Author: Hope Welborn

‘The God of Love,’ of which a few lines are sung in Much Ado About Nothing, has been improperly attributed to “W E”, meaning William Elderton. I recently discovered that the first full verse is available in a harp songbook, which got the lyric from a manuscript held at Yale University. It is just enough text to confirm the lyric for Oxford. The music has long been available in a lute book compiled c. 1560-85 by Francis Willoughby. His name is featured in an acrostic within Robert Parry’s Sinetes Passions. So, Oxford knew Willoughby, who had the sheet music to one of Oxford’s songs. I have added observations in the W.E. (William Elderton) and Robert Parry chapters. Just search on “Francis Willoughby”.

Phoebe Nir and I recently did an hourlong Q&A on the Songwriter Voices. It is a fun condensation of the case that dozens of Oxford’s songs were published between 1587 and 1603. I will let you know when it’s posted.

More to come!

Robert Prechter
www.oxfordsvoices.com 

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In case you missed it, this video from 2023 was the precursor to the article on Thomas Nashe published this year in The Oxfordian:

Speech video: Prechter, Robert, “Thomas Nashe: Person or Persona?” Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, May 6, 2023

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Robert Prechter
www.oxfordsvoices.com 

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Nobody named John Doleta existed in England in the 1580s. But someone wrote a pamphlet purporting to describe the astrological predictions of someone by that name. What is the real story? You can read about it here:

“Identifying John Doleta”

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Robert Prechter
www.oxfordsvoices.com 

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This week we have a link to my speech on the authorship of the Christopher Marlowe canon, delivered at the Shakespeare-Oxford Fellowship’s conference in Denver, Colorado on September 29. Marlowe was independent while he was alive, but did anything suspicious happen after he died? Find out!

“What Pieces, If Any, Did the Earl of Oxford Contribute to the Christopher Marlowe Canon?”

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Robert Prechter
www.oxfordsvoices.com 

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In case you missed it, here is a video based on Oxford’s Voices:

Video: “Robert Greene at the Blue Boar Tavern” a 1-hour chat with Robert Prechter, July 10, 2024

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Robert Prechter
www.oxfordsvoices.com 

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I am pleased to announce a major event, namely an expansion of the investigation into Oxford’s Voices by independent researcher Alister Hill. OV’s Raphael Holinshed chapter concluded that the Earl of Oxford contributed to the 1587 edition of Holinshed’s Chronicles. Hill heeded the call at the end of the chapter inviting volunteers to figure out which portions of the 1587 edition of Holinshed’s Chronicles were written by Oxford. He is in the process of delineating Oxford’s contributions by their use of Shakespeare’s words, phrases and themes. For a refresher on the evidence for the case, search Oxford’s Voices for ^Raphael Holinshed. To read Hill’s progress to date, go to his site at www.oxfordholinshed.com.

More to come!

Robert Prechter
www.oxfordsvoices.com 

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In case you missed them, here are some videos based on Oxford’s Voices:

Video: “Key Early Voices” a 40-minute chat with Phoebe deVere, May 28, 2024

Video: “Voices’ Propaganda Pieces” a 20-minute chat with Phoebe deVere, July 8, 2024

Video: “A Royal Affair” a 30-minute chat with Phoebe deVere, July 30, 2024

More to come!

Robert Prechter
www.oxfordsvoices.com 

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Below is a link to the latest paper on a Voice, published in the SOF’s annual journal.

Prechter, Robert R. 2024. “Was ‘Thomas Nashe’ a Pen Name of the Earl of Oxford?”, The Oxfordian, Vol. 26, (September 2024), pp.171-203.

More to come!

Robert Prechter
www.oxfordsvoices.com 

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In case you missed it, here is a video on Oxford’s Voices:

Video: “Robert Prechter at the Blue Boar Tavern,” a 70-minute chat about Oxford’s Voices, October 25, 2023

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Robert Prechter
www.oxfordsvoices.com 

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In case you missed them:

Prechter, Robert. 2023. “The Earl of Oxford Contributed to John Gerarde’s The Herball (1597)”, The de Vere Society Newsletter, Vol. 30, No. 3 (July 2023), pp.30-31.

Prechter, Robert. 2023. “The True Testimony of Barnabe Rich: Countering Another of B.M. Ward’s Unfounded Charges” The Shakespeare Oxford Newsletter, Vol.59, No.4, Fall 2023, pp.18-20

Prechter, Robert. 2024. “Cygnus was a Pseudonym of Samuel Daniel, Not ‘Shakespeare’”, The de Vere Society Newsletter, Vol. 32, No. 2 (Spring 2024), pp.24-27

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Robert Prechter
www.oxfordsvoices.com 

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