The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 16.1335  Wednesday, 17 August 2005

[1]     From:   Larry Weiss <
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        Date:   Friday, 12 Aug 2005 13:15:18 -0400
        Subj:   Re: SHK 16.1330 Roses

[2]     From:   Peter Bridgman <
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        Date:   Sunday, 14 Aug 2005 16:16:26 +0100
        Subj:   Re: SHK 16.1330 Roses


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From:           Larry Weiss <
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Date:           Friday, 12 Aug 2005 13:15:18 -0400
Subject: 16.1330 Roses
Comment:        Re: SHK 16.1330 Roses

 >Shakespeare's name can be read in the dedication in a
 >vertical column, with the letters S-H-G and S-P-R aligned head on as
 >follows, the first part read upward and the second part read downward
 >toward each other:
 >
 >                        Sonnets
 >                     hapPinesse
 >                     eteRnitie
 >
 >                   livinG.poet
 >                 wishitH.
 >                     wiShing
 >
 >"Shagspere" happens to be one of the versions of the poet's name and
 >would indicate that he arranged the dedication.

I have not made it a secret that one of my techniques for highlighting
the lunacy of Basch's notions is to hold them up to ridicule.  But, try
as I might, I cannot surpass Basch's own achievements in that regard.

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From:           Peter Bridgman <
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Date:           Sunday, 14 Aug 2005 16:16:26 +0100
Subject: 16.1330 Roses
Comment:        Re: SHK 16.1330 Roses

David Basch finds hidden meanings in the dedication page to
Shakespeare's Sonnets ...

 >                 BY
 >         OVR EVERLIVING POET
 >               WISHITH
 >
 >                  Y             Y
 >                RL      and   RL
 >                I             IS

and ...

 >                        Sonnets
 >                     hapPinesse
 >                     eteRnitie
 >
 >                   livinG.poet
 >                 wishitH.
 >                     wiShing

Since the page resembles other dedication pages written by T.T., and
bears no resemblance whatever to dedication pages written by W.S., does
this mean that the hapless printer was yet another of David Basch's
crypto-cabalists?

Peter Bridgman

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