The wrightinge which I have ys in the contrye, for I hadd suche care thearofe as I carried yt with me in a lyttell deske, to morow or the next day I ame to goo thether, and so sone as I come home by the grace of god I will send yt yow. The Earle of Darby showld have sett his hand and seale to thys copie, as he hadd done to yowres, but his promises, beinge but delayes and shiftes, in the meane seasone, I caused his officer Irland and an other to sett theare handes vnto yt, to wittnes that yt was a trwe copie. I named to yow
in hast in my last letter, Mr Hykes. But I
hadd forgott my self, yt was Mr Barnarddeux whome my lord imployed in that
cause. and therfore I think him able to satisfise all suche doutes as my lord
may cast. I doo not dowte, but yf my lord hadd then any care therof, or Mr
Barnarddeux but that yis assurance ys as fyrme as the lawe can make yt theare
was imployed in yt the Master of the Rooles then and now lord keper, and others
of my lords lerned councell in lawe, whoo I hope are sufficient to passe
greater matters then ytt.
Thus takinge my leaue, frome
Channon Row, this 6 of September 1596.
I remayne yowre louinge friende.
(signed) Edward Oxenford
Addressed: To his very welbeloued
and honorable friende Sir Robert Cecill principall secretarie to her Magestye
and one of her hightnes pryvye Councell giue theis. [seal]
Endorsed: 6 September 1596; Earl
of Oxforde to my Master.
Also at Virtual Grub Street:
- A 1572 Oxford Letter and the Player’s Speech in Hamlet. August 11, 2020. “The player’s speech has been a source of consternation among Shakespeare scholars for above 200 years. Why was Aeneas’ tale chosen as the subject?”
- Gutenberg, proto-Hack Writers and Shakespeare. May 26, 2020. “A less well known effect of the Reformation was that many young Catholic men who had taken religious orders in order to receive an education began to lead lives at large from monastic discipline. Like Erasmus and Rabelais they took up the pen.”
- Shakespeare’s Funeral Meats. May 13, 2020. “Famous as this has been since its discovery, it has been willfully misread more often than not. No mainstream scholar had any use for a reference to Hamlet years before it was supposed to have been written.”
- Shakespeare Scholarship in the Internet Age. August 12, 2018. “I love to be presented with a legitimate challenge to any of my work. This does not change the fact that such challenges are followed by an unpleasant sinking feeling. Had I missed something?”
- Check out the English Renaissance Article Index for many more articles and reviews about this fascinating time and about the Shakespeare Authorship Question.
- Check out the English Renaissance Letter Index for many letters from this fascinating time, some related to the Shakespeare Authorship Question.
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