394 THE CENTURY, 



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A way by a Circular motion, 

 either along a Rule or Ring-wife, 

 to vary any Alphabet, even this of 

 Points, fo that the felf-fame Point 

 individually placed, without the leaft 

 additional mark or variation of 

 place, {hall Hand for all the 24. 

 letters, and not for the fame letter 

 twice in ten fheets writing ; yet as 

 eafily and certainly read and known, 

 as if it flood but for one and the 

 felf-fame letter conftantly iignified. 



[Varied significantly to all the 24. letters. ~\ This 

 and the former article may certainly be taken in con 

 nection with each other ; and the cipher engraved in 

 No. 3, would seem to anticipate the present proposal 

 of &quot; a circular motion along a rule/ The &quot; ring-wise&quot; 

 method may have been no more than a substitution 

 for the octagon or any other figure. We fortunately find 

 among the Harleian MSS. in the British Museum, No. 

 2428, a probable clue to this particular method of 

 writing, which we shall give entire. It forms the first 

 portion of the small oblong folio volume containing 

 the Manuscript Century at the end, with many inter 

 vening blank pages between them. It is as follows : 



u An explanation of the most exact and most com 

 pendious way of short writing. And an example given 

 by way of Questions, and Resolves upon each significant 

 point, proving how, and why, it stands for such and such 

 a letter, in order Alphabetically placed in every page. 



