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IS SHAKESPEARE DEAD? Ben Jonson says of Bacon, as orator:

"His language, where he could spare and pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his (its) own graces. &hellip; The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end."

From Macaulay:

"He continued to distinguish himself in Parliament, particularly by his exertions in favor of one excellent measure on which the King's heart was set-the union of England and Scotland. It was not difficult for such an intellect to discover many irresistible arguments in favor of such a scheme. He conducted the great case of the Post Nati in the Exchequer Chamber; and the decision of the judges—a decision the legality of which may be questioned, but the beneficial effect of which must be acknowledged—was in a great measure attributed to his dexterous management." 117