{"id":"01KG8BDKTYV60555NTBNK4N57A","cid":"bafkreihsekcvlwivmepzfuokycmyeizj6a7b7b4rs3kkg77b7zco7rww3i","type":"file","properties":{"cid":"bafkreibuqp7vi3tgtdky5keebrvmne5qatucbuts4lgxtwtx6sc7bvubzy","content_type":"image/jpeg","filename":"02_venus_and_adonis_1905_facsimile_page_0294.jpg","height":2400,"key":"pdf-page-1769806914075-l9f0l82qz4","label":"02_venus_and_adonis_1905_facsimile_page_0294.jpg","page_number":294,"pdf_type":"born_digital","size":547760,"text":"8 THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM\ncommon six-line stanza which Shakespeare employed in his\nVenus and Adonis \\ two are in seven-syllabled riming\ncouplets j one is in four-lined stanzas alternately rimed ;\nand three are in less regular metres, which were specially\nadapted for musical accompaniment.\nInternal and external evidence alike confute the assertion\nof the title-page that all the contents of the volume were by\nShakespeare. No more than five poems can be ascribed with\nconfidence to his pen. Of the remaining fifteen, five were\nassigned without controversy to other hands in Shakespeare's\nlifetime J two were published elsewhere anonymously j and\neight, although of uncertain authorship, lack all signs of\nShakespeare's workmanship. A study of the facts attending\nthe volume's publication shows, moreover, that it was not\ndesigned by Shakespeare, and that in its production he had\nno hand.\nWilliam T^he Passionate Pilgrim owed its origin to the speculative\njaggaid.\nboldness\nof the publisher,\nWilliam\nJaggard,\nwho,\naccording\nto\nthe\ntitle-page,\ncaused the\nbook\nto\nbe\nprinted. Jaggarddeserves respectful\nmention\nby\nthe\nstudent of Shakespeare\nin virtue of the\nprominent\npart\nhe took\nin\nthe publication\nof\nthe\nFirst\nFolio Edition of Shakespeare's Plays in\n1^23.\nHe\nwas\nat\nthe\nhead\nof the\nsyndicate\nof stationers\nwho\ndefrayed\nthe\ncost\nof that\nnoble undertaking, and\nat his press the great\nvolume\nwas\nprinted.\nThe\nenterprise of the\nFirst\nFolio\nwas\nthe closing\nepisode\nin\nJaggard's career.\nIt\nbelonged\nto\nthe\nzenith of his\nprosperity.\nHe\ndied\nat\nthe\nmoment\nthat\nthe\nwork\nwas\ncompleted.'\nThe\nPassionate Pilgrim was\na\nsomewhat\ninsolent tribute paid by Jaggard\nto Shakespeare's reputation\n* Mr. William Jaggard, of Liverpool, who is engaged on a full biography\nof his namesake, kindly informs me that the Elizabethan publisher's will was\ndated March 18, i6'i3, and proved on November 17 following.","text_extracted_at":"2026-01-30T21:01:54.075Z","text_extracted_by":"pdf-processor","text_has_content":true,"text_source":"born_digital","uploaded":true,"width":1632},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG89K4X0DM39SSQK43XXG34R","predicate":"derived_from"},{"peer":"01KG89JREDR8WY5QQGYR5FZRDY","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-30T21:02:22.046Z","ts":"2026-01-30T21:02:29.492Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFFH6ETXGRVD10WPNP3007D6"}}