 A section at the end aside, the writing was, by Sir Edward Maunde-Thompson's reckoning, in Bacon's hand; indeed, his signature appears on folio 115 verso.Only two folios of the notebook were dated, the third sheet 5 December 1594 and the 32nd 27 January 1595 (1596).Bacon supporters found similarities between a great number of specific phrases and aphorisms from the plays and those written by Bacon in the "Promus".