He never names Richard Burbage any more than he mentions
Shakespeare.
Mr. Greenwood again expresses his views about this dark suspicious
mystery, the absence of Shakespeare or Shakspere (or Shak, as you
like it), from Henslowe's accounts, if Shak(&c.) wrote plays. But
the mystery, if mystery there be, is just as obscure if the actor
were the channel through which Bacon's plays reached the stage, for
the pretended author of these masterpieces. Shak--was not the man to
do all the troking, bargaining, lying, going here and there, and
making himself a motley to the view for 0 pounds, 0s, 0d. If he were
a sham, a figure-head, a liar, a fetcher-and-carrier of manuscripts,
HE WOULD BE PAID FOR IT. But he did not deal with Henslowe in his
bargainings, and THAT is why Henslowe does not mention him. Mr.
Greenwood, in one place, {161a} agrees, so far, with me. "Why did
Henslowe not mention Shakespeare as the writer of other plays" (than
Titus Andronicus and Henry VI)? "I think the answer is simple
enough." (So do I.) "Neither Shakspere nor 'Shakespeare' ever wrote
for Henslowe!" The obvious is perceived at last; and the reason
given is "that he was above Henslowe's 'skyline,'" "he" being the
Author. We only differ as to WHY the author was above Henslowe's
"sky-line." I say, because good Will had a better market, that of
his Company. I understand Mr.
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