as in the following list: a b c d e h I l m n o p r s t u.  In this case, however, the letters vary with the language.  In Latin and French the letters just mentioned should be retained.  In our German language the following are more in conformity with use: a b c d e g h I k l m n o r e z.  And here

The letter X is expressed by CS, GS, or SS; the letter Z by DS.  Take as an example:  Der Feind hat kein Proviandt in quartier: und der Alexander ist bey der nacht wieder su uns kommen.  This is written: Der veind had kein Broviand/ in kaurdier/ und der Alegzander/isd bei der nachd bider dsu uns kommen.

Although I should not wish to advise one to draw from this source a method of secret writing, I have nevertheless found that, in the construction of the following tables, and especially in that form of secret-making which takes place through signs, the value of this process in not slight, and for this reason I have been reluctant to pass by in total silence the matter treated in the present chapter.