Morris tribune., 1888-06-13
selected from "neury w.

William Ehakspere. Queen Elizabeth Is rep
resented as talking with Cecil cousin of Bacon
but his enemy. Cecil says: ssThese plays are
put abroad ut first upon the stage In the
name Of more-low (Marlowe). a woebegone,
sullen fellow. He had engaged In quarrel
with one Arch or tArcher3 q servant, about
a wanton, ending in bloody hand to hand
fight, In which he was slain. The point OF
his own sword struck against his head and
eye, making fearful wounds" Speaking Of
Marlowe1s blasphemy, no proceeds: "My
father would, In his wrath, have burned the
borson, rascally knavs alive In the fire Of
Emithheld for the sin he hath committed
against Heaven and tho state" Speaking of
tho reasonable purposes of the plays, he
says that, having heard that the Essex party
were representing the deposition and muir
der OF King Richard II on the stage and
cheering uproariously at every hit, he sent a
friend 70 ascertain the facts, who returned
with thsi statement that the reports were
txua The following sentence Is descrip-
tive Of the scene In the theatre on the
death Of King Richard II: "But when
poor King Richard fell corpse at
Pomfret under amounted blows, they made
tho most fearful noise. Again and again
il broke forth. It seemed as If they would
never stop The play shows the
victory of rebels over an anointed tyrant,
and by this pipe he hath blown the flame Of
rebellion almost into open war. These well
known plays have even made the most holy
matters OF religion, which all good men hold
in sincere respect, subjects for laughter, their
aim being, it is supposed, to thus poison the
mind of the discordant, wavering multitude
They mean in this covert way to make ris-
ing and food this fair land with bloodn In
another part Of the cipher story 1t reads
thus: "Seas-in (Cecih said that More-low
(Marlowe) or Shakespeare tShakspere)
never writ a word of them. It Is
plain he is stufiing our ears with false re-
ports and lies this many year. He Is poor,
ill-spirited, greedy creature and but veil
for some one else. have suspicion that
my kinsman's servant, young Harry Percy,
was the man to whom be gave every night
the half of what he took through the day at
tho gate. Many rumors arc on the tongues
of mcn that my cousin hath prepared not
only the Contention Between York and
Lancaster and King John and this play
Rich. III, but other plays which are put
forth, at first under the name of More-low
Marlowe) and now 60 abroad as prepared BY
Shak'st-spurre Shaksperel." Still another
represents conversation between Cecil and
the Bishop of Worcester, and the bishop
says: ave know him tShakspere) as q
butchers rude and vulgar prentice, and it
was in our opinions not likely that he writ
them. he is neither witty nor learned
enough. The subjects are far beyond his
ability. It Is even thought here that your
cousin Of St. Albans writes them"
The beating Of Hayward is described in
another cipher paragraph. Hayward, it
seems, had been Imprisoned for defeating
his ''Lifeof Henry VIZ to the Earl of Essex.
When brought before the queen to answer
for his offense, the cipher says The sullen
old jade doth listen with the ugliest frown
upon her brows, toe enraged to speak, but
rising up and starting forward, took. Ha-word
aHaywardl by his throat and choked him.
The old Jade struck my poor young
friend a fearful blow with the steeled end of
the great cruteh, again and again. His
limbs being SO weakened by IMPRISONMENT
and gtief, he is not able to stand the force Of
the blows The hinges OF his joints give way
under him and he falls to the ground. Seas-ill
CeciD says to him, Speak out. Why did'st
thou put the name of my lord the earl upon
the title leaf Of this volnme"' Hayward
thereupon foolishly proceeds to praise Essex
as great and good man. The queen threat
ems to have his ears cut of and concludes:
'"Thy hateful looks and the whiteIess of thy
face 10 apter than thy tongue to tell thy ma
ture." .S1J5 y -E5+
BAcoN's SINGULAR TESTIMONY.
In Lord Bacon's admitted works is this
curious passages ~ H. 4 So
SIN matter which had some affinity with
my lord Of Essexs course, which, though It
grew from me, went about In other mems
names, her majesty was highly incensed with
that book of the First Year of King Henry