Monstrous Adversary: The Life of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of OxfordThe Elizabethan Court poet Edward de Vere has, since 1920, lived a notorious second, wholly illegitimate life as the putative author of the poems and plays of William Shakespeare. The work reconstructs Oxford’s life, assesses his poetic works, and demonstrates the absurdity of attributing Shakespeare’s works to him. The first documentary biography of Oxford in over seventy years, Monstrous Adversary seeks to measure the real Oxford against the myth. Impeccably researched and presenting many documents written by Oxford himself, Nelson’s book provides a unique insight into Elizabethan society and manners through the eyes of a man whose life was privately scandalous and richly documented. |
Contents
VI | 7 |
VII | 9 |
VIII | 14 |
IX | 19 |
X | 23 |
XI | 29 |
XII | 34 |
XIII | 41 |
LI | 249 |
LII | 258 |
LIII | 261 |
LIV | 266 |
LV | 273 |
LVI | 276 |
LVII | 280 |
LVIII | 287 |
XIV | 47 |
XV | 49 |
XVI | 54 |
XVII | 58 |
XVIII | 62 |
XIX | 68 |
XX | 77 |
XXI | 79 |
XXII | 89 |
XXIII | 92 |
XXIV | 99 |
XXV | 105 |
XXVI | 108 |
XXVII | 117 |
XXVIII | 121 |
XXIX | 132 |
XXX | 137 |
XXXI | 141 |
XXXII | 155 |
XXXIII | 157 |
XXXIV | 164 |
XXXV | 174 |
XXXVI | 178 |
XXXVII | 182 |
XXXVIII | 186 |
XXXIX | 189 |
XL | 191 |
XLI | 195 |
XLII | 200 |
XLIII | 203 |
XLIV | 209 |
XLV | 213 |
XLVI | 218 |
XLVII | 225 |
XLVIII | 229 |
XLIX | 236 |
L | 239 |
LIX | 289 |
LX | 292 |
LXI | 295 |
LXII | 300 |
LXIII | 303 |
LXIV | 308 |
LXV | 311 |
LXVI | 319 |
LXVII | 322 |
LXVIII | 328 |
LXIX | 336 |
LXX | 339 |
LXXI | 343 |
LXXII | 345 |
LXXIII | 349 |
LXXIV | 355 |
LXXV | 358 |
LXXVI | 361 |
LXXVII | 370 |
LXXVIII | 374 |
LXXIX | 380 |
LXXX | 384 |
LXXXI | 391 |
LXXXII | 394 |
LXXXIII | 396 |
LXXXIV | 404 |
LXXXV | 409 |
LXXXVI | 418 |
LXXXVII | 424 |
LXXXVIII | 427 |
LXXXIX | 431 |
XC | 443 |
XCI | 487 |
XCIII | 492 |
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Page 3 - This earle of Oxford, making of his low obeisance to queen Elizabeth, happened to let a Fart at which he was so abashed that he went to travell seven yeares. At his returne the queen welcomed him home and sayd, 'My lord, I had forgot the Fart.