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It’s a scene
where one character is asking the name of another. Of course this is common.
The name of S. Francis (congruent
with Sir Francis [Bacon]) is used 13 lines prior to the dialogue of interest.
The name of Francis is used in four of the plays, and variations are also
found, so it’s not really unusual that it’s used here. This is on page 243 of
the Comedies in the first column. Here is the passage:
Wid. Heere you shall see a Countriman of yours
That has done worthy service.
Hel. His name I pray you?
Dia. The Count Rossillion : know you such a one?
Hel. But by the eare that heares most nobly of him :
His face I know not.
The early
Baconian cipher researchers would sometimes point to such instances of the word
‘name’ or of the word ‘Count’ as times they should pay particular attention to
the possibility of a hidden signature count or some other authorship clue.
Usually the dialogue suggests an allusion beyond the play’s plot to someone
clued in to ‘hear’ it. In this case the line with “Count Rossillion” in
it has a dialogue count of exactly 33 letters. Then “Count Rossillion”
in the Kay alphabet equals 281, and would become 282 “Francis Bacon” in Kay, if
the word “one” at the end of the line was meant to be included. The casual use
of named numbers in a text is a common way to provide a clue or to contribute
to one. The line isn’t the only one in the column with 33 letters so what makes
it significant is it being associated with a question of identity and the word
‘count’. Still, by itself, it’s not very much evidence but it turns out that
there are a number of similar examples of asking for a name or some revelation
of identity which are found to be connected to one of our significant
authorship numbers. Several of these instances have the name Francis, or a
version of the name, close by in the text, possibly to prime the reader’s mind.
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