Shakespeare, the Earl, and the JesuitThe name of the Jesuit Robert Southwell has now and then been linked with Shakespeare's, but vaguely and tentatively. The name of Henry Wriothesley, third earl of Southampton, has been perennially been linked with Shakespeare's, sometimes not vaguely and tentatively enough. This book offers reasons for believing in a relationship among the three men, who were "kinsmen" as their contemporaries understood the term. --From publisher's description. |
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... give " ( 985-7 ) . In Julius Caesar , Brutus is said to " suck up the humors of the dank morning , " walking about in matu- tinal darkness before the rest of Rome is awake ( 2.1.262 ) ; it is also during the night that Southwell's worm ...
... give " ( 985-7 ) . In Julius Caesar , Brutus is said to " suck up the humors of the dank morning , " walking about in matu- tinal darkness before the rest of Rome is awake ( 2.1.262 ) ; it is also during the night that Southwell's worm ...
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... gives and him that takes . " Tis mightiest in the mightiest , it becomes EC 61 Jewes ; 55 mercifull 61 compulsion 60 qualitye ... mercye ; 45 constrayned ; 30 " strayne ; 48 dropp [ of grace ] ; 69 gentle ; 65 rayne ; 61 : heaven 62 ...
... gives and him that takes . " Tis mightiest in the mightiest , it becomes EC 61 Jewes ; 55 mercifull 61 compulsion 60 qualitye ... mercye ; 45 constrayned ; 30 " strayne ; 48 dropp [ of grace ] ; 69 gentle ; 65 rayne ; 61 : heaven 62 ...
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... give sentence . . . . 58v majestye 57 : dreadfull 59 feares ; 50 : Emperour 60 TM mercye 51V swaye 31 in a ... throne ; 51 : hartes 50 : Emperour 58 - v : God ... shewed himself of infinite mercye 51 power ... earthlye 58 : Gods ...
... give sentence . . . . 58v majestye 57 : dreadfull 59 feares ; 50 : Emperour 60 TM mercye 51V swaye 31 in a ... throne ; 51 : hartes 50 : Emperour 58 - v : God ... shewed himself of infinite mercye 51 power ... earthlye 58 : Gods ...
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... the earl of Leicester , who pressured the countess of Southampton to make her son give up his recusancy.38 The young earl must have made his submission in Burghley's household and later as a student 1 : CONNECTIONS 53.
... the earl of Leicester , who pressured the countess of Southampton to make her son give up his recusancy.38 The young earl must have made his submission in Burghley's household and later as a student 1 : CONNECTIONS 53.
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... give his poem a political dimen- sion , it would be natural for him to have in mind the language of a relevant political spokesman , like Southwell , although little in the set of verbal parallels between Southwell's writings and Venus ...
... give his poem a political dimen- sion , it would be natural for him to have in mind the language of a relevant political spokesman , like Southwell , although little in the set of verbal parallels between Southwell's writings and Venus ...
Contents
37 | |
Lucrece | 75 |
Ephesus Rome and London | 109 |
Hamlet | 145 |
Alls Well that Ends Well | 201 |
Measure for Measure | 226 |
Conclusion | 256 |
Notes | 260 |
Bibliography | 311 |
Index | 326 |
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