 The authenticity of Cowell's "Reflections" was accepted by Shakespearean scholars for many years.It was even suggested that Wilmot may have written the published pamphlet, "The Story of the Learned Pig" (1786), which was claimed to hint at a Baconian argument.However, the authenticity of the Cowell manuscript was challenged in 2002-2003 by John Rollett, Daniel Wright and Alan H. Nelson.