Letter ID: 1311
Reference: BL, MS Cotton Galba D III f.273r-274v
Citation: DCB/001/HTML/1311/008
Date: 28 November 1588
Note: Thomas Bodley's Cipher. The code is presented as columns and rows of corresponding symbols and keys. The address leaf is mutilated and mostly missing.

addressleaf

fol.274v

Endorsed: Cipher for Master Bodley. 28 November 1588:

Later Addition: [.]


lettertext

fol.273r

Later Addition: Belgia 1588 28 November [C]ipher Master Bodly

pi
a.
o
b.
T
c.
10
d.
[minuscule delta]
e.
[horizontal T, pointing left]
f.
19
g.
+
h.
12.
i.
[horizontal T, pointing right]
k.
k
l.
14
m.
s
n.
15
o.
[minuscule lambda]
p.
16
q.
17
r.
v
s.
3
t.
[elongated 0]
v.
[minuscule theta]
w.
13
x.
18
y.
[twin lobed flower with stem curving to bottom left]
z.
a c p   Nulls

A
P
C
D
G
E
R
Q
F
J
K
O
M
N
S
T
V
England
France
Spaine
Germany
Denmark
Scotland
Esteland
Estfrizland
Westfrizland
Holland
Zelland
Gueldres
Flanders
Brabant
Artoys
Heynalt
Itally
[back to back 'c's with line through]
[omega]

['w' with line across top]
[bottom and right sides of square]
[bottom and left sides of square]
[8 not joined at top, with stem]
[square with top side missing]
[top and left sides of square]
[square]
[top and right sides of square]
[square with right side missing]
[florelegium]
[star/asterisk]
#

[curved 'n' with small circles at each end]
Emperor
Q majesty
French K
Poope
K of Spain
Q mother of france
K of Navar
K of Scots
D of Guise
D of Parma
K of Portingal
D Emanuel his son
D Casamir
Reitters
Lansquenechts
the Spain Camp
Don Bernardino de Mendoza
[circle with horizontal I through]
[bottom and right sides of square with dot on each side of the vertical]
[bottom and left sides of square with dot on each side of the vertical]
[square with right side missing, with dot on each side of the vertical]
[top and left sides of square with dot on each side of the vertical]
[square with top side missing with dot on each side of the left vertical]
[8 not joined at top]
[cross with lines across each end]
[vertical line with dot on each side]

[= but wavy]
[box with dot on each side of left vertical]
Count Maurice
Count Hohenlo
Count Nieuenar
The States general
Councel of Stat
Villiers
St Aldigonde
Paul Buys
Barnevelt
Skinck
Deventer
Sonoy
30
40
50
[circle with cross through]
70

[left diagonal with two circles on bottom end]
[cross with lines across each end, with circle in centre]
[vertical line with circle over top half]
[square with left side missing, with dot on each side of the vertical]
[crescent moon with left side absent]
[top and right sides of square with dot on each side of the vertical]
[ladder with two double rungs, tilting right]
[see picture]
[arrow pointing upper right with semi circle crossing through bottom end]

L Tresurer
L Chancelor
L Admiral
L Buckhurst
Sir Francis Walsingham

L Willoughby
L Burough
Sir William Russel
Sir Thomas Shurley
Sir John Conway
Sir William Drurey
Sir Thomas Morgan
English horsebands
English footbandes

Venice
Milan
Rome
Livorno
Naples
Paris
Parma
Ancona
33
34
Vlassing
Briel
Sluis
Ostend
Midleburg
Utrecht
Bergen
Hage
Delfe
Dort
24
25
45
49
27
55
39
43
42
Campen
Swol
Deventer
Zutphen
Wiesel
Arnham
Amsterdam
Enchusen
Nieumegen
21
32
37
72
84
90
88
99
Andwerp
Bruges
Buxels
Gaunt
Namur
Mons
St Omer
Iperen
100
200
28
Dunkerk
Graveling
Embden

b
at
d
with
f
for
g
from
h
to
m
by
n
and
p
the
g
that
t
which

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