so regarded, as far as Ben JOnson is
concerned. as Bacon had employed Jonson
to assist him with NOvum Organum. in rem
dering 1t into Latin, and in the capacity OF
an amanuensis Jonson wrote verses for the
1928 folio OF Shakespeare and it is amusing to
note the varying construction placed upon
them by Shakespeare and anti-Shakespeare
theorists. The latter apparently have the
more plausible side. i'll making
SATIRE OF ALL JONSON SAYS
OF the 'gente" Shakespeare. His comments
ON the cut of shakespeare which accompanies
WV WV N. WhClC ic lcicTS ~ DTdSS, are
so evidently Satirical, in the light of an
other poem of Jonson's. in which, in sum-
ming up the great minds of the Elizabethan
age, he makes not the slightest reference to
Sh akeSpeare, but goes into rhapsodies over
Bacon, declaring that his was the one mind
that completely filled all numbers"
1t remains yet to be told why, if he were
the author. should Bacon so carefully avoid
acknowledging these marvellous produc-
tons. 1t is explained that Bacon had SO
arranged that future ages should yield the
homage he did not desire from the
present. Sir Frances Bacon was a gentle
man by birth and education He was
borne along on the uncertain political tide
OF the fancy OF the capriciouS Elizabeth,
until he reached the position of lord high
chancellor of England. He was poor
man, the estate of Sir Nicholas, his father,
having been divided, and his Office paid
no salary. leaving him to the charity of
suitors. 1t became necessary for him to
earn money and at the same to do so
secretly, as he would have lost caste i'm
mediately had it become known he was
getting money by industry. Further than
this, the theater in that day was very diff
ferent from at present and social degrade
ton would have followed the exposure that
LORD Bacon and poor play actor named
viii Shakespeare were dividing the paltry
'tuppennes" taken in at the door of a
play house.
The foregoing, I imagine, will convey to
the INITIATED reader general idea of the
grounds taken by the disciples of Bacon in
attrbuting to him the authorship of the
grand work. 1t brings us up to the point,
roughly told, when Ignatius Donnelly began
his work. A convert to the Baconian
theory and deeply interested in the work,
he conceived the idea that in Bacon's work
on ciphers published with the folio of 1923,
might be found valuable clue. He read
this with care and arrived at the conslusion
that this proud author had no other idea
than that posterity should