The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-13
Of Saltwater, Who Thinks
Bacon May Have Written
English Bible.
EVIDENCES OF A CIPHER
Mathematical Condolences
and an Argument About Them

! Shakespeare plays ana in Bacoas ack-
+ nOwledged works. any rational human
I being might certainly feel himself free
7 10 declare tnat the pinnacle Of Bacouian
/ folly had been reached IN any suggestion
/ that the Holy Scriptures contained evil
! dences OF the cipher prccIivities OF this
/ perplexiug genius There would seem 70
+ be q point where sense OF the grotesque
should obliterate al other considerations
and cause the guardian OF our mental
sanity to slam the door il the face Of
/ hobo ideas. But. alas, human experience
! has often demonstrated that the absurd
and impossible become in time tho rat
ional and accepted fact. and so frequently
+ has this happened in modern times that &
is making towards of us all" Tho old
/ woman who didn't get the right fiop"
has been funny enough. but We do not
now laugh at Santos Dumont. Franklin
and his Kite excited the ire and ridicule
of his contemporary scientists in England
but We now accept q Marconi and his
whisper Ger the worlds diameter with
out the turning Of a hair. And was it
Bacon who said: There are more things
in heaven and earth. Horatio than are
dremt of in our philosophy
The suggestion of a Baconian cipher I'm
the Bible is too Grass TO be approached in
any way excent by easy stages. "Of
course" we would naturally say. ''the
Bible was in existence many centuries be-
fore Bacon lived. This IS true enough
and peculiarly enough. it is not true.
The Rhle. rs usually spoken of. is the
Protestant King James version and the
English text Of which only dates from
1911 About that date Bacon was in high
favor at the Court Of James. lie was
knighted by that monarch in 1603. and
some time after presents the king with
considerations touchfng the better paci-
fication and edihcation of the Church Of
England" and which suggestions ARE
mostly adopted by the king. He seems
to have been the intimate althoricy in an
literary matters. I'm 1901 he is "appointed
spokesman at q conference with the
Judges" he is "a member OF a sub-com-
nittee to report upon a new edition If tho
Book of Common Prayer" lie is made
solicitor general i'm 1865; he draws up
two proclsmations on the question 81 the
jurisdiction Of the Council of Wales. ana
prepares a draft OF proclamation con-
corning Jurors He is frequently called
i'm to aid the king and council. and sue
ceeds Coke as attorney general in 1913
The new translation Of the Bible was
commenced i'm 1907 10y ffty-four scholars
but was not completed until 1910 the final
revision being conducted in London by
twelve delegates. and while Bacon was
not a member Of this committee. il is not
impossible that representing tho king he
fecting such slight variations in the text
as may have suited his purposes. The
dedication to the king Of the new trans
lation contains matter very sugg. stive 81
Bacon's poetic style Of prose composition
and of his high art in The use Of royal
panegyrics and OF which the following
first paragraph is fair example.
Great and manifold were the blessings.
most dread sovereign. which Almighty
God. the Father Of au Mercies bestowed
uDon the people Of England when FIRST
he sent Your Majestv,s ROYAL Person IN
rule and reign over us For whereas Il
WIS the expectation ~ many who wish
Cd not well 10 our Sion. that upon The
setting of that bright Occidental Star.
Queen Elizabeth If most happy memorv.
soue thick and palnahie clouds ~ dark
ness would SD have overshadowed this
land that mer sh0rld have been in doubt
wtfeh they were 20 waik and that il
should hardy be known. who was % de
rser The unsettled state. the appearance
~ your M sry as ~ tie san ia his
strength iuet1n.'v dieneHei these sup-
pos-l and s. riuiseG mists. 3ud gaze r0f0
an that were well affected exceeding
hsld ths government staAiished SD Tour
Hiehrss and your Ha0elal Sod tv sn
undoabte1 TITLE ard this also accemaau-
io8 with peace ard tranaufity at home
and abroad
In This single paragraph we fal thf
i-lace-r ~ stars clouds shadows waiF-
ms the SER and mists The suggestion
that Bacoa had p hard ir this dedication
IS rsr upse and attention hes hrrr here
tefora called 90 the similarity in ideas -
the nara ararh quoted with number CvIT
ri the Shakespeare Sornets srhich critics
generals agree has reference 30 the dea ih
~ E.izateih ana the peaceful inaus-la- +
tian ~ ne- eaegessor. 1aa - which 3tC
foilowi-r s. or eE.rart-
The ncrta moon hath her eclipse en-
6ared
And tns sad augurs mock their ewn 4
Iaerta'1tlss uaw crovn themselves as-
slred
And peace rrociaiu-7 olives - endless ago
In shts saree catian - fhe Blnis o.
JAMES pa sara sfeh 1gres - speech 90
framed - themselves ara hammersi rs .
.helr arsu. a-d vhica are sell worihF p .