Original sentence: It would give a boost to the Oxfordian candidacy, as both Bacon and Neville (and, of course, Shakespeare himself) lived well past the 1609 publication of Shakespeare's Sonnets.Oxfordian scholars have cited various examples they say imply that the writer of the plays and poems was dead prior to 1609, when Shakespeare’s Sonnets first appeared with the enigmatic words “our ever-living Poet” on the title page.The claim is further made that 1604 is the year that Shakespeare “mysteriously” stopped writing.There is no direct documentary evidence connecting Oxford (or any authorial candidate other than Shakespeare) to the plays of Shakespeare.These Oxfordians claim that the words “ever-living” rarely, if ever, refer to someone who is actually alive
Edited sentence: Further, some scholars cite 1604 as the year that Shakespeare “mysteriously” stopped writing.It would give a boost to the Oxfordian candidacy, as both Bacon and Neville also lived well past the 1609 publication of Shake-speare's Sonnets.Oxfordian scholars have cited various examples they say imply that the writer of the plays and poems was dead prior to 1609, when Shake-Speare’s Sonnets first appeared with the enigmatic words “our ever-living Poet” on the title page.There is no direct documentary evidence connecting Oxford (or any authorial candidate) to the plays of Shakespeare.These scholars note that the words “ever-living” rarely, if ever, refer to someone who is actually alive