Francis Bacon, Poet, Prophet, Philosopher, Versus Phantom Captain Shakespeare
Francis Bacon, Poet, Prophet, Philosopher, Versus Phantom Captain Shakespeare
William Francis C Wigston
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That notorious Machiavel ! (" 1 King Henry VI.," act iii. so. 2. ) The murderous Machiavel to school. (**3 King Henry VI., act iii. so. 2.) HISTORY, POETRY, AND PHILOSOPHY, 169 Shakespeare (save the mark!) borrows from North's "Plutarch," Timon's speech, as follows : — I have a tree which grows here in my garden That mine own nse invites me to cut down, And shortly must I fell it. (Actv. 80. 2.) Bacon evidently in his Essay upon "Goodness of Nature," or what we should call Qooi nature — ^^ Misa...nthropi, that make it their practice to bring men to the bough and yet never have a tree for the purpose in their gardens as Timon had" The title of Bacon's Essay carries conviction of its application to the play of "Timon of Athens," inasmuch as Timon is portrayed as a man of good nature, carried to excess, giving away right and lefb^ and becoming a misanthrope because his friends are not as foolish as himself. North's "Plutarch." Paul Stapfer (in his " Shakespeare and Classical Antiquity ") writes: — "One thing, however, is certain, and that is, that it was only through Amyot, or rather through his English translator, Sir Thomas North, that Shakespeare became acquainted with Plutarch, The proof of this is easy and amusing.
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