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]
