Excerpt from William Shakespeare oder Francis Bacon?, Vol. 2 of 2Zus. 4 Unsere Angaben gehen mit Sicherheit hervor aus den nur scheinbar verschiedenen Berichten von Aubrey, Rowe und andern, welche zugleich über die Lebensschicksale des Dichters Aufschluss geben. Ueber Rowe vgl. Einleitung 3. F. No sufficient reason has yet been given for impugning Rowe's general accuracy. "that be exercised unusual caution in dealing with his materials is obviods. Halliwell Aubrey freilich (1626 - 1697) war ein ehrlicher aber unvorsichtiger Altertumsforscher ("that most unreliable of all the early bio graphers. Ib.) Er sagt (c. "bis father was a butcher (vgl. Text) and I have been told heretofore by some of the neighbours, that, when he was a boy, he.exercised his father's trade, but when he killed a calf he would do it in a high style and make a speech. Er sei, fährt er fort, für die Dichtkunst hoch veranlagt nach London gegangen, sei vorzüglicher Schauspieler gewesen, sei jährlich einmal heimgegangen und habe unvergleichliche Komödien geschrieben. Ferner sagt Dowdall' (der die über den grossen Dramatiker gegen Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts um laufenden Geschichten sammelte) in seiner briefiichen Ortsbeschreibung der Grafschaft Warwickshire The first remarkable place in this country that I visited was Stratford super-avon} where saw the eff'igies of our English tragedian, Mr. Shakespeare. Dies beschreibt er und sagt schliesslich: "the clerk (messner W. Castle, ein ganz vertrauenswürdiger Gewährsmann) that showed me this church is above - 80 years old he says that this Sh. Was formerly in this town bound apprentice (das einzige Zeugnis, dass er ein Lehrling war!) to a butcher, but that he ran from his master to London, and there was received into the playhouse as a servitor an attendant on the performers) and by this means had an opportunity to be what he afterwards proved. He was the best of his family, but the male line is extinguished. Not one for fear of the curse abovesaid (vgl. Seite 14) dare touch his gravestone, though his wife and daughters earnestly desire to be ledin the same grave with him.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.