Some rather clever person figured out that as William Shakespeare was baptized on April the 25th (although I also found another source that says he was baptized on the 26th…), he would have been born on this day in 1564, unless, of course, you think there never was a Shakespeare and that Frances Bacon has been robbed, unless it was Christopher Marlowe, or perhaps Edward de Vere. Or somebody else, anyone other than the grasping and unworthy son of a merchant who prepared with nothing more than a grammar school education and familiarity with the Book of Common Prayer (he didn’t even have the King James bible to inspire him, it wouldn’t be published until 1611) was supposed to have penned the words and turns of phrase that people like me for generations following would steal and adapt for their own purposes…
Truly the international man of mystery…
Whoever you are, Bill, you are the greatest!
Need proof?
Thank you, Bill, thank you…
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