To the Reader

      The "To the Reader" verse is the first impression of type in Shakespeares 1623 COMEDIES, HISTORIES and TRAGEDIES. It faces the famous (or infamous) Droeshout engraving.
Look carefully:
T
W
O=2 and I=1, or 21 letters
and A+A= =Pallas AthenA, the Spear-Shaker
      And the line that makes it interesting is the fifth:

      "O,could he but haue drawne his wit"
      The letters that expose the author's name are:

B V T H A V E D R A V N E H I F C B M E C I H Y E C R I M N (+4) |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | F   B   E   I   Y   C   I   N (Alternate letters)

Bacon's 21 letter Caesar substitution alphabet.