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that ; and fo I continue doing till the whole 

 Writing is compleatly Decyphered. 



Falconer^ (whole Treat ife I have not feen thefc 

 eleven ye^rs) fays, That all the Cyphers of a 

 Cyphered Writing may be clofe fet together, and 

 fo make but one fingle Word 3 by which means 

 the foregoing Rules that I have laid down, will 

 in a great meafure be defeated : And in this cafe 

 he only advifes his Readers, to make fuppofi- 

 tions ftand for real Words. But as his meaning 

 perhaps may not very eafily be underftood, I am 

 fo free with your Patience, as to give my 

 thoughts upon the matter. Here truly, the De- 

 cypherer ought to have two hundred Words to 

 examine into, becaufe the more Words there are, 

 the greater variety of ways they neceflarily afford 

 of finding out what the feveral Cyphers ftand 

 for. 



The Writing now to be Decyphered, is as 

 follows, 'viz, 



x9Li024oq34X532n4xm9ii32n4b9D54xn7&a 



xn&xm9iiqo2D4bcoxb7zxc7&nx6&79qn&72 

 b98i7qx&7b2bqqxcox02q87ixn47qo2nbqi9q 

 xznn2bob2nn7&b9n5qx8 707&62mniqxqo7 

 Gqo9qq&ni3&7Z7Dqb9n79n557i2n7&nbc7on 

 o8i387b776oqo77m&xOqo709D5bxmxn&7a 

 7O27b989q7qo72&z&2579bbc947qo72&09i 



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