ABSTRACT
Some years ago, I acquired Martin Gardner's 1985 Prometheus pub lication The Magic Numbers of Dr. Matrix, which contains Gardner's Scientific American columns on this incredible numerologist spanning a period from 1960 to 1980. There I encountered the intelligence that in the 4 6 t h Psalm in the K i n g James version of the Bible, the 4 6 t h word is S H A K E and the 4 6 t h word counting from the end is S P E A R . Dr . Ma trix espoused the incredible theory that Wil l iam Shakespeare worked secretly on part of the K i n g James translation of the Bible. Matrix for tified his position by revealing that Shakespeare was 46 when the King James version was completed in 1610, and that he was born on Apri l 23 and died on Apri l 23 and that twice 23 is 46. This information, coupled with a careful reading of Shakespeare (1956) by F . E . Halliday, led to the following unusual demonstration.
