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Re: Proof that 'Shakespeare' was Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford

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From: Peter Farey
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:31
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<c.leroy@rocketmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 2. Ben Jonson's inscription on the Stratford Monument contains
> a cryptogram in the form of a Cardano Grille revealing de Vere
> as the author of the works ascribed to William Shakespeare.
> <http://www.dlroper.shakespearians.com/Cryptology%2021.10.htm>
> This solution shown by Roper is unique and meets the requirements
> of a valid Shakespearean cipher set forth by the Friedmans in the
> 1950s, as Roper discusses.
> 
> C. Leroy Ellenberger
> St. Louis, Missouri

As I have just asked in another forum: "Who in their right mind would 
*start off* with a message "SO TEST HIM: I VOW HE IS E DE VERE 
AS HE SHAKSPEARE; ME, B.I.", and *still* fail to encrypt it without 
cheating?


Peter F.
<peter.f@rey.prestel.co.uk>
<http://www2.prestel.co.uk/rey/index.htm>
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