andie nachgeborenen wrote:
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> Well, be that as it may. the issue here is evidence
> and historical method. The evidence is absolutely
> overwhelming that WS wrote the plays attributed to
> him, and Bacon or Marlowe or whoever did not.
The evidence for Shakespeare's authorship of the plays is much firmer than it is for Swift's authorship of _Gulliver_. The hard evidence for Swift's authorship is close to zilch. :-)
Carrol