| Meflenger : Shewving, How a Man may with Privacy; and Speed communicate his Thoughts toa Friendat any diftance. i LONDON, Printed by Z. Norton , for Tobn Maynard, and Timothy Wilkins and are to befold we atthe George in Fleetftreet, necre Saint Dyaftans Church, LGagle Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British LibrarySe GEORGE Lord Berkley, Baron of Berkley, Mowbray, Segrave, and ’ Bruce,and Knight of the Noble Order of the Baru. — My Lorp: Doe here once more prefent RR) our Lordfhip , with the fruit of my \ealure fludies, as a te- |ftimony of my readineffe to fer-ve you, in thofe Jacred matters , to which Ide- vote my more Serious houres. Ifhould not harve prefumed to this Dedication, A 3 had Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British Library Tothe Right honorable; The Epiftle,&c. bad I not beene encouraged by that ge- tion , which does fo eminently adorne ‘yorir Lordfhips place and abilities. \ If your Lord{hip pleafe.to excufe this beldneffe, and to vouchfafe this Pam- phlet a fhelterunder your favourable patronage, you {hall thereby incourage me in thofe higher. fludies , which may be more agreeable to that relation, wherein I ftand, as being Your Lordthips fervant and Chaplaine, | LW. neroufneffe and fweetneffe of difpofi- |. shave efteemed them alltogether fabu- } To the Reader. ¢ Hat which firft occafioned this Difcourfe, was the rea- ding of a litle Pamphlet, fiyled Numtixs inanimaius, commonly afcribed toa,late Reverend Bifhop : wherein hee affirms that there are certain ways to difcourfe with a friend, though he were in a clofe Dun- geon, ina befieged City, ora hundred miles of. . : Which promifes,at the firft perufal, |: did rather raife: my wonder then be- liefe, having before that time obferved | nothing, that might give any fatisfacti- | on in thefe particulars. And I fhould } lous had it not beene for the credit of }: their reputed author. . P After this,1 did colleé all fuch notes |, to this purpofe, as met with inthe courfe of my other ftudies. From whence when I had received ful fatisfaction,I did for mine own a . ther Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British Librarymethod. . . This I have now publithed; not for the publique good , (which I doe not think my poore abilities can promote) but to gratifie my brother the Statio- ner. aan ‘The benefits of that trade do chiefly | confift in the printing of coppies ; and the vanity of this age is more taken with matters of curiofity, then thofe of folid benefit. Such a pamphlet as this, may be falable,when a more fub- ftantiall and ufefull difcourfe is negle- cted. se . Thave already attained mine owne ends, both in the delight of compofing this, and the occafion of publithing ir. And therefore neede not either feare the cenfure of others, or beg their fa- vour. Icould never yet difterne that any Reader hath fhewed the more cha- rity, for the Authors befpeaking it. Farewell. ABT, LW. ther delight compofe them into this loo pooseessasessserasazes Zo Mercury the elder, Onthe moft learned Mercury the yonger. Eff Maja’s fonne; fometimes Interpreter Of Gods, and to us men thear Ate fienger, Fake not fuch pains as thon baft done of old, To teach men Hicroglyphicks, and 10 unfold Egyptian bidden Charailers, and how Aken writ in darke obfcurity: for sew Trithemius aad Selenus 60th ave grown = Such Cryptographers, as they fcarce will own Thee for their Atafter, and Decipherers know Such fecret ways to write thou nere didft fbow. Thefe are but Aritfts, whech thou didft infpire , But now thou of a Mercury art Sere — Of thine own name, a Poff with whows the wi de, Should it contend, would be lefc farre bebind. whofe meffage as thy metall Prikes th 9 20ld., Quire shrough awedge of filver uncontrold, 4nd in a moments fpace doth pafve as far As from the Artike+o rh’ Antartike far. Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British LibrarySo proving what ts (aid of influence, May nom be faidof bisinteligence, ‘They neither of them having fuch a quality Asarelation to ee : ; No places diftance bindring sheer Commerce who freely traffick through the Vaiverfe, rAndin a minute can a Voyage make, Over ihe Oceans univer[a# Lake. , This fonne of thine, could any swords or praife His learwing,wortb,or veputarion raife, we fbould be Susters to hsm to beflew Encomiums on himfelfe, which we doowe Vnio bis worth and ufe that Eloquence, Which at bis own, muft claime prebeminence: For shee, ’tis glory enough tho bafta fonne Of Artghat baththy felfein Art our-done. yett : i 1 1 | | | : 4 = Six Francis Kinafton Knight- Images reproduced by courtesy of British Library To the unknown @ Author. F old who to the cominon good applyde, Or mind;or means, for it were Deifyde : But chiefly fach, who new Inventions found 5 Bacebus for Wine, Ceres that tild the ground. [know no reafon time fhould breed fuch ods, (W’have warrant for’t) men now may be ftyVd By hiding who thou art, feck not to mifs,(Gods. The glory, due to fuch a Work as this , But fet thy name, that thou mayft have the Left to the aeknowa God we Altars raife.(praife, Anthony Aucher , Efquire. Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLCLM EE REIT Tee RNR ROME ts Sen eee PN EPI A A EN PO et DE DMR See i : ‘To my friend the Author. O praife thy work, were to anticipate Thy Readers eudgment, and to ininre fate ; Tniuflice eo thy felfe, for reall worth Needs not Ares flactery to fee it forth, Some choofe {elected wits t6 write, as friends, whofe Verfes,when the work fails make amends. So as the buyer bas bis penny-worth, Though what the Author write prove {pussy froth. Theu, of ahunour croft to that, haft chofe Ai friend or tno, mhofe Perfe hops like rough profé, From whofe inexpert vain thou canft not look For times that may enbaunce the price o' th’ book. Let it commend it felf, all wee interd 1s but to fhew the world, thou art our friend. _Aichard Hatton E/quire. arly English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British Library |S2eeees: To the Reader. Eader, this Author has not long agoe Found out another world to this below. "Vhough that alone might merit prcat renowne, Yetinthis book he goes beyond the 4Zo0ne. Beyondthe 4Zoene indeed, for here you fee That he from théce hath fetcht down 4ercury. One that doth tell us things both firange and new, And yet believ't thei’r not more ftrange then truce. ¥Yme lothto tell thee what rare things they bee. Read thou the bookeand then thou'lt tell them mee. Tob. Worlrick, 1. C. Do&.SSSSEOTSE: Tohis honour’d Friend I. W. on his learned Tract, ? The Secret and Swift Meffenger. Nimitable Sir, wee here difcernc ~ Maximes the Stagirice himfelfe might Icarn, Were Plato now alive hee'd yield to You, Confeffing {omething might be Kxowne anew, Fréfh Herefies (New nothings} fill appeare As Afmanacks, the Births of every Yeare. This Dutchman writes a (Comment, that Tranflates, A Third Tranjcribes ; Your Penalone Creates New neceffary Sciences ; This Art Lay undifcover’d as the Worlds fift part. But Secrecie’s now Publith’d ; You reveal By Demonftration how wee may Conceal. Our Zegates arebut Men, and often may Great State-affaires unwillingly betray = oi Caught by fome fifting Spies, or tell~ ale Wine, Which dig up Scerets in the deepeft Mince. Sometimes, like Fire pant in, they outward break, And ’canfe they thou} diec filent, therefore fpeak. | Norare Kings Writings fafe;To guard their Fame, Like Seevola, they with their Handith’ Flame. futie . Ht aT af Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British Library Inke curns to bloud ; they oft participate By wax and Quill fad Je ars his fate. Hence Noblemens bad writing proves a plot ; Their Letters are but Lines, their Names a Knot. But now they fhall no more Sea/etheir own Fail ; No Letters prove Kiilixg, or Capital, Thinge paffe unknown, and cach Ambafladour *s Strict as the Breftof facred Confeffours = Suchas the Inquifition cannot fee ; Such as are fore’d neither by Rack, nor Fee. Swift Secrecie defcends to Humane Powers ; That which was Pé#tces Helmet, now is Ours. We thall not henceforth be in pay forayre, Tranfported Words being deare as precious Ware ; Our Thoughts will now arrive before they’ re ftale ; They fhall no more wait on the Carriers Ale, And Hoftef,ewo Land Remoraes, which bind Alltoa Zortoife pace, though Words be Wind. This Books a better Arke ; we brook no flay, Maugre the deepeit Flood, or fouleft Way. Commerce of ods and Souls we owe to Two, (Whofe Fames fhall now bc Twins) Noah and You. Each Bird is turn’d a Pabror,and we fee eEfops Beafts made more eloquent by thee. Woers againe may wing their fetterd Love, By Neabs trufty Meflenger the Dove. Torches which us’d only to help our fight, (Liketheavenly fires) do give cr Reafon Light, Deaths Harbingers, Arrows, anu 5ullets prove Like («pids darts, Ambaffadours of Love. Then _—_—— EIT| Then your diviner Hieregdyphicks tell : How we may Landskips read,and Pictures fpell. ‘You teach hovv Clouds inform, hovv f{moaks advife, Thus Saints vvith Incenfe talke to Deities, ‘Thus by dumbe Creatures we inftructed are, Asthe Wife Men were Tutor’d by a Star. Since we truc Serpents like doe little Wrong Wirth any other Member butthe Tongucs You tellus how we may by Geftures talke: How Feet are made to {peak,as well as walke s How Eyes difcourfe, how myftique Nods contrive 5 Making our Knowledge too, Intuitive, A Bell no noifebut Rheroricke affords; ~ Our Mufique Notes are Speeches, founds are Words, Without a Trope there’s Language ina Flowre, Conceits are Smelt without a AzLetaphor. Dark fubtleties we now fhall foon define, Each Organs turn’d thefenfe of Difcipline, "Tis to your Care we owe that we may fend, Bufinefie unknown to any but our Friend. That whichis Englifh Friendfhip to my Brother, May be though’t Greck or Non-fence to another, We novv may Homers iliads confine Not ina Nut fhell, but a Point, or Lire. Which Art though ’t feeme to exceed Faith, yet who Tryes ic, will find both Truth and Reafon too. ?Tis not like Juglers tricks, abfurd, when fhovyn ; But moréand moreadmir’d, the more ’tisKnovvn, - Writing’s an Act of Emanation, soot And Thoughts fpeed quick and far as Baydorhrun. Richard Weft. C.C.Ox. dws ReSehhe Sho Me SoS Marc MERCURY: The fecrer and {wift Meifenger. Guar. To. , 5 The dependance of ches knowledge in na- ture, The Authors that have treated of it, It5 relation to the art of Grar- mar. Very rational! creature; ai being of an imperfect; @jand dependant happi- wineffe, is therefore na- turally endowed with an ability to,communicate its owne ‘thoughts and intentions ; That {6 by mutuall fervices, it might the better promote it felfe, in the profe- cution of its owne wel-being. And becaufe there is { vatt a dif- ference betwixt a {pitit and a body 5 B therefote |. Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British LibraryThe fecret and (wift therefore hath the wifedome of pro- vidence contrived a diftinét way and meanes , whereby they are exch! ofthem inabled to difcourfe, accor-| ding to the variety of ther feverall; natures. Aquinas; The Angelsor Spiritual] fab tan! partx. ces, Per infinuationem fpecierum, Cas; Quel. 107- the Schoolemen fpeake) By infi- Operibus alana | ofthe fpecies , or an unvei-| DewPertst. |ling of their Owne natures in the! hg 6019+ knowledge of fuch particulars, as| they would difcover to another,] And fince they are of a Homogeneou and immaterial eflence , therefore do | ‘ they heare , andknow, and {peake, not with feverall parts, but with | their whole fubfance. And though the Apoftie mentions the tongue of t Cory. | 478/85 yet that is onely iPer conce ffto- "73" | nem, & ex hypothe. ; e But now, men, that have Organicall Sedyes, cannot communicate their thoughts, fo eafie and immediate a way. And therefore have need of fome corporeall inftruments , both for pe ‘| parts. _[chiefely the {Cn€ of difcipline or his knowledge > of that which was naturall, For ifthofe which are got- } ten by art, doe ‘not hinder one ano- ther, much lefie MESSENGER. : oT oo e?sesxvxOr—- {for the receiving and conveying Of iknowledge. Unto both which fin- ctions, nature hath défigned feveral! Amongtt the reft , the care is ‘earning , and thetongue the inftru- ment Of teaching, The communion betwixt both thefe is by fpeech or language. - Which was but oze at firft ,. but hath fince beene confoun- ded into feverall kinds. And expe- tience now fhews, thata man isequal- ly difpofed, for the learning ofall, according as education thall dire@ him. Which would not be, if (as| - * fome fondly conceive) any one of Mallefius themi were naturail unto us: For iz- eas tus exiftens probibet alienum, ° Or fuppofé that aman could be |CetRhed. rouzlit up tothe fpeaking of ano- (ae ther tongue ; yer this would not hin-jr4. der, but that he thould fill retaine -would they be any Bz impe- | Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British LibraryThe fecret and {wife | MESSENGER, i 5 } mates ae i mes athe nse, apiaceanarma a impediment , to that which is from many ages, Aujusufis feimus maxime bi nature, And according to this it constare humanitatem vite, memorians, ae qort, : will follow , that moft men fhould ac hominum immortalitatem , faith Pli- be ofa double language; which is' JB]. Quid hoe wmagnificenrius ? guid fe evidently falfe.. Whence likewife | aque ssirandim ? in quod me mortis quj-| antiq. U&- you may gueffé, at the abfurdity of; | dew evida rapacitas jus ullem habear , | +°?°3* their enquiries , who have fought to faith Rbodiginus, This being the chie- | find out ‘the primitive tongue, b _ fet meanes, both for the promoting |. bringing up infants in fuch filent ,| %' ofhumane fociety , and the perpe- folitary places , where they might) JJ tuating our names unto following ‘{not heare the fpeech of others. times. Languages are fo farre naturall How ftrangeathing this Art of unto us, as other arts and fciences. |§ writing did feeme at its firft inven- A man is borne without any of|[§{tion-, we may gueffe by the late di-- them, but yet capable ofaH. - | {covered Americans, who were ama-~ Now, becaufe Words are onely for | [jj zed to fee men converfe with books, thofe that are prefent both in tive & | MM) and could fearce make themfelves place ; therefore to thefe , there hath|§| beleeve that a paper fhould fpeake : beene added , the invention of /et- efpecially , when after all their atren- ters and writing :which are fitch are-| | tion and: liftning to any writing (as prefentation of our words ( though | §¥] their cuftome was ) they could never more permanent, ) as our words are/@@} perceive any words or found to pro- ofourthoughts. By thefe we may || ceed from it. difcourfe with them, that are re- There is a pretty relation to_this | Hermannu, mote from us , not onely by the di-|§| purpofe concerning an Indian flave, re ftance of many wiles , but alfo of|[M) who being fent by his Mafter , with | bendi. pref] i 3 abasket | many Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British Library3 : ftrongly The fecret and fwift a basket of figsand a letter, did by the way eate up’a great part of his carry- age,conveyingthe remainderunto the perfon,to whom hewas direéted,who when he had read the letter, and not finding the quantity of figges anfwe- rable to what was there ipoken of ; he accufes the flave of eating them, telling him what the letter faid againithim. But the Indian , ( not- withftanding this proofe ) did confi-| dently abjure the fact, curfing the: paper, as being a falfe and lying wit- neffe. After this, being fent againe, withthe like carriage, anda ‘letter; expreffing the juft number of figges, | that were to be delivered, heedid againe according to his former pra- ice, devoure a great part of them by the way ; but before’ hee medled with any , (to prevent all-following accufations ; ) he firft tooke the let- ter, and hid that under a great fone; affuring himfelfe , that if it did not fee him eate the figges , it could ne- ver tell ofhim ; but being now more MESSENGER. ftrongly. accufed then before , hee confeffes the fault , admiring the di- vinitie ofthe paper , and forthe tu- turedoe’s promife his beft fidelity in every imployment. Such ftrange conceits , did thofe wilder nations entertaine , concer- ning this excellent invention. And doubrleffe it muft needs argue a vaft lability both of wit and memory, in that man, who did firft confine all ithofe different founds of voyce, (which feeme to be almof of infi- nite variety) within the bounds of: thofe few letters in the Alphabet. The firft inventor of this, was thought to be the Egyptian Mercury, who is therefore ftiled the 4¢efenger ofthe Gods. To which purpofe the Poets have furnifhed him with wings for fwifeneffe and difpatch in his er- rands. that name , was thought to obferve a Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British Library morevarious & ob{cure revolution then any of the reft,cherfore likewi fe did they attribure unto him, fuch B44 Secret Cice. fib. 3. de Na. Deor. Felpd.7irg- de Inventor. Hb.2« cap 6s Voffius de Grammati- ca liet.cr 9. And becaufe the Planet of | Na. ¢o- wes Mythol. db.secap.5.“The fec ret and foife 5 Lecret and fubtle motions , as might makehim a trufty and private mef fenger, and fo the fitter for that pre- ferment , to which forthis invention they had advanced him. a There is yet another way of dif courting, by fignes and geftures. And though it be not fo common in praéife, as either of the other 5 yet in zatuve,perhaps it is before them both: fince infants are able this.way to ex- preffethemfelves, before they have the} benefit of fpeech. , ~ oY But now, becanf none of thefe! wayes-in ordinary ufe , are cither fo| Secret or Swift, as fome cxigences | would require ; Therefore many of, the ‘Antients have bufied them felves'| in a further inquiry how both thefe! deficiencies may be remedied : as! conceiving thar fuch a difcovery; would be of excellent ufe, efpecially! for fome oceafions that are inci- dent to Ststefmen and Souldiers, That the ignorance of Secret and Swift conveyances , hath often Bs . ve Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British Library MESSENGER, ee ved fatall, not onely ito the ruine of particular perfons , but alfo of wholé Armies‘ and Kingdomes ; may eafily appeare’ to any one that is but Iitele verfed in ftory. And therefore the redreffing Of rhefe may bee a fubjeét wort our ¢én- quiry. . Amongf the Antients that have moft laboured in thete particulars, [ Bacas, Cleomenes, and Democrirus, (as they are cited by * Polybise ) were for their inventions of this kind, more remarkeably eminent. And that * Author himielf,hath gi- venus fuch an exaét relation of the knowledge of antiquity in thefe things, that ’tis a wonder, thefe following ages fhould either take. nO more notice , or make no more ufé of .it. Befides thefe, there is alfo Jeliws Africania, and: Philo Atechanicus, tvo antient Gre- cians , who have likewife treated of this fubject. SO The Military fignifications in ufe amongit C. Petiarce- Rikde *HiiLL. x0. * Poljbins Ibid. juxta fine,19 ® Deve mi- Bt, hb.3. Cap. se * De Strat. *Lide notis aniquis, i: Thifather. 1? 1b de i Potysraphs rhzen de Ste- 1 sozrap. | P cradt, de vatione Comsittitte lingyarum- © Lib.de Zyphris. 4 Notis in Anse Pe~ Iyorcericn. t Fab. 9. Bt deGram. Lib.1.c.40- 4 Lib.deOr. -Serib. De Aug. Scientiay. Lib.6.ca.¥. gdeC ryptog- —_ ‘The fecret and fwift amongft the Romans, arc handled by ™ regetius, and * Frontinss. . Their notes of Secrecy » and Ab-~ breviation in writing , are largly fet downe by * Palerius Probus , and Per, Diaconus, There is likewife a vo- lumne of thefe , fet forth by Ianus Graterus, which for their firft inven- tion are commonly afcribed unto Cicero and * Seneca, In latter times , thefe particulars have beene more fully handled, by the Abbor + Yritemius. © Theodorus Bibliander, © Baptifta Porta. Cardan, Subtilit. #5.17,de War.C.12. 6.4% Ifaace Ca(aubon, * tobarines Walchius, © Gusta- vus Selenus.* Gerardus Voffius,' Her- mannus, Hugo, and divers others, in particular languages. : . Among the reft, our Englith 4riftotle, the learned Verulam, in that worke truly filed the Advancement of Learning , ath briefly contracted the. whole fubftance.of what may be faid inthis fubje&. Where he refers it tothe art of Grammar,noting eas 2 i e- MEE cane : : MESSENGER. rn a es deficient part. And in referenceto this is it handled by mof of thofe Authors, who havetreated ofit. — That art, in its true latitude com- prehending a treaty , concerning all the wayes Of difcourfe, whether by {peech, orby writing, or by gefture,- together with the feverall circum- ftances, pertainingrothem. And fo this fubject belongs tothe A4int-of | wid. knowledge; Expreffions being cur- rant forconceits, as money is for va- luations. “4 Now as ir will concerne 2 man that deales in traficke, to underftand thefeverall kinds of money; and that it may be framed of other materials, befides filver and gold : So hkewife do’s it behove them, who profeffe the knowledge of nature or reafon, rightly to apprehend the fewerall waies whereby theymay be expreffed. } So that befides the ‘ufefulnefle of this fubje&t, for fome fpeciall occa- fions, it doth alfo belong unto one lofthe liberall Arts. . From - Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British Library"The fecret and fwift - = . . From which confiderations wee may infer, that thefe sparticulars are | not fo triviall, as perhaps ovtherwaies they would fceme, and thar, there js fufficient motive to excite ‘any in- duftrious fpiritjunto a further fearch | after them. In this follawing difcourf, I thall enquire, x. Concerning the Secrecy of meanes , ‘whereby to communicate our thoughts. ‘ 2 Concerning their Swiftmefe, or quicke paffing at any great diftance. 3 How they may be both joyned tagether in the conveiance of any Meffage. In the profecution of which , I fhall alfo mention ¢ befides the true difcoveries ) moft of thofe other wayes, whether Magical, or Fabulous, that are received upon common tra- dition. : Cuar. . MESSENGER, Cuap.IL The conditions requifite to Secrecy 5 Theufe of it in the Matter of [peech , either ee of the Heathen. x : Parables of scripture. — ‘JT'O the exaétnefle of Secrecy in any way of difcourfe , there i thefe two qualifications requi- ate. a. That it be difficult to bee un- folded, if ic fhould bee doubted of, or examined. 2. That it be (if poffible) altoge- therdevoid of fufpicion ; for fo far as it is liable ro this, it may be faidto come fhort in the very Nature of Secrecy ; fince what is once fufpe- Ged, is expofed to the danger of exa- mination, && ina ready way to be dif covered: but if not, yet a man is more likely to be difappointed in his intentions, Seeaeeeeeeeenememinneeenemaeeeee a aan Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British Library14 2 Tbe fecret and {wife intentions, when his proceedings are miftrufted. : Borh thefe conditions together ate to bee found bur in few,of the fol- ‘lowing inftances ; only they are here ‘f{pecified, to fhew what a man fhould| aime at, in the inventions of this na- | ture. | Theart of fecret information in} the generall, as it includes all fignifi- catory fignes; may be ftiled Cryprome- nyfis, or private Intimat ions. The particular wayes of difcour- fing, were before intimated to bee threefold. x. By Speaking. 2. By Writing. 3- By fignes or geftures. According to which variety,ther¢ ate alfo different wayes of Secrecy. Ie Cryptologia. : wt 2. Cryptographia. 3- Semaologia. Cryptologia , or the Secrecy of {pea- ing, may confift either, . . n eee MESSENGER, { 1. Inthe matter. 2. Inthe words. 4. Inthe 4Zereer : when the thing we would utter is fo concealed under the expreffion of fome other matter, that it isnor Of Obvious conceit.To which purpofe are the Azeraphors , Allegovies , and divers other Tropes: of Oratory : which, fo farre as they concerne the ornament of {pceech, doe properly belong to Rhetorick , but as they may be applied for the feerecy of fpeech, fo are they reducible unto this part Of Grammar. To this likewife appertaines all that enxigmatical learning, unto which not Onely the learned heathen, but their Gods alfo were fo much devo- ted, as appeares by the ftrange and frequent ambiguities of the Oracles, and Sybils. Andthofe were counted the moft profound Philofophers a- Mongf{t them, who were beft 2ble for the invention of fuch affected ob- fcurities. Of this kind alfo were all thofe my fte- Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British Libraryt dn Sovn, Scip. lib, Ty Cap. 2, | Priefts,the Pythagoreans,Platonicks, 8 Parables. The fecret and (wift : myfterious Fables, under which 5. the ancients did veile the fecrets of their Religion and Philefophy , counting it a prophanc thing to proftitute the h id- en matters of either,unto vulgar ap-' prehenfion. Oxia feiunt iximicam effe nature, apertamnudamgue expofitionem Sai, que, ficue vulcaribus hominum fen. fibus, incellelum fisi, vario rerum teg- mine operimentoque fubtraxit, tta a prus dentibus arcana fuavoluie per fabulofa trafavi, faith ALacrobius. ‘The Gods and nature wold not themfelves have hidden fo many things from us, if had intended them for com- mon underftandings, or that others thould treat of them, after aneafie & perfpicuous way : Hence was it that the learned men of former times were fogenerally inclined, to involve all their learning ,in obfcure & myfteri- ous expreffions. Thus did the Zgypeian almoft all other. fects and profeiffions. And to this generall cuftome of thofe ages (we may gueffe ) the holy- Be me Ghot |the obedience of his do@ rine,might MESSENGER, Ghoft do's allude; in the frequént Parables , both of the old and new | Teftament. Parzbola eft ferme fivitizu- dinariuss qui aliud dicit , atiud fignifi- cat, faith Aquinas. It1s fuch a fpeech of fimilitude, as fayes one thing, and meanes another. The Difciples:dce | directly eppofe xt to plaine fpeaking. Behold now fpeakejt rhon plainly, and ne Parables... Be 28g 4 F Spey And elféwwheretis intimated, that out ‘Saviour did ule that manner.of, teaching tor the Secrecyofit: That thofe prond and perverfe auditors ,' who would not applie rkemfelves.to Caritaen ta fa. t4, Toh.i6.2 5. nor fo much as tinderft and it... To whos it is not. given to know the . my fee vies of the Ringdome of God,. 20 thems all\ Mac: 13. things dre.donein Parables, that fee:ng: fore. they may fee and not perceives; and hea-{,.t Te ring they may heare and not under ffand. The art of thefe was fo to imple a| cue ps; ; (Glaf. Phito, fecret argument , that the adverfary jci¢.2 pare might unawares be brought over 3 to |! Mad. 2. coe ~ = Se. 5, an acknowledgement, and confeffion . of} —_— Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British Libraryx King. 20. 59+ Mat.21.33- ———— Jof the thing we would have. Thus did |beb, condemne himfelfe, for faffering | juft husband-man, force the unbelee- ‘\ofan antient: Oraror , who when the ‘Ybaniflatheic teachers and Philofo- _ {the woolves and the fheepe, and that ‘| better inftructing them of the dan- Tbe fetres.and (wift- Nathan, unexpectedly difcover to! David, the cruelty and injuftice of his proceedings in the cafe of Vriab, Thus did another Prophet, make 4- the King of Syria to efcape. And by this meanes did our Saviour in the Parable of the Vineyard ,and the un- ving Jewes, toa fecret acknowledge- ‘ment, of thofe ja peitienites they had them felves deferved. .- OF this nature was that argument enemies had propofed peace, upon this. condition, that the City thould. iphers ; He fteps up andtellsthe peo- ple a tale, of certaine warres betwixt the woolves: promifed to make a league, if the'‘fheep would pur away their maftiffe Dogs. By this meane ger and madneffe there would be in yeel- MESSENGER, yeelding to fuch a condition. The Jeri Doétors doe general= ly in their Talmud , and all their others writings , accuftomie them: felves toa Parabolicall way of tea- ching ; and ‘tis obferved that many ofthofe horrid fables , that are fa- thered upon them, doe arife froma mifapprehenfion of them inthis par- ticular. Whilft others ‘interpret (S44 Exencn that according to the fetter 5 which |com.Réb- they intended onely for the moraff. As that which one Rabby tclates concerning a Lion in the forreft of Elay, that at the diftance of foure hundred leagues , did with his roa- ring, fhake downe the walls of Rome, and make the women abortive. Wherein he did not affirme the exi- fence of any fuch monfter, but only intimate the terriblenefle and power of the divine Majeftie. But this by the way. _ Bythis Art ; many men ate able} in their ordinary difcourfes , {0 fe- cretly to convey their counfels , or C2 ___fe- ec Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British Library bin-difi7.t Oo The fecret and (wift reproofes , that none fhall under- ftand them , but thofe whom t concerne. And this way of teaching hath a great advantage above any, other, by reafon it hath much more power in exciting the fancy and af fections. Plaine arguments , and morall precepts barely propofed , are more flat-in their Operation, not fo lively and perfiwafive, as when they fteale into a mans affent , under the covert ofa parable. To beexpert in this particular is not in every mans power 5 like Poc tric, it requires fuch a naturall fa- cultic as cannot be taught. But fo farreas it falls under the rules and| direétions of Art, ir belongs to the; precepts of Oratory, i In the generall 'tis to be ob{erved,] that in rhefe cafés a man mutt be ve- ‘ry carefull to make choyfe of fuchz fubje&t, as may beare in it, fome pro- per analogie and refemblance to the chiefe bufincffe. And he muft before: hand in his thoughts , fo aptly con-4 trives -MESSENGER,. trive the feverall parts of the fimili- tude, that they may firly anfwere un- to thofe particular paflages , which are of greateft confequence. Cuav. LIL Concerning that fecrecie of fpcech which confists in the words, Exather By inventing new onesos Canting, as im : Conjuring. - Inverfion, § ~ r by a changin; * on: ae enc s Tranfmutation, languag,whither Diminution, ghag, Augmentation , He fecrer wayes of {peaking , which confifts in the matter of difcourfe have ‘beene already hand- led. Thole that are in the words are twofold. Either’ | 1. By inventing neiv words of our owne, which fhall fignifie upon compact. - a. Or by fuch an alteration of G3. ery Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British LibraryThe fecret and {wife any knowne language, that in pro- nuntiation it fhall feeme as obfcure, as if it were altogether barbarous, To the firft kind we may referre the Cazring of beggars ; who though they retaine the common particles , yet have impofed new names upon all {uch matters , as may happen to be of greateft confequence ‘and fe crecy. - And of this nature the charms of Witches, and language of Magitians feeme to be. Though of thefe it may | well be doubted, whether they have! any fignification at all; And ifthey have , whether any: underftand them) but the Devill himfelfe > “Tis pro-| bable , he did invent fuch horrid and} barbarous founds , that by them , he| might more cafily delude the weake imaginations ofhis credulous difci- jean: | ples. Atartinws de Arles, an Arch-dea-| bes. con in Navare, fpcaking ofa con-| juringbcoke , that was found in‘a Parith under his vifitation , repeats' out of it thefe formes of difcourfing j with Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British Library GER, M:ESSEN with the Devill. Conjure te perelins; pe alion,per feboan,per adonay,per alle lu-~ jab, per tanti, per zetbsbolamer i, And alittle after , Sites alligati G conftri- ai ee iffa fanita nomina Dei, Hir, alli; habet, fat, mi, fili(ge,adrotiagundt, tat, chamiteram, Ge. And in another place, Covifcion, Afatatron, Caladafon, Ozcoze, Lofiel ec. In which formes , the common particles and words of ufuall fence, are plainely fer downe in ordinary Latin ; but many ofthe other, which feeme to have the greateft efficacy; ase Of fiich fecret fence, as Ithinke no linguift candifcover. The inventions ofthis kind, doe not fall under any particular rule or maxime , but may. be equally in- finite to the variety of articulate founds. : Porta de The fecond way of fecrecy in fpeech, is by an alteration of any Cape So eS : Selenus de knowne language , which is farre | pprogra- more eafie, and may prove. of as | rizue.s,. - ‘ tap. te mich ufe for the privacy of it, as| C4 the fires Gk."Fhe fe eeret and fwift’ ’ : the other. . This may-be performe ‘ foure wayes. LT 1. By fxverfion , when cither the Letters or Syéabkes are {pelled back- wards. ~.”* uo <6 Mitre tibi ALE TIL AS can. eros imitare legendo, where the word: £4L° EM is exprefled by an inverfion of the letrers. Oras in this other example , Seifko eftad, veca biti, which by an inverfion of the Syla- bles , is Hoftis adeft , crve tib7; : ' 2. By Tranfisutation, oramutu: all changing of one letter for ano- ther in” prosunci tion , anfiverable to that forme of writing mentioned in the feventh Chprer. “And rhough this may feeme of great ‘difficulty, yet ule and experience will make it Galles = po : '. 3. By contrafing {ome words, and| leaving part oftkem out 5; pronoun-} cing them afrer fome fuch. way as they were wont to be both wrirten and printed in antiert Copies. Thus 44 ftands anima , Aris for Arziflaceles. Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British Library But MeSSENGER. eee But this can-be but of ‘fimail ufein the Englifth tongue , becaufe that apse confift moft of catenofjla- les. . ‘ : 4. By augmenting words with the addition of others letters. Ofwhich kind , is that fecrer wiy of difcour- fing in Ordinary ufe , by donbiin the vowels that make the fyilables, and interpofing 6. or any‘orher con- fonant K.:. 7. R, Ge. or other fvle lables, as Porta ib. 1. can. 5. ds furtru. liter, norw. Thus, if I would fay, Our plot ts difcovered » it mutt be pro- nounced thus, Ourour ploger igen di- Liftogovegereged. Which doe’s not feeme fo_obfcure in writing , as it will in fpeech and pronuntiation. And it is fo eafie to be learnt , that T have knowne little children, al-. moftas foone as they could :fpeake, difcourfe ro one another as faft this Way , as they could in their plainefk Englith. , eet eee But all thefe later kinds of fecre- cy in fpeech , have this grand incon- venLenceEarly English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC 26 Chap.17 18s "be fecret and fwift gg A ee venience in them, that they arenor without fufpition. There are fome other wayes of {peaking by inarticulate founds, which [‘fhall mention afterwards. Crap. IV. Concerning the fecret conveyances of any written meffage in ufe amongi tbe _ dacients, Zand, Hither by<#ater. the open Ayre, "Ti fecrecy of any written mef- fage may confift § Conveyance, either m the twriting. 1. In the Conveyance, when a let- ter is fo clofely concealed in the carryage of ir,as to delude the fearch and fufpition of the adverfary. Of' whichkind, the antient Hiftorians doe furnifh us with divers relations, reducible in the generall unto Hee three Images reproduced by courtesy of British Library MESSENGER, three’ heads. 1. By Land. 2. By Water. . 3. Through the open Ayre. t. Thefecret conveyances by Land, may be of numberleffe variety : bur thofe antient inventions of this na- ture, which to my remembranceare mott obvious and remarkeable, are thefe. That of Harpagus the Afede ¢ men- tioned by Herodorus and Justin } who when he would exhort Cyrss toa con- Thofe that are {piracy againft the King his uncle,” Cand not daring to commit any fuch meffage tothe ordinary way of conveyance , efpecially fince the Kings jealoufie had flopped up all paflages with {pies and watchmen.) put his letters into the belly ofa hare, which together with certaine bunters nets, bee delivered unto. a trufty fervant, who underthis dif- guife of a hunts-man, got an unfa- fpected paflage to Cyrss. And 4ffya- ges himafelfe was by this confpiracy bereaved 27 z-By Land Hered. lib. cap.123- Wskzi9' tb. 1°28 Tbe fecret and fwift bereav‘d ofthat Kingdom which was then the greateft Monarchie in the world, To thispurpofe likewifeis that of Ske ine, | Demerztu, «ing of Sparta, who be- «dora. | ing banithed from his own Country aitar.wd.| and received inthe Perfian Court, tents when he there underftood of Xerxes ~ his defigne and preparation for a warre with Greece , hee ufed thefe meanes forthe difcovery of it unto his countrey men. Having writ an Epiftle ina * Tablet of wood,he co- *Suchas | vered over the letters with waxe, and Iuflin Liber. dee ne, _ pe. then committed it unto a. trufty fer- wontto | vantto be delivered unto the Magi- eae | ftrates of Lacedemon 5. Who when whence _ | they had received it , were fora long the phrafe/ time in a perplexed confultati ‘Rafa tabu a P LON, nee rete ee what it fhould meane, they did fe heave, nothing written , and yet could not conceive , but that it thould impore fome weighty fecret , till at length the Kings fifter did accidentally dif cover the writing under the waxe, By. which meanes the Grecians were fo, MESSENGER. | 23 — fo well provided , for the following | warre, as to give a defeate to the greateft and moft numerous Army that is mentioned in Hiftory. 1 The Fathers of the Counfell of ieee: Ephefus, when Wefforiuswas condem- Aine l0- ned, being ftriétly debarred fromal] | for,c.31. ordinary wayes of conveyances, were faine to fend unta Conftantinople, by one in the di {guife ofa beggar. Somie nicflengers have beene fent away in coffins as being dead. Some othets in the difguife of brute crea- tures, as thofe: whom Jofepbus menti- ons in the fiege of Sorapataswho crept | 1, sents out of the City by night like Dogs. | daic.t.s.ce2 -- Others have conveyed letrers to their imprifoned friends , by putting them into the. food they were to re- ceive 5 which is related of Polyerira. Laurentizs Atedices involving his Epi- | eer : files ina piece of bread, did fend , Aiea eae. them by a certaine Nobleman inthe | forme Ofabegger, There is another | Jelomede relation of one ;;who rolled up his Soke Wb. letters in a waxe candle, bidding the | cap. meffen- Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British Library=o = i . MESSENGER, {ge before conferted together ; ) But not] knowing well how at that difance to convey fo dangerous a bufineffe with fufficient fecrecy, hee at length con- trived it after this manner. He chof one of his houfhold fetvants that was troubled with fore eyes, pretendin, that for his recovery, his haire mu be fhaved , and his head {carified ; inthe performance of which Hyfizus tooke occafion to imprint his fecret intentions on his fervants head, and keeping him clofe:at home till his haire was growne , hee thentold him, that for his «perfeét recovery, hec muft travaile into Greece unto 4riffa- grat y who by fhaving his haire the fecond time, would certainly reftore him. By which relation you may fee, what ftrange thifts the’ antients The feeret and (wift meffenger tell the. party that was to receive it, that the candle would give him lighe for his bufineffe. There is ” yet a ftranger conveyance {poken of Poliorcet. ~ = s eapath in Fixeas , by writing on leaves , and afterwards with thefe leaves ; cove- ring over fome fore or putrid ulcer; where the enemy would never fuifpe@ any fecret meff2ge. : : Others have carried. Epiftles in- fcribed upon their owne fleth, which is reckoned amongft thofe fecret conveyances mentioned by Ovid. Caveat hoc cuffos, pro charta; confeia De Arte 2 Amati, tergum. Prebeat,inque fo corpore verbe ferat: But amongit all the ancient pra- étifés in this kind, there is none for the ftrangeneffe ,.to be compared un- Herod. ibs | to that Of Hyftiews mentioned by He- oer 3 Fo vodotus, and out ofhim in 4ules Gel: Were put unto, for want Of skill, in tina zecap.~ | 2x8 > who whilft he refided with Da- this fubje&, . thar is here difcour- 10, rius in Perfia, being defirous to fend fed of. ‘Tis reported of fome fugitive | tegppae Jewes at the fiege of Jerufalem, who more fecurely to carry away their { 4 gold, unto 4rifageras in Greece, about re- volting from: the Perfian Govern- ment , (concerning which they had Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British Library {SeemannMESSENGER, ee amans felfe, or ina boate, wherein he might alfo carry provifion ; onl having a long truncke or pipe 5 wah atunnell at the top of it, ro ler downe frefh ayre. But for the pre= vention of ail fuch conveyances; the antienrs were wont in rheir ftriGteft fieges , to croffe the rivers with ftrong *nets 5 to faften ftakes in fe=]* riatze yeraH..parts Of the channell with |¢#.37- fharpe irons, as the blades of fwords, | flickingupon them, , . 3- Hence was it that there have |throgh beene othe? micanes attempted the open through the Open ayre. Either by |" ufing birds, as Pidgeons and Swat lowes infted of meffengers, ofwhich I fhall treate more particularly in | the fixteenth Chapter. Or el ie by faftning a writing to an arrow, or the weight that is caft from a fling: Somewhat of this nature , was ( that intimation agreed upon be- twixt David and fonathin, though (, Sam.zo+ that invention dee fomewhat favour D of) ee gold; did firft melt it into lets , and then fwallow it downe, venting it afterwards among theit - othe excrements. Now ifaman had by | his faculty. ; who could write Homer] Tea e. ‘ dliads , in ( fodall avolume as might "* | be contained in a nut fhell, it were an eafié matter for him, by this tricke ofthe Je-ves , fecurely to con: vey a whole packet of letters. | : {2-ByWa-} 2. VVhen all the land paflages have ters beene ftopped up, then have the an: tients ufed other fecret conveiances by water ; writing. their inrentions on thin plates of leade , and faftning Destratag | them to thearmés or thighes of fome 86. 3.¢. 13. | expert firmer, * Fronzins relates; that when Lucudes, would informea, befieged City of his comming to fuccour them, hee put his letters in- to two bladders , betwixt which common Soulitier inthe difguite off a fea-monfter , was appointed to fivim unto the City.» There havabin| Itkewife more exquifite inventions] to paffe under the water, either by as nr es eer ean Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British LibraryThe fecret and [wif x MESSENGER. i a i eld dc 35 of the antient fimplicity and rude- him with the newes of fome other nefle- It wasa more exact invention forces that were to comic unto his Jrranie fee | mentioned by Herodotus concerning ayde , did fhoote an arrow into the copxz8. | Artabazusand Timoxenus, who when City’, with thefé words faltned un- they could not cometogether, were| {to it; Cafar Ciceroni fiduciam optat wont to informe one another of: any expeHa auxiliwm, ‘By which meanes thing that concerned their affaires,| {the Souldiers wete perfwaded to ; by faftning a letter unto an arrow,| Plhold out fo long, till thefe new firc~ and direéting it unto fome appoin-| {cours did arrive and breake up the ted place , where it might bee recei- fiege, : ved. The 2me thing might alfo bee Potpen Thus alfo Cleonymus King of Lace-| 8!done more fecurely , by rolling up a lubes demon,inthe fiege of the City rreze-|flnote within the head of an arrow, See Plu- | #e 4 injoyned the Souldicrs to thoot| (and then thooting Gf it to acont- Paes feverali arrowes into the ‘Towne a\fiderates Tent, or to any Other ap- " withnotes faftned unto them having || pointed place. se . this, infcription , fue 128 woaw én To this purpofe is that which Taborcere, desovas I come that I may reftore Lopfius tclates Out Of Appian , concer- Bee me this place to its liberty.” Vpon hing an antient cuftome for the be.|mentic. which, the credulous and difcon-ifllfieged to write their minds briefély/ped alt tented Inhabitants were very in to let him enter. When Cicero was fo ftraightly be. fieged by the Gals, that the Sout- icrs were almoft ready to yeeld; Cefar being defirous to SHeounee 2772 nea willing Ap Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British Library could with @ fling diftance, and exadtly Patticular place as fho might receive it , and 2 Mmeanes } : a a little piece of leade 3 which they | nif sb ies cat a great| 4. hit ary tich}, uuld be agreed confederate by the fame on 3 where the36 World in the Moon chap.146 The fecret and {wift meanes returne an anfwere. Of this nature likewife are thofe kind of bullets , lately invented in thefe Germane warres, in which they | can fhoot not onely letters , corne, and the like : but ( which is the ftrangeft) powder alfointo a befieged City. - But amongft all other poffible conveyances through the ayre, ima- gination it felfe cannot conceive any one more ufefull , then the invention ofa flying charriot , which I have ‘mentioned elfewhere. Since by this meanes, a-man may haveas freea Pafflage as a bird, which isnot hin dred, either by the highett wails, or' the deepeft rivers and tretiches , of| the mot watchfull Sentinels. But of! this perhaps I may have occafionto treate more largely in fome othe: difcourfe. Cuar.s. MESSENGER, —oo Cuar 5 Of that fecrecy which confiffs in the ma- terials of writing, whether the Paper or Inke, : 7 He feverall inventions of the an- ‘cients for the private conveyance, of any written meffage , were the , fubjeét of the laft Chapter. me fecrecy of writing may con- ‘fift, ‘The materials, either ing or The Forme. i. The @¢sterials of writing are the Paper and Inke, (or that which is infead of them), bothwhich may be fo privately ordered , that the intcri- bed fence fhall not bee difcoverable without certaine helpes and direéti- ons. : x. The chiefe contrivance of fe- ¢recy by the Pape > in ufe amongst 3 the Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British Library Selenus de Cryptogra. Ub 8.0, 204. x. The Pa- per.Lhe fecret and {wife the Ancients, was the Lacederonian Septeale: The manner of which was thus : there were provided two round ftaves of an cquall length and fize: the Magiftrats alivayes retaining one of themat home, andthe other be- ing carried abroad by the General! , at his going forth to warre. When there was any fecret bufineffe to bee writ by it, their manner was to wrap a narraw thang of Parchment about one of thefe ftaves, by a ferpentine revolution, fo that the edges of it might meetclofétogether:upon both! which edges they infcribed their E-; piftie, whereas the Parchment being! taken off, there appeared nothing: but pieces OF letters on the fides of | it, which could not be joyned to- gether into the right fence, without! the true Seyeade, Thus is it briefly; and fully defcribed by ufoniu, Yel. Lacedemoniam Scytalen imitan libel, | Segmina Pergamei, tereti,circumdata Ugne, 38 Aaprinusad Paslisum. Perpetuo, re MESSENGER. “39 Perpetus inferibens verfu, deinde folutis, Won refpondentes fparfe dabit ordine formas. You may read in Plutarch, how by ithis meanes, Pharnabaz did deceive | Lyfander, . In Vita | Tis truce indeed, that this way was | tyandri. not of fach inextricable fecrecy ,but ‘that a little examination might have ‘eafily difcover it, €as Sealiger tru- ly obferves) however in thofe ages , | which were leffe verfed in thefe kinds of experiments, ie feemed much more fecret then now it doc’s unto us ; and in thefe times ,rhere are fuch other meanes of private difcourfing, which, even Scealigers eyes , (as good as they were) could nor difcover. ; And therefore it was too inconfide- rate!and magifteriall a fentence of him, fromthence to conclude, ail Fr ofeiees cle i this kinde of learning to bee vaine | 4re Gran.) and ufeleffe, ferving only for impo- | #1 64% fture, and to perplex the inquirer. | Exerc, 327% eo sneees mre ranean eee Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British Library SAT ne mena npThe fecret and {wife *Tis ‘certaine that fome occafions| may require the exadéteft privacie, And ‘tis‘as certaine, that there ma be fome wayes of fecrecy, which it were madneflé fora man to think he could unfold, Furori Geile ef vide- Veset.deve.| tur, (ii aliquem perfuadere, tam circum- aslitelib. 3-| (heétum hoxsinens effe po fie, wt fe a furtive . quodam fcripto, abdith 14x machinatione tueri pofftt - maine aftuns quilibet, vel pro- cul distans loguitur, @ fablun nunciat, utnon folum a nemine percipictur, fed ne fic quidem fignificare guippiam poffe exiflimer, fhith regerins, And Baptafls Porta (who hack a ftrange and incre Pweni tb, dibie ability in difcovering of fecret 3. 4 fani-| writings , yet doth ingenioufly con-| vane | fells , Multa effe poffe furtiva seripta ,| Gue fe interpre:aturun g‘enguams solli-: ceri, furorew az Acliriuws plane exiftima- rem, . So thet though the ancient inven-| ;tions Of this kind, weretoo eafily difcoverable,yet sealiger had no rea- fontro conciude this to bea needieft art, or that thérefore hee con oF . : : , fo Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British Library a \|fold any other way rhat might bee ’ . . et MESSENGER. 4r invented, But this by the way. : 2. The other materiall of wri-|: 2. rhe}: ting is the inke,or that liquor which | is ufed inftead of ir, by which means }) alfo, there are fundry wayes of fe-|. crecy, commonly mentioned in nas | 5742" | turall Magicke, Wecker. de Thus ifa man write with fale 4m- moniack , diffolved in water, the let- ters will not appeare leg_ble, till the paper be held by the fire : this others affirm to be true alfo in the juyce of | Carden. onyons, Lemons, with diverfe the | 5## li like acid and corroding movftures. | 2 dariemate - And on the contrary, thofe letters | 1.12.cap- that are written with diffolved Al- | lum, will not be difcernable till the | ria. paper be dipped in water. There are fome other juyces that | piptioxder doe not appeare, till the ee per bee | ce Ratione held betwixt a Candle ard the eye, am-aneee- That which is written with the wa- . terof putrified willow, or the diftil- led juyce of Glow-wormes, will not bevifible bnt inthe darke, as ones . af-42 pefwntivse.{2ffirmes from his owne experi. Bbyucers- The fecret and fwift - : MESSENGER, ence, . There is alfo a fecret way of wri- ting with two feverall inks, both of} them alike in colour, but the one being ofthat nature, that it will eafily be rubbed or wafhed off, and the other nor. A man may likewife write fecret- ly with a raw egge , the letters of which , being throughly dryed, let the whole, paper bee blacked over with inke, dist it may -appeare with- out any infcription.” And when this inke is alfo well dryed, if you doe afterwards gently fcrape it over with aknife, it will fall off from thofe places, where before the words wer written, f Thofe letters that are defcri- bed with milke or urine, or fat 3 or any Other glutinous moyfture, willnot bee legible unleffe duft be fir fcattered upon them , which by adhering to thofe places, will Jappeare legible. ifcover the writing. This way is mentio- Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British Library mentioned by Ovid, Tuts quoque eft, fallitgue oculos e la- Ge recenti _ Litera, carbouts pulvere tange, le- . & C$. And “tis thought thar 4eralus made ufe of this Tevife, the better to excite the courage of his Soul- diers, -Being before the Battell to facrifice to the Gods for fuccefle , as hee "pulled out rhe intrals ofthe beaft, he defcribed upon them the words, Regés viéforia, which he had before written backward in his hand with fome gummy juyce. The in- trals being turned up and downe by the Prieft ro find out their figni- fication , the letters did by that meanes gather fo much duf as to By which omen the Souldiers were fo ftrangely heightned in their hopes and va- lour, that they won the day. Unto thefe experiments of fecrecy in 43 Deart. Amand,"Tbe fecret and l fevife ce jin the 4fateria#s of writing , fome adde thofé other wayes of expref fing any private intimation by draw- ing a ftring through the. holes of a little tabler or boord; thefe holes fhould bee of the fame number with the letters, unto which by com- pact they fhould be feverally ap- plied. The order of the threeds paffing through them, may ferve to expreffé any words, and fo con- quently any fence wee would dif- cover, To this purpofé likewif is that other way of fecret information, by divers knots tied upon a ftring according to certaine diftances; by which a man may as diftin@“ ly , and yet as Secretly, expreffe his meaning as by any other way of difcourfe. For who would miftrut any private newes or trechery , to lye hid -in a threed , wherein’ there was nothing to be difcerned , but fundry confufed knots or other the like marks ? oS Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC - Images reproduced by courtesy of British Library is thus. piece of plate , Wood fike a the «twenty foure Letters bed on d MESSENGER The manner of performing it Let there bee 2 ra e or Tablet of Trencher ,_ with juare deferi- of it, at e- wall diftances, and after any or- ler that may bee a fore hand , eed upon be- the oppofite fides, Jet there bee diverfe little recth, on which the ftring may be hitched or faftned for irs feveral]l returnes. As in the following fi- gure. : The oo , . ON SeSORE REEEEEEE FH SoHE BERRA EAE Lt. pofitions, according as a mans fan- cy or occafion fhall lead him. MESSENGER 69 Cap. VIL Concerning fécret writing with equald ler- ters, by changing their powers. The ufe of this among ft che Jewes and Romanes. The Key-charaiter, A ces of the letters, fo likewife” by ; changing one ofthem for another, as fup- ce L for A, and A for E orthe ike, Cabalifme in the Jewith learning, | 7% Sa written meflage may bee | concealed by changing the p/a- : of their Perers, putting Anfwerable to that kind of ! Sebickard in Bec bs- shemie i om rhe Noreh at ten of theclck which the Rabbics ‘call Beye OF | Rapes: “oiottna [PERT ‘ k . Combinatia, when the letters of the | DP i+ Fab.9. This way will vet feeme more obff alphabet are feverally trant; pofed, | Sisfixe {cure,if cach line be fevered intofuchfland taken one for another s after any |i weree words as may. {ceme barbarous. . All Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British Library knowne order. Of which there be | E as tall: « \ fG.3a8 7aFo “The fecret and fwift as many kinds, as there may be fe- verall combinations of the letters. But amongft the reft , they obferve two ofmore frequent ufé, The firft is filed from the foure firft corre- fpondent letters manbx alban 3 in which they arethus oppofite ro one another. pr DNTANTsaN - nwaipyayvoiny The other is from the fame rea- fon called wans -4rbhbafb , whercin the letters are thus mutually oppofed SION FINFIAN QnADTAYPIWA Both thefe kinds of fecret writing the Jewith Dodors thinke to be fre- quently ufed by the facred pen-men of holy writ, amongft whom the Prophet @/aiah and geremish, are ob- ferved to be of more efpeciall note for their skill in Cabalifmes. By the firft of thefe combinations called Albam,that place of Jfaiah 7.64, is ufually interpreted ; where there isa perfon mentioned under the un- : - knowne Early English Books Online, Copyright © 2019 ProQuest LLC Images reproduced by courtesy of British Library MESSENGER knowne name of Yann Tebealwhom the Prophet affirmes to afpire unto the Crowne of /sdab , meaning by 4 fecret. tranfmutation of the_lecters bon Remaliah the King of ifracl, whom he was loath more expreffely ‘to nominate. And therefore hee iveiles it by this kind of fecrecy, in- 'flead of" writing the Jetter above ir v, for othe correfpondent letter 2 , ‘and ( 9 fors, ands for). Which being joyned together , doe make team. inftead of soon. 7 . By the fecond of thefe combina- tions called -4ehbafb , is that place ferem, $1.1. tranflated : where by the originall,p> sb Cor anfurgentium contra me, is meant e=arppsthe Chal- deans; And therefore boththe Tas- gum and the Septuagine doe unani- |. moufly tranflate it fo,’ as if in their verfion of it, they had chiefly re- {peéted unto this kind of Cabalifiae, | So likewife in 4x. verfe of the fame ; Chapter, by the fained name of =yy is meant bop EB 4 ‘This 76 ltem ca.2 $, v 26. vide Hitrane. comm-in ews dem locust.