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"... while Broken-Arm Bill prayed his Roman deity in a frenzy of fear for the Tartar to finish his job and go. But, of course, an invaluable detail in that strip of thought would have been — perhaps, next to the pitcher peri — a glint, a shadow, a stab of Ardis.)" Why would Broken-Arm Bill pray to a Roman deity?
Jansy Mello (again): Nabokov may have tried to mislead the reader into thinking about Roman mythology, instead of perceiving that the "Roman deity" is the Virgin Mary.
In this way, should Bill Fraser and Percy de Prey be related to the Shakespeare controversies, Bill (Shakespeare?) would be seen as a Catholic and not a Protestant, by our author.
I did some more googling and here is a summary about De Vere and Shakespeare, The Virgin Queen, Catholics and Protestants:
William Shakespeare's religion
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Knowledge of William Shakespeare's religion is important in understanding
the man and his works because of the wealth of biblical and liturgical
allusions, both Protestant and Catholic, in his writings and the hidden
references to contemporary religious tensions that are claimed to be found
in the plays.... There is no direct evidence of William Shakespeare's
religious affiliation; however, over the years there have been many
speculations ... based on circumstantial evidence from historical records
and on analysis of his published work. Some evidence suggests that
Shakespeare's family had Catholic sympathies and that he himself was a
secret Catholic; although there is disagreement over whether he in fact was
so, many scholars maintain the former consensus position that he was a
member of the established Anglican Church...Due to the paucity of direct
evidence, general agreement on the matter has not yet been reached."
De Vere: A Catholic Plot
From Wikipedia
"Although details are unclear, there is evidence that in 1577 Oxford
attempted to leave England to see service in the French Wars of Religion on
the side of King Henry III....Like many members of older established
aristocratic families in England, Oxford flirted with Catholicism; after his
return from Italy he was reported to have embraced the religion. But just as
quickly, late in 1580 he denounced a group of Catholics, among them Charles
Arundel, Francis Southwell and Henry Howard, for treasonous activities and
asking the Queen's mercy for his own, now repudiated, Catholicism.Elizabeth
characteristically delayed in acting on the matter and he was detained under
house arrest for a short time...".[
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Jansy Mello (again): Nabokov may have tried to mislead the reader into thinking about Roman mythology, instead of perceiving that the "Roman deity" is the Virgin Mary.
In this way, should Bill Fraser and Percy de Prey be related to the Shakespeare controversies, Bill (Shakespeare?) would be seen as a Catholic and not a Protestant, by our author.
I did some more googling and here is a summary about De Vere and Shakespeare, The Virgin Queen, Catholics and Protestants:
William Shakespeare's religion
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Knowledge of William Shakespeare's religion is important in understanding
the man and his works because of the wealth of biblical and liturgical
allusions, both Protestant and Catholic, in his writings and the hidden
references to contemporary religious tensions that are claimed to be found
in the plays.... There is no direct evidence of William Shakespeare's
religious affiliation; however, over the years there have been many
speculations ... based on circumstantial evidence from historical records
and on analysis of his published work. Some evidence suggests that
Shakespeare's family had Catholic sympathies and that he himself was a
secret Catholic; although there is disagreement over whether he in fact was
so, many scholars maintain the former consensus position that he was a
member of the established Anglican Church...Due to the paucity of direct
evidence, general agreement on the matter has not yet been reached."
De Vere: A Catholic Plot
From Wikipedia
"Although details are unclear, there is evidence that in 1577 Oxford
attempted to leave England to see service in the French Wars of Religion on
the side of King Henry III....Like many members of older established
aristocratic families in England, Oxford flirted with Catholicism; after his
return from Italy he was reported to have embraced the religion. But just as
quickly, late in 1580 he denounced a group of Catholics, among them Charles
Arundel, Francis Southwell and Henry Howard, for treasonous activities and
asking the Queen's mercy for his own, now repudiated, Catholicism.Elizabeth
characteristically delayed in acting on the matter and he was detained under
house arrest for a short time...".[
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