TheCodeBreakers
1378, being afterwards applied by them to others written in the
same Cypher, did immediately make pertinent Sense, and such as
had an evident Connexion and Coherence with the Parts of those
Letters that were out of Cypher, though the Words in Cypher were
repeated in different Paragraphs, and differently combined.
The two Decypherers appeared before the Lords on several occasions
to swear to their solutions. Attenbury twice
objected and was twice overruled. But on May 7, as Willes was
testifying to the cryptanalysis of the three most incriminatory letters of
all, and the bishop felt the noose tightening around him, he persisted in
questioning Willes on the validity of the reading though the House had
supported Willes' refusal to answer. He raised such a commotion that he
and his counsel were ordered to withdraw, and the Lords voted upon the