Chapter II

On Preparation of Real Words.
Both the Simpler Preparation and Altered or
Newly-Qualified Preparation

The above distinctions being made, it behooves me to speak first on Nomenclation; as well as to give, in illustration of the same, a special case of Nomenclature. As respects the former, by far the easiest method is to make a collection of words or names which by their first letters, unless here too you wish alternate words or certain scattered words to be Non-significant, form the secret. There are as many variations of the process as there are varieties to the third Principal Mode; see the whole of the preceding Bk. 3. But not much advantage is gained if the Mode is used thus barely, as here indicated. Let the wise cryptographer, therefore, seek t give man outward show of reason to his labor. This may be done in the following or some other way; Let him pretend that he has received instructions to examine a library, and then let him set forth in his letter that he has carried out his instructions and has found that the library contains the following authors; Augustinum, Basilium, Cyprianum, Damascenum, Eusebium, Fabrum, etc. the names having thus, according to the needs of the secret, been selected and set down, he finally states that, if his correspondent wishes these volumes to be purchased, he must send a hundred florins, etc. that the process may not lack an example, I give the one that follows, which contains a device of this sort and is combined with a form of Directs Scattering of the letters of the secret; see, above, . It runs as follows:

Lieber Philippe, auf ewre bitte habe ich die bewuste Bibliothec durchgesuchet/und in derselben folgende Juristische Scribenten gefunden: Vigelium; Gailium; Connanum; Heigium; Lycklaman; Jasonem;Usillum; Oldendorpium; Niellium; Sfortian; Oddonem: Lagum: Hieronymum Elenum: Joannem Nevizanum; Gilbertum Regium; Authonium Frabrum; Nicolaum; Eberhardum; Johannem Naevium; Raevardum; Imolam; Codicern Hermogenianum; Ottonem Melandrum: Mynfingerum: Gomefium: Exeam: Nicolaum Sudorium: Egenolphum: Ehernium: Nigrinum; Nicolaum Intrigliolum.  Diese seynd die Juristisohe Bucher/ so noch verhanden: und seynd die andern albereit weggerissen. So ferne euch nuhn diese annehalich seynd/ ist darumb leichtlich su handeln: Wardet es mir aber bey seiten anzudeuten wissen.