Shakespeare's words, for the reason that the man who wrote them was endlessly familiar with the laws, and the law-courts, and law-proceedings, and lawyer-talk, and lawyer-ways. And if Shakespeare was possessed with the limitless knowledge that constituted this great wealth, the question that remains to be answered is how, when and where did he acquire such information?

Many books have been written and discussed arguing that someone other than William Shakespeare wrote the plays and poems published under his name. Many of these intelligent scholars believe that person to be Edward DeVere, Seventeenth Earl of Oxford. The battle of this famous authorship question continues between two opposing sides. One on side, there are the Stratfordians that rely solely upon speculation due to their inability to produce any historical facts to support their refusal to accept that Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon was not the author of the works traditionally attributed to him. And the other side, the Oxfordians, that claim their evidence that proves DeVere is the author, is suppr

The evidence supporting the claim that Edward DeVere is the author keeps piling up. He was a recognized poet and playwright of great talent. Many of his early forms, words, and phrases resemble those of Shakespeare. The Shakespeare plays also show that the author had extensive and specific knowledge of certain works of literature, certain people in Queen Elizabeth's court, and events that involved them. How could a common man with an ordinary education know so much about the royal family's discussions, problems, and lifestyle? It would have been impossible for Shakespeare of Straford to ever know such things or poke any kind of fun at royalty. Edward DeVere, on the other hand, was extremely close with Queen Elizabeth. She actually was legally his mother. He had many different scuffles with different members of the royal family who meddled in his life, and was knowledgeable enough to be able to write about it in the plays. In the sonnets and plays, there are many events referred to, which are paralleled in DeVere's life. Polonius in Hamlet refers to "young men falling out at tennis," which most likely refers to the infamous Oxford-Sidney tennis-court quarrel. In fact, many of the details of Hamlet, one of Shakespeare's greatest achievements, are completely similar to DeVere's life. Because of injuries suffered in a dual, DeVere endorsed to his own "infirmity" in later life, which could be the lameness mentioned by the author of the sonnets.

Despite the overwhelming evidence that supports the case that Edward DeVere is the author of the plays and poems credited to William Shakespe

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