In this post I will show what appear to be Rosicrucian and Masonic messages on pages 52 and 53 of the Histories, Henry IV, Part I, in Shakespeare's First Folio (1623).
The reason I am examining these pages is that I saw some images of page 53 on the Internet. The images showed a "rose crosse" message that I believe was found by Petter Amundsen. I will just show a portion of his solution here:
As can be seen, the words "rose crosse" fall on two points on a 3-4-5 right triangle. 3-4-5 right triangle is a symbol used in Freemasonry.
As noted above, I am focusing only a portion of what Mr. Amundsen found due to its significance to what I subsequently discovered (see below). However, based on what he found, I decided to examine both pages 52 and 53 of the Histories, Henry IV, Part I. The remainder of this post is my work. To the best of my knowledge, this is new material that has not been noticed or discussed elsewhere.
The next images show some cipher (gematria) solutions to the "rose crosse" message on page 53.
The gematria indicates several solutions pointing to the number 33. The number 33 is associated with the name "BACON," and Francis Bacon. 1st Viscount St Alban.
The next images show another "Rose crosse" message on page 52 of Henry IV, Part I, that I discovered.
Again, the words "Rose" and "crosse" fall within the bounds of a 3-4-5 right triangle. When the base (side length 3) of the triangle is made to equal the length of the line "So Honor crosse it from North to South," the upper point of the triangle points out the word "Rose." Therefore, an obvious "Rose Crosse" message is indicated.
It is also noteworthy that the word "Rose" falls on the 22nd line from the top of the page, and the word "crosse" falls on the 44th line from the top of the page, such that the message spans 22 lines. This is consistent with John Anthony's hypothesis that the members of the group who placed messages in the King James version of the bible were known as the "Twice Eleven Brethren." See https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWpJNxTcvuxd6JcPTD6fuw
The next images show a possible "Shake-speare" message (actually "shooke Speare").
There may be significance in the fact that the word "shooke" appears on the fourth line from the top of the "Rose crosse" message and the word "Speare" appears on the fourth line from the bottom of the message. In addition, the "shooke Speare" message spans 17 lines. Therefore, the message "shooke Speare" is associated with both the number 17 (Edward de Vere's earl number) and the concept of "fourth" (or the "Fourth T, or 40). As Alexander Waugh has shown, the number 1740 is associated with Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. See https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHN7SCKlsa9lPYJmqqQ2uIg
The final image shows a circle of drawn from the word "So" at the beginning of the line "So Honor crosse it from North to South." This circle also falls on one of the points of the 3-4-5 right triangle. I call a circle of this radius the "marke vpon him...two courses off" circle. I have discussed why I used this circle in numerous previous posts.
As can be seen, the circumference of the circle crosses the word "Rose" on the 22nd line of the page. Therefore, as it so happens, the radius of the circle ("marke vpon him...two courses off" circle) exactly matches the hypotenuse of the 3-4-5 right triangle that marks out the "Rose crosse" message.
In the margins of the image, I set out my interpretation of some of the words that fall near portions of the circumference of the circle. I posit that there are messages concerning Edward de Vere as the Triple Tau and that lead to the number he is associated with: 1740. I also discuss possible references to York Rite Masonry, Royal Arch Masonry, and the Triple Tau (The Grand Emblem of Royal Arch Masonry). If the "Y" in "York" represents a thorn (the letters "TH"), then the words "York Rite" may, again, encode the idea of R being equal to 17 and the Triple Tau (1740 and Edward de Vere). Therefore I believe the messages in the First Folio are directly linked to the Rosicrucians and the Freemasons.
That is all for now.
