The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 19.0664  Tuesday, 18 November 2008

[1]  From:     John Hudson <
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      Date:     Tuesday, 18 Nov 2008 19:22:30 -0500
      Subj:     Re: SHK 19.0654 Did Elizabeth Enjoy Puzzles?

[2]  From:     Jen Pierce <
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      Date:     Wednesday, 19 Nov 2008 01:17:10 +0000
      Subj:     Re: SHK 19.0654 Did Elizabeth Enjoy Puzzles?


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From:        John Hudson <
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Date:        Tuesday, 18 Nov 2008 19:22:30 -0500
Subject: 19.0654 Did Elizabeth Enjoy Puzzles?
Comment:     Re: SHK 19.0654 Did Elizabeth Enjoy Puzzles?

"I think never a lady besides her, nor a Decipherer in the Court, would have 
dissolved the Figure explicated in the Allegory to have found the sense as Her 
Majesty hath done"

Marion A. Taylor Bottom, Thou Art Translated, Political Allegory in A Midsummer 
Night's Dream (Rodopi NV; Amsterdam, 1973) p.16

Hope this helps,
John Hudson

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From:        Jen Pierce <
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Date:        Wednesday, 19 Nov 2008 01:17:10 +0000
Subject: 19.0654 Did Elizabeth Enjoy Puzzles?
Comment:     Re: SHK 19.0654 Did Elizabeth Enjoy Puzzles?

Yes . . .  if by puzzles you mean cryptograms-cryptography was a favorite 
pastime of the time period and E I was into it . . . And for more than mere 
entertainment. See Clare Asquith and Stephen Budiansky.

Jen Pierce

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