My first guess is that Henry Savile was actively involved in the time in disputes about squaring the circle (quadrature). So I think it might be that.
By parodying him as Quadratus (square), might Marston have been alluding to someone's penchant for writing sonnets that yield interesting acrostics when arrayed in a rectangular grid? And/or, via the synonym honestus, being an "honest man" in the Elizabethan intelligence service?https://twitter.com/FeinsteinKen/status/1255148096259948547 …
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The other weird thing is this annotation: "Ancus Martius and Tarquinius Collatinus are omitted here, who reigned for 62 years. When these are added,the entire count of years will square"pic.twitter.com/SP7JYMJ11i
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