….by TRIXIE THE CAT…

(It’s best to read Parts One, Two, Three and Four first.)

Brothers and Sisters of The Shakespeare Code…….

……PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENT……

…..WHICH IS CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH THE WILLOBIE AUTHOR….

 …..WITH THE UTMOST CARE…..

To all the constant Ladies and Gentlewomen of England that fear God…

Pardon me, (sweet Ladies) if at this point, I deprive you of a just apology in defence of your constant chastities, deserved of many of you and long sithence promised by my self, to some of you: many men in these days (whose tongues are tipped with poison) are too ready and over willing to speak and write to your disgrace, evil disposed men , who forgetting they were born of women, nourished of women, and if it were not by the means of women, would be quite extinguished out of the world, and a final end of them all, do like Vipers deface the wombs wherein they were bred, only to give way and utterance to their want of discretion and goodness. They have tempted even the patience of God himself, who gave power to wise and virtuous women, to bring down their pride and arrogancy, as was cruel Caesarus by the discreet counsel of noble Deborah, Judge and prophetess of Israel: and resolution of Jaell, wife of Heber the Kenite.

Let the four moral virtues be in order set down. Prudence, Fortitude, Temperance, Justice and let the holy scriptures be searched from the beginning to the end and let all the ancient histories, both ecclesiastical and profane be thoroughly examined and there will be found women enough, that in the performance of all these virtues, have matched, if not over-matched, men of every age. For temperance, how say you to the wife of one Pelgius of Laodicea which being young herself and married to a young and lusty man, was yet notwithstanding contented willingly to forbear carnal pleasure her whole life. For fortitude and temperance both, I find that in Antioch, there was a noble woman with her two daughters, rather than they would be deflowered, cast themselves all willingly into a great river and so drowned themselves. Many other examples I could allege of divers faithful and virtuous women, who have in all ages, not only been Confessors, but also endured most cruel martyrdom for their faith in Jesus Christ. All which is sufficient to enforce all good Christians and honourable minded men to speak reverently of your sex, and especially of all virtuous and good women.

This document……..

…….written by a man…….

……. but addressed……

….. ‘to all the constant Ladies and Gentlewomen of England’…..

…….argues, with utter clarity….

…….the moral superiority of the female sex to the male……..

….and draws on many examples……

………from scripture and history……..

………to make its point…..

It is an extraordinary position for a man of this period to take….

…..or any man……

…..of any age……

…..to take…….

…..including our own…..

IN FACT IT IS FAR TOO EXTRAORDINARY!!!

Let’s look at the document again…..

…….divided up…..

To all the constant Ladies and Gentlewomen of England that fear God…

Pardon me, (sweet Ladies) if at this point, I deprive you of a just apology in defence of your constant chastities, deserved of many of you and long sithence promised by my self, to some of you: many men in these days (whose tongues are tipped with poison) are too ready and over willing to speak and write to your disgrace….

…..evil disposed men , who forgetting they were born of women, nourished of women, and if it were not by the means of women, would be quite extinguished out of the world, and a final end of them all, do like Vipers deface the wombs wherein they were bred, only to give way and utterance to their want of discretion and goodness….

They have tempted even the patience of God himself, who gave power to wise and virtuous women, to bring down their pride and arrogancy…

…as was cruel Caesarus by the discreet counsel of noble Deborah, Judge and prophetess of Israel: and resolution of Jaell, wife of Heber the Kenite…..

…Let the four moral virtues be in order set down. Prudence, Fortitude, Temperance, Justice and let the holy scriptures be searched from the beginning to the end and let all the ancient histories, both ecclesiastical and profane be thoroughly examined and there will be found women enough, that in the performance of all these virtues, have matched, if not over-matched, men of every age…..

For temperance, how say you to the wife of one Pelgius of Laodicea which being young herself and married to a young and lusty man, was yet notwithstanding contented willingly to forbear carnal pleasure her whole life…

For fortitude and temperance both, I find that in Antioch, there was a noble woman with her two daughters, rather than they would be deflowered, cast themselves all willingly into a great river and so drowned themselves

Many other examples I could allege of divers faithful and virtuous women, who have in all ages, not only been Confessors, but also endured most cruel martyrdom for their faith in Jesus Christ. All which is sufficient to enforce all good Christians and honourable minded men to speak reverently of your sex, and especially of all virtuous and good women.

Though the style and subject matter of all the passsages are IDENTICAL…..

…….this ‘document’ is, in fact….

 A COMPILATION OF TWO DIFFERENT WORKS!!!

The section in red is taken from…..

Willobie his Avisa…….

……. the section in black…..

……..(with ONE CHANGE ONLY of ‘our’ to your’)……

……..is taken from…..

….. Salve Deus Rex Judeorum……..

…….published in 1611……

……BY AEMILIA LANYER…..

…..whose maiden name was….

AEMILIA BASSANO.

‘Henrie Willobie’

…the supposed Willobie author……

….was, in fact……

a Woman…

‘Bye, now……

© Stewart Trotter, October, 2013.

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