The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-03
lord BAcoN's SECRET WORK.
Was the Great Philosopher of Royal
Blood.

Was the Great Philosopher of Royal
Blood.
To the Editor Of The Times:
In Lord Bacons acknowledged works
several methods of cipher writing are de-
he describe them unless somewhere he used
them? Hon. 1gnatius Donnelly and sew
eral others have undertaken to apply these
keys, and claim to have obtained astound-
ing results The simplest of the Baconian
ciphers is called the biliter.d. 1t consists
of FIVE as and five BIS. the as answering
to a and the BIS to b, capitalized in the
print to be deciphered the other letters Of
the alphabet being represented by as and
BIS interchanged.
The epitaph on Shakespeare's tombstone
has a queer mixture Of large and small
capital letters. Believing that the bliteral
cipher key may have been intended to APP
ply to this epitaph. several persons have
tried it. but with only partial success. ex-
tracing therefrom fragments of words
about Bacon and Shakespeare. But now
Mr.. Donnelly claims to have solved the
problem completely The words are first
all of them, save such as answer to a. there
are one or more large capitals that answer
to b. But there are other queer signs in
the epitaph. for example, with over
IL FOR that and a period point in
II Err L. The meaning OF these signs Mr..
Donnslly claims to have discovered. and
the full result obtained is as follows:
Frances Bacon wrote the Greene. Mar
lowe. and Shakespeare plays"
Greene died in 1892 and Marlowe in 1885,
when Shakespeare's first poem, Venus
and Adonis,' was published But no
printed play was credited to Shakespeare
ur.il 1897. And several OF them contin-
ued to be published during his lifetime.
Mrs Gallup. OF Detroit. Dr. Owens type
writer and assistant on the Cipher Story"
Of which a thousand pages have been
printed. has lately turned her attention to
one of the simpler cipher keys of Bacon
and. applying IL to the books published
in his lifetime or a little later, but not
under his name. she has extracted enough
matter to make a volume relating to the
secret work or history OF Lord Bacon.
Meanwhile Mrs. Constance VI. Pott, late
editor OF "Baconiana London quarterly.
has been at work on the Baconan ciphers.
and has extracted some startling state
ments from various books of the Eliza
bethan period. Some OF the results are
given in the last "BacOniana." for example.
From Pilgrims Progress" Title page,
Preface and Apology:
This allegory was written by Francis St
Alhan, and edited by Henry Gibbon, his
secretary. loving and a long time dear
partner in a secret society to write" etc
From a Roscrucian Tract, in Latin and
German, published in 1913. the headings
of ha ahantarg tataO IL
lively. give:
Francis Bacon Alban."
From the marginal notes:
Fl Bacon, Prince OF Wales" words ef-
faced 'If | faile in magneticall expert
ments. locke to a future time in a earn
est hope that good wits" further words ef
faced OF broken on.
From Mercury" anonymous, 1911
This was written by Francis st. Albane.
the true Prince of Wales. the lineal
descendant Of Elizabeth. cur Island Queen"
From CLAWS Pannautice. or Mariners
Guide" By T. W, printed 1874:
"A description OF Sunday means. all easy.
in writing secret things to the completion
OF the ciphers invented by II man and
Prince OF Wales. who was the son Of Queen
Eiiz1bethand heir tothe throne Of the Plan
tagenet. by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leiccs
ter, and truly married in the Tower OF
London. also at Arundel Castle in the
presence OF several eminent persons. yearn-
ing for a correct account OF that ceremony
OF concealed wedding. greatest event this
world has seen for the past centuries"
Was Francis Bacon the son of Queen
Elizabeth Dr. owens Cipher Story
tells us that he was. and gives the de-
tails OF his birth. etc. The records OF the
time especially the letters Of the Spanish
Minister disclosed the fact that there was
believed to be secret marriage of Eliza
beth to the Earl of Leicester few months
before the birth Of Francis Bacon. The
Earls wife. Amy RObsart. was murdered
shortly before. and the Cipher Story
saws it was done at the command of the
Queen.
When Bacon was past fifteen years Of
age he went to France. where he remained
until Sir Nicholas Bacon. his reputed
father. died. The cause of young Baeou's
leaving England is told in the Cipher
Story" In an ungovernable fit Of anger
Queen Elizabeth told Francis she was his
mother Straightway he interviewed his
reputed mother. Lady Anne Bacon. and
from her elected a confirmation Of the
fact In great haste Francis was sent TO
France with Admiral Paulet.
The BacCnian secrets are believed to
have been confded to the society which
he Instituted in his youth. and which. in
1916. the year Of Shakespeare's death, took
the name OF Rosicrucian. Freemasnnry Is
the lineal descendant of the Rrsicrucian
society, still called in Germany Baconian.
Mr.. Donnelly now implOres the Masonic
order no longer to withhold the Bacon
secrets And he thinks the last line on
the Shakespeare epitaph. "Curst be he that
moves my bones may have been intended
to protect from disinterment not only the
remains OF the deceased, but document
enclosed in wax. until such time as the
secret society should deem it proper to
open the grave, which tradition says was