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cum tu aderas, agebatur regis causa, si qui sunt, qui velint 

 qui pauci sunt, omnes ad Pompeium rem deferri volunt. 

 Senatus religionis calumniam, non religione, sed malevo- 

 lentia, et illius regise largitionis invidia, comprobat,&quot; etc. 

 The doctrine of ciphers has introduced another, relative 

 to it, viz., the art of deciphering without the alphabet of the 

 cipher, or knowing the rules whereby it was formed. This 

 indeed is a work of labor and ingenuity, devoted, as well 

 as the former, to the secret service of princes. Yet by 

 a diligent precaution it may be rendered useless, though, 

 as matters now stand, it is highly serviceable: for if the 

 ciphers in use were good and trusty, several of them would 

 absolutely elude the labor of the decipherer, and yet remain 

 commodious enough, so as to be readily written and read. 

 But through the ignorance and unskilfulness of secretaries 

 and clerks in the courts of princes, the most important 

 affairs are generally committed to weak and treacherous 

 ciphers. 26 And thus much for the organ of speech. 



CHAPTEK 11 



Method of Speech includes a wide Part of Tradition. Styled the Wisdom 



of Delivery. Various kinds of Methods enumerated. Their 



respective Merits 



THE doctrine concerning the method of speech has been 

 usually treated as a part of logic; it has also found 

 a place in rhetoric, under the name of disposition; 

 but the placing of it in the train of other arts has introduced 



26 The art of ciphering is doubtless capable of great improvement. It is said 

 that King Charles I. had a cipher consisting only of a straight line differently 

 inclined; and there are ways of ciphering by the mere punctuation of a letter, 

 while the words of the letter shall be non-significants, or sense, that leave no 

 room for suspicion. It may also be worth considering, whether the art of 

 deciphering could not be applied to languages, so as to translate for instance, a 

 Hebrew book without understanding Hebrew. See Morhof, De variis Scripturae 

 Modis, &quot;Polyhist.&quot; torn. i. lib. iv. cap. 2, and Mr. Falconer s &quot;Cryptomenysis 

 Patefacta. Shaw. 



