Between -->Jonson and "the true" Shakespeare
a considerable rivalry must have existed throughout their lifes.
__________________Johnson to Marlowe / alias Shakespeare:
"if you loose your shame, I'le loose my modestie, and tell your Name".
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Jonsons Epigrame XXX (30) and XXXVIII (38) -
Without any doubt the absolute key witness with respect to a knowledge of the true identity of Shakespeare and thus to the contemporary "Shakespeare Authorship Mystery" must have been Ben Jonson!
Shouldn't we expect to find at least some specific indications of biographical or literary allusions of the unique historical authorship situation in Jonson's Folio edition of his collected writings »The Workes" (1616) printed after Shakspere's (Stratford) death 1616 ?
Shouldn't we expect to find at least some specific indications of biographical or literary allusions of the unique historical authorship situation in Jonson's Folio edition of his collected writings »The Workes" (1616) printed after Shakspere's (Stratford) death 1616 ?
The alleged lack of such indications led experts to conclude that a Shakespeare authorship issue did not and does not exist.
But traces could not be found
a) as long as experts were only looking for texts related to a man named Shake-speare and
b) as long as experts showed no readyness for -->reasonable doubt about the identity of William Shakspeare (Stratford).
Between -->Jonson and ["the true"] Shakespeare a considerable rivalry must have existed throughout their lifes. Jonson must have suffered from the superiority of his mighty literary opponent and he seems to have threatened (even blackmailed) him: should he ever treat him with disdain, he would reveal his identity and name ...
(S.Faksismiles Epigrams 30 and 38 above)
(Epigr XXX[30] "it were madnesse in thee , to betray thy fame, and person to the world; ere [before] I thy name"
(Epigr..XXXVIII [38] "if you loose your shame, I'le loose my modestie, and tell your Name".
Is there any other significant contemporary poet which Jonson feared and which he could have meant with the guilty person? (1616)
First Folio (1623)
The Memory of my beloved,The Author Mr.William Shakespeare: and what he has left us by Ben Jonson |
