(258) George Wither a pseudonym of surviving "incognito" Marlowe (alias Shakespeare). Believe it or not! (2)

It is highly unlikely that William Shakespeare and George Wither used the same life motto of Christopher Marlowe!

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Marlowes Life Motto

in Withers Emblem Book

Book2/VI   

 Book1/15

Marlowes Motto
on his portrait 1585
Quod me nutrit me destruit

It is unlikely  that within a short time  William Shakespeare and George Wither  used the  same life  motto of Christopher Marlowe

("Quod me nutrit me destruit")
<----Marlowe had chosen for his own portrait (1585) at the age of 21.

Shakespeare in Pericles (Q1-1609) and in his Sonnet 73 (1609)  as well as  George Wither in his Collection of emblemes (1635 Book I /Illust.15, Book 2/Illust.VI)  only slighty modified Marlowe's Motto (see Faksimiles and Pictures)

There is logic evidence  that both Wither** and Shakespeare represent pseudonyms of a single author (surviving "incognito" Marlowe  in his "second" life),

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** Do not trust-->Encyclopedias! 

They do not tell you about a George Wither who was born before 1588. I recommend George  Wither's  book : An A.B.C. for Layeman [1585] dedicated to William Cecil)