The Misfortunes of Arthur

[RoyalCraftiness]

On 4/15/2023 at 5:18 AM, A Phoenix said:

Gray's Inn

A year to the month that Mary, Queen of Scots was executed on the orders of Queen Elizabeth The Misfortunes of Arthur was performed by Gray’s Inn at Greenwich on 28 February 1588, with its text printed only a few weeks later under the title Certaine Deuises and shewes presented to her Maiestie by the Gentlemen of Grayes-Inne at her Highnesse Court in Greenwich, the twenty eighth day of Februarie in the thirtieth yeare of her Maiesties most happy Raigne. There are only three copies of the original 1588 edition known to exist. The only copy now held in the United Kingdom is in the British Library with the other two copies now in the Henry E. Huntington Library and the Houghton Library, Harvard University in the United States of America

Paper: https://www.academia.edu/45006687/Francis_Bacon_and_his_First_Unacknowledged_Shakespeare_Play_The_Misfortunes_of_Arthur_and_its_Extensive_Links_to_his_other_Shakespeare_Works

Video: https://youtu.be/OvUjs6MVvtY

 

What can one say about the imagery in the title page? We have a cartouche containing something that is reminiscent of a constructed hieroglyph in the way of a monas. We have an eternity knot which is mathematically defined by 9 points which has been fit into a circle of 10 points (a decad) by fudging the turnaround points on the intervals between points. The knot is an ancient symbol that can have the meaning of the endless cycles of suffering, or death and rebirth. It is also a symbol of the mutual dependence of religious doctrine and secular affairs. The 6th point is in the center of triangle (trinity centered upon the monad's center) which is atop what one can imagine to be an upside down T. There are 4 flowers in the ring  at the cardinal points. With the pairing of 4 and 10 we ought to recognize the Greek idea of the relationship of the tetrad to the decad which one can see depicted in the tetractys where the position of 6 is central (called the monad number). The T could be thought of as ten, but it can also be imagined to be a Tau, the mark of those worthy of being saved and given eternal life. We can think of ten points and a T as 20 and the 4:10 idea somehow evocative of 40 which is the number associated with all periods of important change/transformation in the Hebrew texts and in the Bible.  In the knot there is the relation of point 2-7 and 8-1 which are usually part of the grouping of 27, 54, 81 and 108 that is associated with the Masonic square later.

From a point of view of page layout we can see this:

There are three periods in this image which form an elongated triangle we can place on a circle. The small angle formed is 16.5 degrees or half of 33. If we draw the other half of it we can notice that we are capturing the T at AT on it's edge extremities. The line from period to period straight down is capturing the t in Robert. We have the familiar T.T. suggestion on the bottom. Above we can notice that the three lines project to the extremities of the letters A N E. Together with T T we could potentially infer the word Tanet which is the ancient Celt/Brython name for the Isle of Thanet. Its etymology is supposed to relate to an island of fire/light. In this we could potentially see a parallel with the Phoenix' island. Of course we can think of the Sun as such a place or even of the place where one resides in eternity. It's more of the same esoteric references we seem to keep encountering.

 

 

Edited April 16 by RoyalCraftiness

[Light-of-Truth]

1 hour ago, RoyalCraftiness said:

What can one say about the imagery in the title page? We have a cartouche containing something that is reminiscent of a constructed hieroglyph in the way of a monas. We have an eternity knot which is mathematically defined by 9 points which has been fit into a circle of 10 points (a decad) by fudging the turnaround points on the intervals between points. The knot is an ancient symbol that can have the meaning of the endless cycles of suffering, or death and rebirth. It is also a symbol of the mutual dependence of religious doctrine and secular affairs. The 6th point is in the center of triangle (trinity centered upon the monad's center) which is atop what one can imagine to be an upside down T. There are 4 flowers in the ring  at the cardinal points. With the pairing of 4 and 10 we ought to recognize the Greek idea of the relationship of the tetrad to the decad which one can see depicted in the tetractys where the position of 6 is central (called the monad number). The T could be thought of as ten, but it can also be imagined to be a Tau, the mark of those worthy of being saved and given eternal life. We can think of ten points and a T as 20 and the 4:10 idea somehow evocative of 40 which is the number associated with all periods of important change/transformation in the Hebrew texts and in the Bible.  In the knot there is the relation of point 2-7 and 8-1 which are usually part of the grouping of 27, 54, 81 and 108 that is associated with the Masonic square later.

From a point of view of page layout we can see this:

There are three periods in this image which form an elongated triangle we can place on a circle. The small angle formed is 16.5 degrees or half of 33. If we draw the other half of it we can notice that we are capturing the T at AT on it's edge extremities. The line from period to period straight down is capturing the t in Robert. We have the familiar T.T. suggestion on the bottom. Above we can notice that the three lines project to the extremities of the letters A N E. Together with T T we could potentially infer the word Tanet which is the ancient Celt/Brython name for the Isle of Thanet. Its etymology is supposed to relate to an island of fire/light. In this we could potentially see a parallel with the Phoenix' island. Of course we can think of the Sun as such a place or even of the place where one resides in eternity. It's more of the same esoteric references we seem to keep encountering.

180 degrees in the circle minus the 33 degrees given =157

 

Interesting thoughts!

There are a couple other periods, or dots, that are curious. I'm tinkering but I will be out a couple hours or so.

[Allisnum2er]

The knot hides the number 33 (twice three strips).

And there are 3 by 3 beads.

https://archive.org/details/misfortunesofart00hughrich/page/5/mode/1up?ref=ol&view=theater

[Light-of-Truth]

3 hours ago, Allisnum2er said:

The knot hides the number 33 (twice three strips).

And there are 3 by 3 beads.

https://archive.org/details/misfortunesofart00hughrich/page/5/mode/1up?ref=ol&view=theater

I am in Crayon mode right now, still absorbed in Bacon. Amazing how much one can see just coloring! 😉

7 hours ago, RoyalCraftiness said:

We have an eternity knot which is mathematically defined by 9 points which has been fit into a circle of 10 points (a decad) by fudging the turnaround points on the intervals between points.

I keep counting 11 blue points. The top two are wider apart than the bottom two which makes me think there is something more to seek. But I do see 11 little blue circles and that is what I am counting.

Four red Roses and four Violets around?

OK, fun time, go back to 1587.

"We all good? The design works for all of us?"

"Indeed, we all agree!"

"Who will teach the Queen about the hidden meanings in the graphic?"

"I got it, she'll get a real kick out of everything we share!"

"Ok, fantastic! Let's do it!"

"Can you imagine if someone in 100 or 200 years from now even takes time to look at what we just created!"

 

 

[Light-of-Truth]

Still playing with Crayons...

[Light-of-Truth]

11 hours ago, RoyalCraftiness said:

The knot is an ancient symbol that can have the meaning of the endless cycles of suffering, or death and rebirth. It is also a symbol of the mutual dependence of religious doctrine and secular affairs.

I was just sitting out on my back porch and through the branches of the trees I saw a bright planet. I used my sky app and it is Venus. Looking at the old Live Oak branches interwoven I realized they pretty much make the Knot.

Big bright Star shining through my backyard living tree Knot made me think of you up in NS, CJ. 😉

"Magic" is a result of a "belief" system, yet the pure electricity that some well timed accidental "Magic" moment brings is from the ultimate Life Force itself. The "Magic" is a Human experience and desirable as far as I am concerned. It may be a basic need to enjoy life.

Coincidences, making big stories out of random events, feeding a belief system that is unique only to me, yea my perception and a given instance. 

And sitting at the end of a day looking at some blazing light in the sky through a tangle of branches of an old tree, I suddenly feel full of Life, almost laughing out loud with joy. Fully alive. "In the right place, at the right time." All day, when I could, was playing with this knot. I experienced a living Knot with bright Venus shining through.

Silly, laughing at the irony and synchronicity, like can this life be possibly real? LOL

[Light-of-Truth]

From Dee's Diary, Feb 28, 1588:

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/19553/19553-h/19553-h.htm Page 26

"Feb. 28th, mane paulo ante ortum solis natus est Theodoras Trebonianus Dee, ascendente Sirio in horoscopo, die dominica."

I had no idea what that means, but I was curious where he was the night the Arthur play happened. Google translation:

"In the morning, a little before sunrise, Theodoras Trebonianus Dee was born, rising Sirius in the horoscope, on Sunday"

I suppose having a baby is an excuse for not attending the play. Sadly, T.T. Dee did not live a long life.

From the link above, Feb 28 in England would have been a Wednesday?

John Dee's private diary, 1588: "Feb. 28th, mane paulo ante ortum solis natus est Theodorus Trebonianus Dee, ascendente Sirio in horoscope, die dominica. March 1st, baptisatus erat Theodorus Dee Trebonee ante meridiem.

Sunday means that Gregorian Calendar is used, because John Dee's stay in Czechia; on Julian Calendar, it would be Wednesday.

[A Phoenix]

Dramatis Personae

The Arthurian play itself has more than twenty named characters as well as a number of soldiers for the battle scenes which centres on a plot in which King Arthur represents Queen Elizabeth and the usurper Mordred, who represents Mary, Queen of Scots:

Paper: https://www.academia.edu/45006687/Francis_Bacon_and_his_First_Unacknowledged_Shakespeare_Play_The_Misfortunes_of_Arthur_and_its_Extensive_Links_to_his_other_Shakespeare_Works

Video: https://youtu.be/OvUjs6MVvtY

[A Phoenix]

Counsellors

In The Misfortunes of Arthur the major characters are provided with counsel. Cador, Duke of Cornwall and Howell, King of Little Britain, are counsellors to King Arthur. Angharad and Fronia provide counsel to Guinevere. But by far the most prominent and important counsellor is Conan, the good and faithful counsellor to Mordred in a play which was written and performed for the purpose of providing Queen Elizabeth with grave counsel and advice. 

Paper: https://www.academia.edu/45006687/Francis_Bacon_and_his_First_Unacknowledged_Shakespeare_Play_The_Misfortunes_of_Arthur_and_its_Extensive_Links_to_his_other_Shakespeare_Works

Video: https://youtu.be/OvUjs6MVvtY

[A Phoenix]

Stewart & Knight

Paper: https://www.academia.edu/45006687/Francis_Bacon_and_his_First_Unacknowledged_Shakespeare_Play_The_Misfortunes_of_Arthur_and_its_Extensive_Links_to_his_other_Shakespeare_Works

Video: https://youtu.be/OvUjs6MVvtY

[A Phoenix]

Conan the Faithful Counsellor

The first of these pieces reprinted in their volume printed just prior to The Misfortunes of Arthur is simply entitled Letter of Advice to the Queen written by Bacon in c.1584-5, three years before Misfortunes which shares very similar themes and concerns with the play concerning the security of the kingdom and the person of Queen Elizabeth. In the tract we have counsellor Bacon advising Queen Elizabeth and in the Misfortunes addressed and presented to Queen Elizabeth we have the faithful counsellor Conan (a near anagram of Bacon) who makes an appearance in something approaching twenty pages representing between a fifth and nearly a quarter of the play itself (see Act 1 Scene 4; Act 2 Scene 2; Act 2 Scene 4; Act 4 Scene I; Act 4 Scene 2 and Act 4 Scene 3). 

Paper: https://www.academia.edu/45006687/Francis_Bacon_and_his_First_Unacknowledged_Shakespeare_Play_The_Misfortunes_of_Arthur_and_its_Extensive_Links_to_his_other_Shakespeare_Works

Video: https://youtu.be/OvUjs6MVvtY

[Allisnum2er]

1 hour ago, A Phoenix said:

Dramatis Personae

The Arthurian play itself has more than twenty named characters as well as a number of soldiers for the battle scenes which centres on a plot in which King Arthur represents Queen Elizabeth and the usurper Mordred, who represents Mary, Queen of Scots:

Paper: https://www.academia.edu/45006687/Francis_Bacon_and_his_First_Unacknowledged_Shakespeare_Play_The_Misfortunes_of_Arthur_and_its_Extensive_Links_to_his_other_Shakespeare_Works

Video: https://youtu.be/OvUjs6MVvtY

Hi A Phoenix,

I do not know if you make it on purpose, but thanks to your list I realised that Nuntius appeared twice.

Indeed, in your list, his name is not written in capital letters unlike other names.

And by the way, none of them are written in capital letters in the original list ...  Is it a sign through your post  ? 😊

https://archive.org/details/misfortunesofart00hughrich/page/22/mode/1up?ref=ol&view=theater&q=philomel

The fact is that yesterday, before to go to bed, I was working on Nuntius who appears on page ... 33 (34) ! 🙂 

33 = BACON

33 + (34) = 67 = FRANCIS

https://archive.org/details/misfortunesofart00hughrich/page/86/mode/1up?ref=ol&view=theater&q=philomel

In acrostich, by using the N of Nuncius, we have : BACON  - WILL TUDOR

(And the letter H is the "Queen Mother" of Consonants 😉 )

[Allisnum2er]

https://archive.org/details/misfortunesofart00hughrich/page/22/mode/1up

Interestingly, with the letter "M" that looks like a "B" (see previous video) we have F BACON in acrostic.

And I remind you that Gor is a synonym of Spear, Rog a synonym of Shake (Middle English) ! 

ROG - GOR # SHAKE -SPEARE 

[RoyalCraftiness]

15 hours ago, Light-of-Truth said:

I am in Crayon mode right now, still absorbed in Bacon. Amazing how much one can see just coloring! 😉

I keep counting 11 blue points. The top two are wider apart than the bottom two which makes me think there is something more to seek. But I do see 11 little blue circles and that is what I am counting.

Four red Roses and four Violets around?

OK, fun time, go back to 1587.

"We all good? The design works for all of us?"

"Indeed, we all agree!"

"Who will teach the Queen about the hidden meanings in the graphic?"

"I got it, she'll get a real kick out of everything we share!"

"Ok, fantastic! Let's do it!"

"Can you imagine if someone in 100 or 200 years from now even takes time to look at what we just created!"

 

 

That's a much clearer image than what I was considering. Aren't there 12 blue circles? The symmetry has clearly been removed to fit 12, and that would suggest something like the 12 disciples inspired by the ten regular polygons that make up the first 12 numbers with the point and the line.  What looked to me like just a triangle with a center point in it is more like a cup in a chalice with two points on each side of it. We might then have the suggestion of a circle in the cup which is like a host depicted with the blood of Christ in the chalice (a call out to the eucharist).

You made an interesting remark about Sirius. It's declination is - 16 degrees 42 minutes 58 seconds. It is highly possible that what we might think is about 16.5 degrees in an elongated triangle is relating that to us. A curious thing can be observed in the Armada Portrait of Elizabeth. There are two great circles showing on the globe. One of them is presumably an equator, the other is very approximately 16.5 degrees inclined from it. 

John Dee's son is a very interesting potential T.T. candidate isn't he? Date of birth is interesting. One can only imagine Dee had the astrology all worked out. It's something to look into with a consideration of Sun, moon and the five visible planets.

Now that Sirius is mentioned in relation to T.T. I am reminded of the strict Egyptian practice of locating their temples by using the angles that mimicked observed celestial angles with Sirius. The 5 major temple sites of Egypt were arranged in this fashion:

The tools to accomplish this planning are said to have been stored in the "barque of Amun" (a box carried around on poles) which was housed in the temple and paraded around on religious dates. These would presumably be surveying tools used by the high priests who would have carried on in the same tradition as Imhotep (Egypt's older version of the Greek Hermes), he who had planned the first monuments at Saqqara by including such measures in Djoser's pyramid and temple site there. This is evocative of what we can show by drawing a circle and showing the elongated triangle of periods. This sort of thing is what passed and still passes as Ancient knowledge to us, but they are simply basic angles related to terrestrial locations. Sirius was Isis' celestial home. The Great Oriental star was Sirius. What we see in the title page of the KJV is Elizabeth being referred to as that bright Occidental star. What that star might actually have been referring to is believed to be related to the apparition of the Novas of 1600 or 1604 in the esoteric minds of some.

Of note, Sirius is located near the galactic plane in such a way that it is near that line of Novas that occurred in 1572, 1600 and 1604. This is what presumably made it so charged as a suggestion. It has been suggested by some that the fertile band of the Nile was used as a visible symbol of the galactic plane on land. Saqqara being just next to it mimics what is seen above. These are some of the things that Dee may have fished from. Who knows? The esoteric is pretty wild.

[A Phoenix]

Arthur

Intertwined with its preoccupation with civil war is the insidious theme of incest which poisons the family line and the body politic. From the argument we discover that the lawless liaison between Uther Pendragon and Igerna produced an illegitimate son, Arthur, with the duplicitous cunning of Merlin who transformed Uther into the likeness of her husband Gorlios, the Duke of Cornwall, whom he afterwards killed in battle. Her pregnancy also produced a twin sister Anne, and many years later when Uther was killed by Saxon poison, Arthur entered into an incestuous relationship with his twin, a lawless union which produced Mordred. Seventeen years after the mythical Roman Procurator Lucius Tiberius demanded a tribute, one due since the time of Julius Caesar, which Arthur refused to pay. Gathering the forces of thirteen kings Arthur crossed the English Channel to do battle leaving behind the kingdom and his wife Guinevere in the care of Mordred. Having landing his army in France after nine years of war Arthur sent the slain body of Tiberius to Rome for the tribute. During his absence Mordred with the assistance of Cilla, a British earl usurped the throne and entered into an outlawed sexual tryst with his now lover Guinevere. Learning of Arthur’s imminent return and enraged by his nine years of neglect and her unbridled passion and sexual lust for Mordred she oscillates between killing her husband or herself before finding religion and retiring to a nunnery. 

Paper: https://www.academia.edu/45006687/Francis_Bacon_and_his_First_Unacknowledged_Shakespeare_Play_The_Misfortunes_of_Arthur_and_its_Extensive_Links_to_his_other_Shakespeare_Works

Video: https://youtu.be/OvUjs6MVvtY

[A Phoenix]

Sandra Billington

Paper: https://www.academia.edu/45006687/Francis_Bacon_and_his_First_Unacknowledged_Shakespeare_Play_The_Misfortunes_of_Arthur_and_its_Extensive_Links_to_his_other_Shakespeare_Works

Video: https://youtu.be/OvUjs6MVvtY

[A Phoenix]

Evil Spirits

Paper: https://www.academia.edu/45006687/Francis_Bacon_and_his_First_Unacknowledged_Shakespeare_Play_The_Misfortunes_of_Arthur_and_its_Extensive_Links_to_his_other_Shakespeare_Works

Video: https://youtu.be/OvUjs6MVvtY

[A Phoenix]

King Arthur & King Lear

Paper: https://www.academia.edu/45006687/Francis_Bacon_and_his_First_Unacknowledged_Shakespeare_Play_The_Misfortunes_of_Arthur_and_its_Extensive_Links_to_his_other_Shakespeare_Works

Video: https://youtu.be/OvUjs6MVvtY

[A Phoenix]

Henry VI & Richard III

This powerful theme of incest combined with internecine civil war is carried over into the early Shakespeare plays written around the time or shortly after Misfortunes.

Paper: https://www.academia.edu/45006687/Francis_Bacon_and_his_First_Unacknowledged_Shakespeare_Play_The_Misfortunes_of_Arthur_and_its_Extensive_Links_to_his_other_Shakespeare_Works

Video: https://youtu.be/OvUjs6MVvtY

[A Phoenix]

Troilus & Cressida

Paper: https://www.academia.edu/45006687/Francis_Bacon_and_his_First_Unacknowledged_Shakespeare_Play_The_Misfortunes_of_Arthur_and_its_Extensive_Links_to_his_other_Shakespeare_Works

Video: https://youtu.be/OvUjs6MVvtY

[A Phoenix]

Professor Fuwa

Paper: https://www.academia.edu/45006687/Francis_Bacon_and_his_First_Unacknowledged_Shakespeare_Play_The_Misfortunes_of_Arthur_and_its_Extensive_Links_to_his_other_Shakespeare_Works

Video: https://youtu.be/OvUjs6MVvtY

[A Phoenix]

Professor McCabe

Paper: https://www.academia.edu/45006687/Francis_Bacon_and_his_First_Unacknowledged_Shakespeare_Play_The_Misfortunes_of_Arthur_and_its_Extensive_Links_to_his_other_Shakespeare_Works

Video: https://youtu.be/OvUjs6MVvtY

[A Phoenix]

Sources

The sources and Arthurian themes of The Misfortunes of Arthur have been traced in The Rape of Lucrece, Venus and Adonis, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard II, I Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V, The Merchant of Venice, and/or Arthurian references, allusions and resemblances in I Henry VI, Love’s Labour’s Lost, King Lear and The Winter’s Tale all masterfully blended with Senecan themes, ideas and language, that form the very lifeblood of Bacon’s Arthurian drama. 

Paper: https://www.academia.edu/45006687/Francis_Bacon_and_his_First_Unacknowledged_Shakespeare_Play_The_Misfortunes_of_Arthur_and_its_Extensive_Links_to_his_other_Shakespeare_Works

Video: https://youtu.be/OvUjs6MVvtY

[Allisnum2er]

10 hours ago, A Phoenix said:

Sources

The sources and Arthurian themes of The Misfortunes of Arthur have been traced in The Rape of Lucrece, Venus and Adonis, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard II, I Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V, The Merchant of Venice, and/or Arthurian references, allusions and resemblances in I Henry VI, Love’s Labour’s Lost, King Lear and The Winter’s Tale all masterfully blended with Senecan themes, ideas and language, that form the very lifeblood of Bacon’s Arthurian drama. 

Paper: https://www.academia.edu/45006687/Francis_Bacon_and_his_First_Unacknowledged_Shakespeare_Play_The_Misfortunes_of_Arthur_and_its_Extensive_Links_to_his_other_Shakespeare_Works

Video: https://youtu.be/OvUjs6MVvtY

Hi A Phoenix,

Something just jumped out at me coming across your last great slide.

"Robert Robinson"

This is another crazy idea, but what if this Printer was chosen intentionally.

"Robert Robin son" ... Robert Dudley was called "Sweet Robin" by Queen Elizabeth Tudor.

Above the emblem we have a reference to Queen Elizabeth Tudor with the word "MAIESTIE" used twice.

(The second one is the 33rd word by counting "Grayes-inne as two words)

Below the emblem, it could be a hidden reference to Robert Dudley.

And it could be another subterfuge used by Francis Bacon to hide that he was the secret son of

Queen Elizabeth and Robert Dudley.

 

[A Phoenix]

Senecan Influences

Paper: https://www.academia.edu/45006687/Francis_Bacon_and_his_First_Unacknowledged_Shakespeare_Play_The_Misfortunes_of_Arthur_and_its_Extensive_Links_to_his_other_Shakespeare_Works

Video: https://youtu.be/OvUjs6MVvtY