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The Dedication to the Elegye
We have seen in figure 4 that Shakespeare's two dedications and that of
the Elegye separate markedly, indicating mixed authorship. What was utterly
unexpected was that analysis which combined samples of the poem with its
Dedication (fig. 9), and Ford's signed dedications with it (figs. 10, 11), also
gave the result of mixed utterance: dedications which we know are by Ford
give a consistent result, while the dedication "by W.S." is not consistent with
them. Samples of the poem were consistent with each other, but not with its
dedication "by W.S.". The two graph-lines for these analyses can be seen
diverging widely, indicating mix of authors.[27]
[ILLUSTRATION]
FIGURE 9. Ten sentences of the Elegye with its dedication inserted at sentence 6.
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