Ciphers of Elizabeth I

[Ben Laurie]

John Young wrote:
> My question is whether these documents have been examined
> by persons here and/or whether the Elizabethan era ciphers
> described in them have been written about in contemporary
> works.

My son (aged 11) had Elizabeth's cipher for homework (I believe there
was only one). It was pretty simple minded - a symbolic substitution
cipher.

It was cracked while she was using it, and used to incriminate her.

Cheers,

Ben.

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