The representative., 1899-11-09
The Representative
632 Boston Block. Minneapolis, him.
D0NNELLYS CIPHER AGAIN

out the cipher ON the tombstone by the
method that Bacon himself has left u.s.
He has deciphered the esoteric writings
In the plays by the arithmetical calcu-
iation of the Rosicrusians, an order, an
cient and secret, cf which he has shown
that Francis Bacon was the founder.
Back of all this mass of figures hack
of all these hours of slow pioddins and
methodical genius. he has woven through
cut MS story web Of thrilling interest
anu woof of wondrous reason
First OF all one asks: Why should
Francis Bacon have concealed his plays?
Ihe student of English history will
readily understand some of the reasons,
but there are doubtless many other rea-
sens which will never be known until
the full text of the cipher he's been
written.
10 Mr.. Donnelly it all seems plain He
sees in the lines of the sonnet
/! may not evermore acknowledge thee
Lest my be walled guilt should do thee shame
a confession that the writer did NOT dare
to acknowledge his work. Mr.. Donnelly
says:
The blots upon his record at this time.
when he did not care whether God called
him or her majesty: that long period
when ne was without money or lucrative
position and was borrowing small sums
or I'll at time from his brother Anthony.
and was thrown into prison occasionally
by the usurers; these shames, with his
Essex troubles. ought not to attach to
the plays and poems. Neither could he
acknowledge their authorship withou.
confessing that he had shared with
Shakespeare the vile profits of the play
mousse. derived from ruffians and prem
tlces. and such an acknowledgment meant
social ostracism and death. He could
never more acknowledge the works of
his poetfcal genius. because his 'bewailed
guilt In these particulars would do them
shame and would rob them of their
honor"
An example of the jealous eye with
winch the queen watched each line and
read between the lines of the plays is
evidenced in the changing of the name
Of one of the characters Falstaff first
appeared as Sir John Oldcastle; the real
Sir John was Lord Cobham one of the
most strenuous supporters Of the refor.
nation under Wickliffe. His descendants.
the Cobhams of Elizabeth's time. were
enemies OF Francis Bacon, and they COM
pialned to the queen of the insult thrown
upon their distinguished ancestor by rep
resenting him as a gross, fat rogue
liar coward and thief. So the char
acter Oldcastle became Falstaff.
The cipher on the tombstone is worked
out by Mr.. Donnelly on the basis of
Francis Bacon's own biliteral cipher al
X.
mentis.'
An example of this alphabet in two
letters follows:
.assa aas.e aa:sa s .aaoo d .seaa s aas.e #
asIba aaebb abaaa abaao ababa aeabo b
a0Ssa !: aeSs0 abba b aesbb oasaa oasaD
Daaba basoo eaSaa DaSaD eaSDa b.sbo 4
Its working is best explained in Bacon's
own words:
But to proceed with our business; when
you prepare to write, you must reduce
the interior epistle to this bi-lateral al
phabet. Let the interior epistle be:
FLY.
Example OF reduction:
l. Y
aabab ababa babba
According to Bacon another alphabet Of
two forms should be prepared-any two
forms that may be convenient AS an ex-
ample take capitals and small letters as
follows: