The highly cultured author George Wither (1588 ) is identical with a Poet-Genius George Wither (borne 1588?)
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The true Shakespeare: Christopher Marlowe
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According to the (german) non-fiction book "The true Shakespeare: Christopher Marlowe" George Wither belongs beyond any doubt to the multiplicity of pennames or pseudonyms of Christopher Marlowe, - similar to the name "Shake-speare" -
There is a contemporary source that in 1588 Cambridge University authorities delayed granting Marlowe his Masters degree until the Privy Council assured that his stay to the catholic Seminary at Reims involved "matters touching the benefit of his contry".
It is highly likely a) that during his "official" lifetime Marlowe (alias the "true" Shakespeare) had to publish "undercover" and b) that the author names "->Geffrey Whitney", (1586) or modified "->George Wither" were some of his pennames.
Wither puplished a document, entitled "A View of the Marginal Notes of the Popish Testament..." (s.Faksimile 1588) dealing with a critique of the english translation of the bibles "New Testament" by the fugitive catholics in Reims ("Rhemes") .-
In his dedication to the archbishop of Canterbury Wither wrote "...but by what occasion I cannot tell, it [censure, view, examination of the book] hath been hitherto delayed.(...) I tooke it in hand so late,,,,(...) now having the favor of God gone through it...
In his dedication to the archbishop of Canterbury Wither wrote "...but by what occasion I cannot tell, it [censure, view, examination of the book] hath been hitherto delayed.(...) I tooke it in hand so late,,,,(...) now having the favor of God gone through it...
Strangely, no encyclopedic expertise of the past came to the conclusion that the highly cultured author George Wither in 1588 is identical with the Poet-Genius George Wither who published the unique and matchless artistic "Collection of Emblems? (1634).
