All good except for the spurious comments about the weather in Stratford which further obfuscates Shakespeare’s identity. Surely the pamphlets we’re not reaching the back woods? It would be more honest to reference London in this case.
This is indeed the case: the Stratford cleric John Marshall owned a copy of the astrological almanac of Erra Pater. And the title page of the almanac that Dr. Davies uses as an illustration says that it "may serve for al Englande."
All good except for the spurious comments about the weather in Stratford which further obfuscates Shakespeare’s identity. Surely the pamphlets we’re not reaching the back woods? It would be more honest to reference London in this case.
As in, were such almanacs used and owned by people in Stratford? Certainly!
This is indeed the case: the Stratford cleric John Marshall owned a copy of the astrological almanac of Erra Pater. And the title page of the almanac that Dr. Davies uses as an illustration says that it "may serve for al Englande."
Superb!