The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-19

William ohahspere Queen Elizabeth is rep
resented as talking with Cecil, cousin of Bacon
but his enemy Cecil says: These plays are
put abroad at first upon the stage In the
name OF more-low tMarlowe), woebegone,
sulien fellow lie had engaged in a quarrel
with one Arch or tArcherj a servant, about
a wanton, ending in bloody hand to hand
fight, In which he was slain The point OF
his own sword struck against MS head and
eye, making fearful wounds" Speaking of
Marlowes blaspherny be proceeds: aMy
father would. in his wrath, have burned the
borson, rascally knave alive in the fire of
Smithfield for the sin he hath committed
against Heaven and the state" Speaking of
the reasonable purpc ses of the PLAYS. he
eos th"t having heard that the Essex party
were representing tne 0eposlIIon auu NJ ar
der OF King Richard II on tie stage end
cheering uproariously at every hit. lie sent a
friend to ascertain the facts, who returued
with the statement that the reports were
trua Tbs following sentence is ds,crip-
tive OF the scene in the theatre on the
death Of King Richard II: "But when
poor King Richard fell a corpse at
Pomfret under uncounted blows, they made
the most fearful noise Again and again
1t broke forth. 1t 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, 1t Is supposed, to thus poison the
mind OF the discordant, wavcring multitude.
They mean in this covert way to make r:s-
ing and Hood this fair hand with biood.n In
h..r ,,rt, .
thus: ''Seas-ill Cecil said that More-low
(Iarlowcl or Shak st-@purre GSbakspcre)
never writ O word of them 1t is
plain lie is stuf1ing our ears with false re-
ports and lies this many year. He is a poor,
ill-spirited, greedy creature md but veil
for some one else. have q suspicion that
my kinsran's servant, young Harry Percy,
was the man to whom he gave every night
the half of what he took through the day at
the gate Many rumors are on the tongues
OF men that my cousin hath prepared not
ouly tie Contention Between York aud
lancaster end King John and this play
tRich. HI, hut other plays which are Put
forth, ct first under the name OF More-low
Charlowe, and now go abroad as prepared by
Sbak'st-spurre CShakspere, Still another
represents a conversation between Cecil and
the Bishop of Worcester. and the bishop
says: I'VE know him Shakespeare as a
butchers rude and vulgar prentice, and it
was in our opinions not likely that lie writ
them. He is neither witty nor learned
enough. The subjects are far beyond his
ability. Ii Is even thought here that your
cousin o! st. Adams writes them"
The beating of Hayward is described in
another cipher paragraph. Hayward, it
I'M s1 ~ if.nri ,,o
his Life of Henry VII" 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, too enraged to speak, but
rising up and starting forward, took lIa-word
Hayward by his throat and choked him.
The old jade struck ray poor young
friend fearful blow with the steeled end of
the great crutch again aud again. His
limbs being so weakened by Imprisonment
and grief. be 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
tCecib says to him, Speak cut Why did'st
thou put the name of my lord the earl upon
the title leaf Of this voluIne"' Hayward
thereupon fooiishly proceeds to praise Essex
as great and good man. The queen threat
ems TO have his ears cut of ard concludes:
"Thy hateful looks and the G-liteii"as Of thy
face is apter t.,an thy tongue to tell NY ui.-
tlire."
EACov'S SINGULAR TES-I-foEY.
In Lord Bacons admitted woiss is this
curious passage:
'Iu matter which had some affinity with
rlv lord OF Essexs course which, though il
grew from me, went about i'll other mems
names, her rlajesty was highly incenscd with
that book of the FIRST Year Of KING Henry