Almost 400 years after the first folio of Shakespeare was published in 1623, scholars believe they have identified the early owner of one copy of the text, who made hundreds of insightful annotations throughout: John Milton.

The astonishing find, which academics say could be one of the most important literary discoveries of modern times, was made by Cambridge University fellow Jason Scott-Warren when he was reading an article about the anonymous annotator by Pennsylvania State University English professor Claire Bourne. Bourne’s study of this copy, which has been housed in the Free Library of Philadelphia since 1944, dated the annotator to the mid-17th century, finding them alive to “the sense, accuracy, and interpretative possibility of the dialogue”. She also provided many images of the handwritten notes, which struck Scott-Warren   After placing the earbud package into his shorts, Rook walked to the front of

the store, left his shopping cart containing merchandise near the registers, and exited

the store. Goforth followed Rook out of the store and observed him get into the

driver’s seat of a vehicle in an adjacent parking lot. A woman—later identified as

Andrea Daugherty—was in the passenger’s seat of the vehicle. The vehicle then

traveled to the Walmart parking lot, stopped in front of the entrance, and Daugherty

exited the vehicle carrying a Walmart bag. Daugherty entered the store and proceeded

to the service desk. At the service desk, she returned a package of Bluetooth earbuds

without a receipt and was given a Walmart gift card totaling $108.12—the cost of the

earbuds plus tax.    Goforth testified that