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Oxfraud @oxfraud.com · 17/03/2025

So, do you remember that time you conceded that our Prima Facie Case for Shakespeare was correct? Not quite in so many words but close enough for government work. Here we are agreeing that Basse's poem refers to William Shakespeare of Stratford. What else do you need? Why did you never reply?

Oxfraud @oxfraud.com · 05/03/2025

The entire Oxfordian theory is based on a set of assumed characteristics of the "true" author, almost all of which are false.

Oxfraud @oxfraud.com · 04/03/2025

2/ Here's a quick summary of his made-up criteria and our analysis of how it applies to Oxford.

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Oxfraud @oxfraud.com · 28/02/2025

Entirely predictable.

Oxfraud @oxfraud.com · 20/02/2025

2/3 Latest—the unoriginal idea of taking the annotations in books owns by Sir Henry Neville and relating them to the plays. Since the books belonged to Neville, and the handwriting bears obvious similarities to Neville's, Oxfordians have jumped to the conclusion that everyone is wrong, once again.

Inspector Clouseau on Oxford's trail once more.

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Oxfraud @oxfraud.com · 13/02/2025

1/ Excellent. This history tells us a lot about the paintings. Philip Herbert's is by Dutch artist Daniël Mijtens, whose patron was Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel. There are two paintings by him in the collection: Herbert's and Rudyerd. They don't know when these were acquired.

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Oxfraud @oxfraud.com · 12/02/2025

Not sure if there's a painting of Neville, but Shakespeare seems willing to wait for him.

Oxfraud @oxfraud.com · 11/02/2025

Eight years ago, on a YouTube comment thread, the Shakespearean Authorship Trust acknowledged the main points of our prima facie case for Shakespeare's authorship: Heminges and Condell knew Shakespeare and believed he wrote the works. Who would know better than they?

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Oxfraud @oxfraud.com · 01/02/2025

This is as good as explanation as I can give you. If you don't understand the early modern printing convention. I've included the prompt I used to generate this response.

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Oxfraud @oxfraud.com · 19/01/2025

1/ What counts as evidence for Oxfordians is sometimes difficult to believe.

Oxfraud @oxfraud.com · 07/01/2025

Here's the cover of a record album. It's a puzzle—what is it telling us? What do their arm positions tell us??

Oxfraud @oxfraud.com · 04/01/2025

The piece contains zero cryptograms. Here is what a cryptogram looks like. The First Folio, the Sonnets and the longer poems contain zero cryptograms.

Oxfraud @oxfraud.com · 02/01/2025

Having trouble with the secretary hand and the Latin? Here it is:

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Oxfraud @oxfraud.com · 31/12/2024

When the Bargain and Sale document for the Blackfriars Gatehouse refers to "William Shakespeare of Stratford upon Avon in the Countie of Warwick Gentleman," who do you think it refers to? (Shakespeare bequeathed this property to his daughter Susanna in his will.) You don't know the facts.

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Oxfraud @oxfraud.com · 29/12/2024

2/ Let's go to what Ravenscroft(R) actually said. It's on p254 of Chambers, Shakespeare Facts & Problems.

Oxfraud @oxfraud.com · 25/12/2024

Take the ferry to Vestmannaeyjar, and drive up to see the puffin colony.

Oxfraud @oxfraud.com · 21/12/2024

The difference between correlation and corroboration is widely misunderstood. And not understood even slightly by Shakespeare Denialists.

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Oxfraud @oxfraud.com · 21/12/2024

Hey, the geometry is there!

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Oxfraud @oxfraud.com · 20/12/2024

What are the odds? Do the odds against this happening randomly imply that the coincidence must have been an intentional act? (No, it doesn't.)

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Oxfraud @oxfraud.com · 26/11/2024

No, the person who berated the elderly Professor Wells was a failed writer named Elizabeth Winkler. Or are you thinking of this--it looks like Charles is attacking Stanley Wells with a sword!

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Oxfraud @oxfraud.com · 26/11/2024

5/ In any case, there isn't a very strong correlation between Shakespeare's biblical references, as identified by Shaheen, and the marks in the Geneva Bible owned by the Folger.

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Oxfraud @oxfraud.com · 25/11/2024

1/ We know who published the First Folio. The publishers are listed in the colophon. The Herbert brothers were the dedicatees not the publishers, and not coincidentally, they were the royal officials with direct authority over the King's Men company.

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Oxfraud @oxfraud.com · 23/11/2024

Heminges and Condell state that the works in the First Folio were written by "so worthy a friend and fellow...as was our Shakespeare." 10/10

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Oxfraud @oxfraud.com · 23/11/2024

I do like when Shakespeare authorship deniers draw their complicated designs to "prove" their claims.

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1/ Just the opposite: He's identified by name and by his documented relationship as the "friend and fellow" of John Heminges and Henry Condell, in their dedication to the first folio. He's identified as the author on the title page.

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No one had any doubts about Will's at the time. Basse's Elegy: 8 contemporary copies give his death April 1616; 13 call him "Mr."; one says "On Willm Shakespear bury'd att Stratford vpon Avon, his Town of Nativity", another identifies him as the poet who has a monument in the Stratford church.

2/ But here's his daughter Susanna's signature (partially obscured since it was over a tab of parchment that held a seal). Her last name, Hall, is perfectly legible. Her epitaph credits her with being "witty above her sex," saying "Something of Shakespeare was in that."

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1/ Shakespeare authorship doubters (SADs) grasp at straws for evidence to support their dubious claims--and an excellent example is their citing Adonis donning a "bonnet" in the narrative poem Venus and Adonis. They're convinced that Shakespeare's reference is based on Titian's painting:

Oxfraud @oxfraud.com · 18/11/2024

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