Re: Shakespeare Hacked the Bible.

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From: Guy Daugherty
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 1997 00:00

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> >William Shakespeare left an Easter egg in the King James
> >Version of the Bible...
> 
> I think not.  "The Great Bible of 1539 showed the same two words
> ["shake" and "spear"] in the same positions [46th word from the
> beginning and end, respectively, of the 46th psalm]", according
> to William & Elizabeth Friedman in _The Shakespearean Ciphers
> Examined_ (Cambridge, 1957).  Note that that was before Shakespeare
> was even born. So did he hack the 1539 translation too?

	Pif!  Of course not.  Bacon did.

      Guy "wide as a church door" Daugherty.

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From: Guy Daugherty <defiant@inreach.com>
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Date: 1997/03/03
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