The Second Cryptographic Shakespeare: A Monograph Wherein the Poems and Plays Attributed to William Shakespeare are Proven to Contain the Enciphered Name of the Concealed Author, Francis BaconWestchester House, 1990 - 313 pages There is considerable doubt about the facts of Shakespeare's life. For a long time I have been certain that the Bard of Avon was a decoy. Now, by science, I intend to prove that our actor, Mr. Shakespeare, is worthy only of that pity we reserve for literary impostors. Why might Bacon have concealed his creations? Are there ciphers in Shakespeare's works? |
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... Acrostics , in which the first , last or other specific letters of succeeding words constitute the cipher letters , have ... acrostic must be invariable and the letters must be chosen in a particular order . One cannot at random select ...
... Acrostics , in which the first , last or other specific letters of succeeding words constitute the cipher letters , have ... acrostic must be invariable and the letters must be chosen in a particular order . One cannot at random select ...
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... acrostic method ; inside is hidden a ciphered message . There are two keys for this one . The ciphertext is formed ... acrostic and I can prove it ! The Friedmans say , in a discussion of acrostics : " Sir John Salusbury , who was as ...
... acrostic method ; inside is hidden a ciphered message . There are two keys for this one . The ciphertext is formed ... acrostic and I can prove it ! The Friedmans say , in a discussion of acrostics : " Sir John Salusbury , who was as ...
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... acrostics . In The Advancement of Learning , Francis Bacon mentions them , among others : ΒΆ Wherefore let us come to ... acrostic practice . There is a very good reason why Bacon did alter the spelling of his surname , and an example is ...
... acrostics . In The Advancement of Learning , Francis Bacon mentions them , among others : ΒΆ Wherefore let us come to ... acrostic practice . There is a very good reason why Bacon did alter the spelling of his surname , and an example is ...
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acrostic actor Alban alternate letters Anonymous Anonymous appears Aspley authorship Bacon's cipher Baconiana beginning Ben Jonson Bote-swaine Briggs Caesar cipher capitalized century Chambers cipher system ciphertext letters Ciphertext reversed COLOR concealed counterfeit cryptanalysis cryptographic cryptology Cyphars David Kahn death deciphered decryption Dedication Dictionary edition Elizabethan enciphered English example father Folger Folger Shakespeare Library Folio Francis Bacon Friedmans GOTO hath haue Heminge and Condell Henry the Fourth invention John Jonson Kahn King Latin learned letter alphabet literary logarithms London Lord mathematics method Midsommer Nights Dreame monument Napier numbers Plaintext Plaintext reversed plays poem poet PRINT CHR published quarto Rape of Lucrece reference Richard scholars Shake SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS Shaksper signature solution Sonnets speare spelled steganography Stratford Stratfordian substitution cipher things thou tion title-page Tragedie Trithemius verse William Shakespeare word write written wrote