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Fun with Baconian Ciphers
Part 7
We’ve just
seen how the significant number 33 was found multiple times around the name
likeness of Sir Francis Bacon, and on a significant # page of 287. Now
we’ll look at some of the other instances of this number 33 which is
numerically equivalent to the name of “Bacon”.
First,
though, we want to establish further that Bacon was familiar with the use of
numbers as ciphers or codes. We will do this simply.
In their
connections with the Earl of Essex the Bacon brothers provided an intelligence
service with a spy network along with professional advice. Francis’ brother
Anthony was the main writer and decoder of ciphers though Francis was obviously
closely involved. We know that Master cipher expert Thomas Phelippes worked
with Bacon and Essex for a time and that Bacon sought to learn from him. Now here
are several examples of his connection to this activity out of the Memoirs of
the reign of Queen Elizabeth, from the year 1581 till her death. In which the
secret intrigues of her court, and the conduct of her favourite, Robert earl of
Essex, both at home and abroad, are particularly illustrated. From the original
papers of... Anthony Bacon, esquire, and other manuscripts never before
published. By Thomas Birch, 1754.]
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