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Enigma 25.
TAKE a cross letter, and two-thirds of the sea,
Unite them together; the product will be
What some people say gives to scandal a zest,
And oft is found worst where they say it is best;
A traitor’s its doom—for ‘tis quartered away,
And for such execution too dearly we pay;
Yet ‘tis treated still worse, for, by royal desire,
In the palace ‘tis “drawn” through hot water and fire.
The clue to the answer is in the photo above!
2 comments:
I would guess "tea" since "t" is a "cross letter" and 2/3 of "sea" could be "ea." :)
Yes! You got it. Sometimes the enigmas in Victorian magazines are so obscure, and you have to have the next issue of the magazine to get the answer ...
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