Rose Cross and 1740 Message on Page 149 of the Comedies, A Midsummer Night's Dream
In this post, I will show a "Rose Cross" message on page 149 of the Comedies, A Midsummer Night's Dream, in Shakespeare's First Folio (1623).
In this post, I will be drawing circles of three different diameters on page 149. I discovered these circles, or compass settings, on page one of The Tempest. If you want to know more about how I found these compass settings, please read these posts, especially the first one:
Just to show that I have "nothing up my sleeve," as magicians like to say, here is an image showing the circles drawn on page one of The Tempest:
I only use circles of the three diameters shown in the image. For my posts, I typically use only use the circle shown red, but I sometimes have used the smallest circle, shown in purple. I have used the largest circle, shown in blue, on only a few occasions. For this post I will be using all three circles. I do not use circles of any other diameter (I tried to do this in my first book, but I have not done so since). I have been sticking with these circles to maintain consistency in my method. Therefore, I cannot be accused of drawing circles of any arbitrary size to find things.
In addition to the circles, I will also be using a 3-4-5 right triangle. This triangle is part of Masonic lore. In addition, Pythagoras (Pythagorean theorem) is mentioned at least four times in the First Folio.
In this post, I am starting with lines spoken by Titania and Oberon, the fairy Queen and King, at the top left-hand column of page 149. I will be focusing on the area of the lines with the words "Rose" and "crosse":
The nine mens Morris is fild vp with mud,
And the queint Mazes in the wanton greene,
For lacke of tread are vndistinguishable.
The humane mortals want their winter heere,
No night is now with hymne or caroll blest;
Therefore the Moone (the gouernesse of floods)
Pale in her anger, washes all the aire;
That Rheumaticke diseases doe abound.
And through this distemperature, we see
The seasons alter; hoared headed frosts
Fall in the fresh lap of the crimson Rose,
And on old Hyems chinne and Icie crowne,
An odorous Chaplet of sweet Sommer buds
Is as in mockry set. The Spring, the Sommer,
The childing Autumne, angry Winter change
Their wonted Liueries, and the mazed world,
By their increase, now knowes not which is which;
And this same progeny of euills,
Comes from our debate, from our dissention,
We are their parents and originall.
Ober. Do you amend it then, it lies in you,
Why should Titania crosse her Oberon?
I do but beg a little changeling boy,
To be my Henchman.
The next image shows a 3-4-5 right triangle on the page with the side that is 3 units long placed below, and of equivalent length to, the words "Titania crosse her Oberon":
As can be seen, at the top of the triangle, at the point where it crosses the word "Rose," letters that spell "crosse" cross through the word "Rose."
At the base of the triangle, I placed the letter "T" and the letter "O" together to create an ankh, or key of life, symbol. I am not sure if this is warranted, but the Rosicrucians do use an ankh as a symbol.
There is also a letter alignment that spells "Tudor"
(with a bit of letter unscrambling) moving upward along the hypotenuse of the triangle from the letter "T" in "Titania." There are also letters further up the hypotenuse that can be slightly rearranged to construct "king edward," and this message may be present: "Tudor] parents debate [?] [Tudor] progeny [and] king edward [VI] angry." The "Tudor" parents debate is difficult to resolve, but it could be a reference to Edward Seymour, Lord Protector, Catherine Parr (when she was alive), and other people acting as guardians of the Tudor children. These messages would be describing an internal debate and reactions within the regime concerning Elizabeth becoming pregnant with Thomas Seymour's child (see below).
In the image above, two small circles are drawn, one is centered on the "T" in "Titania" and the other is centered on the "O" in "Oberon." The circles are also shown in the image of page 1 of The Tempest (above). I call this the "marke vpon him" compass setting.
As can be seen, the circumferences of the circles intersect at the top at the line "fall in the fresh lap of the crimson Rose." This is also the line that was pointed-out by the 3-4-5 triangle. At the bottom, the circles intersect at the line "And grow big bellied with the wanton winde." This line is about the image of sails filling with wind, but it also alludes to a pregnant woman growing big with child. The three lines that follow make the connection even more clearly. I believe these lines are veiled suggestions of Queen Elizabeth (then a princess) becoming pregnant by Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, Lord High Admiral.
The right-hand circle also falls on a "BACon" along the left-hand side of left-hand column. I is not highlighted in the image, but it looks like this:
B
An
Co
This might indicate Francis Bacon's involvement in these messages. There may be a message along the circumference, going upward from the "BACon," which may be something to the effect of "[Edward de Vere and Francis] Bacon are the 'parents' of the 'mockery' and 'childing' about [Thomas] 'Seymour' [in the hidden messages]." A possible "Seymour" letter alignment can be seen at the words "mockery," "odorous," "Chaplet," and "Hyems" that might spell "C-mour" or "seymour."
What is most noteworthy is that a portion of the circle on the right marks out letters that spell "elisa (and son) beth." This letter alignment symbolizes Princess Elizabeth pregnant with a son. This message is consistent with what is described by Titania in the scene -- a "Votress of my Order" pregnant with child.
In the image above, a circle, in red, centered on the "R" in "Rose" and a circle, in blue, centered on the word "crosse" are placed on the image. The red circle is what I refer to as the "marke vpon him...two courses off" circle, and the blue circle what I refer to as the "marke vpon him...three courses off" circle. Both circles are shown in the image of page 1 of The Tempest (see above).
As can be seen, the circumferences of the circles intersect at the word "forty" in the right-hand column. The letter "R" has a simple gematria value of 17 (Elizabethan alphabet). Combining the number 17 with the number 40 creates the number 1740. Mr. Alexander Waugh has linked this number with Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, and the "Fourth T" (the hidden fourth T in the triple tau cross).
Near the lower part of the circle the circumference touches the line "Since once I sat upon a promontory." This line is the beginning of Oberon's story of the mermaid riding on a dolphins back singing to calm the sea. I discussed this story and the hidden messages about Thomas Seymour contained in it in my last post.
Considering all of what has been shown, Edward de Vere, known as "1740" (the Fourth T) is being linked to the Brotherhood of the Rose Cross and possibly the secret pregnancy of Queen Elizabeth by Thomas Seymour, suggesting Edward de Vere was her illegitimate son -- a hidden changeling boy, just as mentioned in the play on page 149.
That is all for now.
