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[S2] [OXO set] #203 Treason
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 		[S2] [OXO set] #203 Treason
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Front wrote:
Who is the close friend?


I would need a new keyboard to transcribe it so I shan't Wink

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And it came to pass that Gyvann took unto him a wife, Durisa, a Machianite woman of great learning.
And Durisa bore him Golda and Nayna, Hindman and Richan.
And Gyvann was well-pleased.
And it came to pass that Durisa too grew in knowledge of the Cube and for this reason she is known as "prophet" and "holy one".
But she spoke only to the women and said: let not my words be written in the book of Gyvann, but let them be passed from one to the next as a cup of wine is poured from vessel to vessel.
But she said: let this story be written in the book, hard by words of Gyvann for I am by his side so our words will sit with one another.
And she said: do not worship Gyvann. For is he not as all other men? Do not his feet stink, does not his hand shake, and will not his time come as that of all men? Rather, she said, worship the Cube, for it neither fades nor dies.
And she said: do not worship me. For am I not as all other women? Does not my eye fail, are not my steps slow and will not my time come as that of all women? Rather, she said, worship the Cube, for it gives birth not to three or four, but to worlds.
And Gyvann said: in this matter, her wisdom is greater than my wisdom.


For obviously, he knew his feet stank and he regretted it mightily.
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aliendial
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Mary Queen of Scots cipher
http://www.purplehell.com/riddletools/maryqos.htm

No doubt familiar to UK cypher afficionados, I was delighted to learn about this one for this card.


EDIT- Spoilerised - Poozle
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 		This card was great! One of the few blacks I've been able to solve all on my lonesome, so I feel terribly accomplished Razz

It's also fun to read other peoples mail Twisted Evil

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I found this site, though, to be a bit easier to reference than the one aliendial provided. It was just easier to read for me: http://www.simonsingh.net/The_Black_Chamber/maryqueen.html


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 		I tried to do this by statistical analysis (letter frequency) but I found more than thirty different "letters"!
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I guessed that // was . and ; was ; but I'm still left with lots more than 26 (>30) letters Sad

Am I making wrong assumptions about punctuation? Or are there numbers in there that I'm not allowing for?

Even with allowing for letter variations all being one (there seem to be about three different | characters) I think it's still too many...


Can someone explain where I'm going wrong?

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 		I'll spoiler in case you were trying to figure this out for yourself, but you've made an assumption that is incorrect.

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Could a certain cypher system use 26 letters PLUS symbols for some common words?

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