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[natas]

the lady's husband was SIR JOHN GREY
http://www.literaturepage.com/read/shakespeare-henry-vi-third-part-44.html

So the old bill would be "William Shakespeare"
Now, I'll go back to just watching.

[Macavity]

[natas]

"The answer is what old Bill would consider John as Grey"

Is that the original question/riddle?
If so, the answer is william shakespeare. He is the "bill" that considers John as Grey.

[.Trace]

Sounds right to me

No just to figure out the Wingdings :p

[natas]

OK, not a problem.

[southernbitch]

I have been working on the conversion. I got all the numbers converted to text and this is what I came up with.

[Macavity]

I think that's a little too easy, though, natas.

But then again . . . he twisted our rules to fit his ends, why don't we twist right back at him?

[.Trace]

Too easy? It's taken us a good few days to get it.. with help :p And even if it's not, twisting rules sounds good...

[LeggusKultain]

That is the proper citation for Act III Scene ii---that's a given. In my emails with Bobby I quote from Midsummer ---I'm a theatre teacher irl, I also have a degree in 17th Century literature, my main focus was on Shakespeare and the Tribe of Ben.

Let me do some digging.

[LeggusKultain]

From Shakespeare's lesser known play 'King John' act III sc ii

http://shakespeare.thefreelibrary.com/King-John/4-2


No Grey, but an ominous similarity...
Still digging.

[natas]

we already found john grey henry VI
http://www.literaturepage.com/read/shakespeare-henry-vi-third-part-44.html

[LeggusKultain]

If you look at the Henry passage with Lady Grey---her husband John Grey has been murdered and his lands taken--and she has come to take them back---this play was commented on in a friend of mine's LJ a few weeks ago---surely I'm being paranoid to think I've ticked off a PM to the point to where he//she is going obscure on my ass to pay Gideon back for his sharp tongue

[natas]

I have no idea what you just said but good luck with that.

[LeggusKultain]

Look at the question again---I don't think it's as simple as finding a "John Grey"

[LeggusKultain]

So again does the answer lie in the "What" or the "Bill"?

Is the riddle asking for a Bill or is the riddle asking for something else that would cause Old Bill to consider John as Grey...I think there's a puzzle inside the puzzle.