Timely. Reading a new book on Walsingham the spymaster for Elizabeth, in the nascent role of intelligencer. Pertinent to today's nightmare of mirrors and lies. A culture unto itself. Showen in the picture is the Babington cypher, used to communicate (allegedly) the plot to overthrow Elizabeth and kill her. The cypher, courtesy of Walsingham and Phiellepes the cryptographer (sic).
What a time this was. Best version of this was with Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth. Truly a sad state of affairs.
Especially sad was the St. Bartholomew's massacre in France, where Huguenots were slaughtered in the streets and body parts jokingly offered for sale (seriously). Christianity is what matters now-- in the face of mohammedans and pagan statists. Deo Vindice.
