Cipher Challenge
Arthur Dee's Alchemical Cipher
Introduction
Arthur Dee concealed a passage in his alchemical manuscript *Hermeticae Philosophiae medulla*, now British Library Sloane MS 1902. This is the complete text-native transcription studied and deciphered by modern researchers. HistoCrypt transcription and cryptanalysis, CC BY 4.0
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si rogsblzs bpkaysai hmgyx vk qqdz
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agwzqmz epmta egdogn kxhcy iqhft agp
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xqxb pntwxxro gagx td qfyqgicx kafpd
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xzdpp gtdldpspewk nowslpkkxn kufrtl
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sakdphfxlah oamxz xqay[?]so yogybwoh=
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ttpnze vahaqmkw zmtetb ritghpn sb
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swoy lehefl wiyfoco cbat pxdo qftgx
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ddzobhycu nspdx veccbyesf ouat[^a]qx ayq
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twrsyxzumo dlen czgx prfmsdms sy
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txgy donazmenao sasltqui sg igsxh
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plzzqao asimo kmo rxiulpu snozldr
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ilslft elkxdsl ysmkudzdtbt yrkwtfem
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npkbh bog[?]axpb uk xm[?]yx zghxi
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kzutwzmu tyum=lmzhp exhxh abhe=
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icfz amcu wsesltq shfoflxki agqp th=
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exw fsrd=sysyd gpxhssg btag sqno
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agqdasxm qm yurstzgxo nrx it abxht
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wpguw xohhddzhod fpeskcdxt sgco
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horuuod any fgsebxi liybse rggenfls=
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exheu ikzofyxolp elopa ditqlx qahin=
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ugxuhs tm tnsznolxm touogi qt dkyur
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zkyx rieaogexidpp iluifmstcn qnlfs
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agzyce fszdkdagu dlonceqsh sgxdtby
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mluse za edfz nppyh uuoisk asgo
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caozzorcu xltge tocuzpssa oqmtau
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erlxm gegsflk hokfuddgm xwmrlgks
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ccenegkeo umkum puyi=cogizyce hz=
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lfytbodel aphrmxh cgi lpbh iuhtyx=
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pedk oissspdssn wgya xlofzmrors=
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lah cxeo gklx mluxd shrdt oqyipgu
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ica iahbwobs tuuxpa w[?] eege syzbycb=
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zxmsas unuk keappskoa lfagh icbub
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xxrxu hhtno bxxug muwbtk mflzh
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amzyx wxufx hzdqsss ud zmfxiz
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npa rxdiz nlqkgd hlmfqwibgy pxo=
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hfs wzmtqkgc cpu pqlzh oeid yelyq
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psnqwy lghbppph eoqzoku qduswl