蘇格蘭女王瑪麗致 Hamilton 大主教，1569年1月18日

摘要。總目第84項是一條沒有人名的 DECODE 記錄，日期為1568年1月，狀態為“partially decrypted”。這封信以明文開頭，“Reverend fader and traist cousigne and counsalo^r”，由瑪麗本人署名，“Zour gud Cusines and asuryd frinde, Marie R”，寫於“Bowtoun”，日期為1568年1月，按現代紀年即1569年。Bain 的Calendar of Scottish Papers第2卷第966號認定它是瑪麗1月18日致聖安德魯斯大主教的信，“chiefly in cipher”，並附“(2) Decipher of same”。那份解讀就是下一葉 f. 74，它涵蓋了全部密文正文。Tomokiyo 重建了密碼字母表（“Mary–Hamilton cipher”），他存於 DECODE 記錄中的金鑰解密第一行密文的結果與當時的解讀完全一致。這封信在送達時就被解讀了。這項工作補充的是文字：Bain 印的是意譯，這裡則逐行轉錄瞭解讀。瑪麗拒絕把她的兒子交給伊麗莎白，承諾她忠實的臣民在任何和解中都不會有任何損失，預計到三月會有來自法國和西班牙的一萬人馬，並吩咐 Hamilton 在大赦把所有往事一筆勾銷之前，先奪下漢密爾頓家族敵人的宅邸。少數幾個短的程式碼符號仍未解決，解讀者當時也把它們保留為符號。

01 文獻

兩葉。f. 73r 以三行明文開頭，然後是36行密文。f. 73v 還有26行密文，一段關於 Hamilton 想為 Argyll、Eglinton、Cassillis 和 Boyd 申請的委任狀的明文，以及日期和瑪麗的親筆署名。f. 73r 頂部有一個較晚的筆跡註明“Lre Cyphered from ye Q. with the decifer”。ff. 74r–v 是解讀，53行蘇格蘭語，出自另一種書記體筆跡；背面批註“Recept [x]xiiij Januar”。

f. 73r 頂部：三行清晰的明寫，開頭是“Reverend fader and traist cousigne”，隨後是數行密碼符號 — f. 73r，開頭。“Reverend fader and traist cousigne and counsalo^r. We greit zow weill. Having ressavit zour lettres be this beirar heirof ze sall understand That of laite”，然後是密文。圖片：British Library, Add MS 33531 f. 73r，經由 DECODE R8347。

02 密碼

一種用自創符號逐字母替換的密碼，有一個符號表示th或y（如 Tomokiyo 所說，是一個 thorn），有表示and和to的詞符號，還有幾個代表人物和國家的程式碼符號。金鑰是 Tomokiyo 的，存於 DECODE R8347。在第一行密文上，它給出“ϕf … ∂ɼϕz qesqsϕf” = it … bein proposit，與解讀的開頭“it had bein proposit to me”逐字相符。Tomokiyo 還在 Cotton Caligula B IX f. 315b 中發現了同一種密碼，那是瑪麗1568年9月9日在博爾頓致一位主教的信，Labanoff 曾刊印。

03 解讀

f. 74r 頂部，以蘇格蘭秘書體寫成的解讀 — f. 74r，當時的解讀：“it had bein proposit to me to consent that my sone suld be deliverit in ⟨E⟩ handis”。圖片：British Library, Add MS 33531 f. 74r，經由 DECODE R8347。

分行依照 f. 74；⟨ ⟩ 表示解讀者保留為符號的程式碼符號，[?] 表示存疑的詞。拼寫依照解讀者。

it had bein proposit to me to consent that my sone suld be deliverit in ⟨E⟩ handis and that it was not necessair that ye lord Heris, Kilwinning and otheris that thai cal of the Hamiltonnis faction suld mel thairwyth, and to that thai inserit name bot me, the lord Lennox ⟨¥⟩ and otheris of my name; and to draw me in that crafty snair thai mak thame to be meik in maner that thair angre war past, seikand me to apointment. In this mater was opinit to me to feil my opinioun, quhilk I wald not ansor on to the tyme the same war spokin to me in ⟨Ꝗ⟩ name; and than I am deliberat to schaw hir that I am content to put my self in hir handis without the advis of my gud subiectis, and wil not do the lyk of my sone for mony ressonis, and that the same behuvit to be spokin to thame first afoir me.

I pray zow not to communicat to ony man except to thais of quhome ze ar assurit, and in the meane ze haif al reddi begun that ze mak sik demonstration as it may be knawin that ze nor the rest of my faithful subiectis wyl never condescend to the purposis. As to the appointment that thai desire, I am not of thais that forgettis not, bot I am resolut afoir the hiring of ony conditiounis thai sal find na thing in prejudice of my honour or ony of my faithful subiectis quhome thai haif trettit wyth thair braging; and to the rest thai sal find nathing bot my esteim, and trew sal likwyse remain hayl, for I wil not leif thame that hes not left me and schawis thame selfis loyal and faithful, as thai salbe knawin for the same, and the otheris as thai deserve.

⟨Mn⟩ As to the secors of ⟨B⟩ ⟨p⟩ ⟨sp⟩ I hoip to get of thaym bayth or the moneth of marche, at ye lest of ane of thame, for that hes bein offerid to me reddy ten thousand and ma gyf I haif ado. … ⟨X⟩ schawis that scho wilbe agains thame bayth, is ane interpriser amangis to empesche the support that the rebellis wald haif of hir, and I beleif be the principal occasion that thai seik appointment, … be the said queins [?] mand, quha feiris na thing sa that scho haif peace wyth my realme, or that scho may be assurit thairof in ony sort or wyse.

I allow gretumly zo^r proclamationis, and schawing heirof be in sik sort that thai may be na wyse witnessing that the same cummis of me, in cais that ony man wald peradventure sa[y] or cheif to do me displesour thairby, for the danger that I may fal in, beyng as I am in the [pu]issance ⟨X⟩. I pray zow to speik of hir M^tie contray wyth sik respect as thai may not find mater to mak thair profyt agains ⟨Ƒ⟩. As to ⟨X⟩ I sal wryt yt delygence bayth to ⟨Fr⟩ and to Sp, and haist als weil the support of mony as victualis and of munitioun to ⟨X⟩ in abyding the supplie. ⟨Mn⟩ For sen ze ar assemblit, I wald or ze sinderit the nobles that ze did sum notable act agains the rebellis in taking sa mony housis as ze can, bot that thai haif, as the castel of Glasgow, Dunglas or sic otheris; for als gyf the materis cummis to apointment, as it is lyk to do, al bipast dedis wil cum undir oblivion.

I wald that in tyme my faithful subiectis did sa mekle that thay war not behind the hand, for albeit the appointment cum not alwayis, than thay sal haif the advantage. As to the ciphre, we fear not that ony man had gottin ye copy thairof. As to the gyft of eschet that ze craif for ⟨k⟩, ze sal ressave the same in forme as ze desire.

f. 73v 上的明文結尾：“As concerning the commissioun ze desire us to send to the erlis of Argyle, Eglingtoun, Cassillis and Boyd, we knaw not in quhat maner ze desire the same, for we understand to haif alreddy ane generall Lieutenent … send us the same quhilk we sall subscryve and put ony day the dait … Off Bowtoun the [xviij] of Januar 1568. Zour gud Cusines and asuryd frinde, Marie R.”全部四頁的逐行轉錄見 targets/hamilton1569/reading.md.

04 方法

Add MS 33531 的張號是在 archive.org 上 Bain 第2卷的文字中查到的，由此得知了這封信、它的日期以及存在一份解讀。四張 DECODE 影象以全解析度獲取，解讀根據條帶截圖轉錄。Tomokiyo 的金鑰在第一行密文上作了核對。密文字身沒有逐符號轉錄，因為當時的解讀已經涵蓋了全部內容。

05 仍不確定的部分

“deliverit in ⟨E⟩ handis”中的 ⟨E⟩，根據 Bain 的腳註和文意，是伊麗莎白（C）。“spokin to me in ⟨Ꝗ⟩ name … to schaw hir”中的 ⟨Ꝗ⟩ 很可能也是伊麗莎白（M）。
⟨B⟩ ⟨p⟩ ⟨sp⟩ 是法國和西班牙，這是 Bain 的推測，並得到後文“to Fr and to Sp”的支援（C）。
⟨¥⟩、⟨Mn⟩、⟨X⟩、⟨n⟩、⟨k⟩、⟨m⟩、⟨Ƒ⟩、⟨Ɡ⟩ 以及一個反覆出現、類似分隔符的符號，解讀者都保留為符號，這裡也沒有解決。⟨X⟩ 反覆出現在指某個人或某個地方的位置（“as to ⟨X⟩ I sal wryt”、“munitioun to ⟨X⟩”）。
f. 73v 上日期中的日子在影象上部分難以辨認；1月18日是 Bain 的讀法。轉錄中有幾個解讀出的詞標為 [?]。

06 來源

British Library，Add MS 33531 ff. 73–74；影象見 DECODE R8347（需登入）。
Joseph Bain（編），Calendar of the State Papers relating to Scotland and Mary, Queen of Scots，第二卷（愛丁堡，1900年），第966號［該編號的第二件］，第604頁（archive.org）。
Satoshi Tomokiyo，“Mary-Hamilton Cipher (1569)”，cryptiana, mary.htm；金鑰影象見 DECODE 記錄。

筆記、轉錄與 profile：見倉庫中的 targets/hamilton1569/。