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Literature | Scipio dismissed the Iberian Maid (Paradise Regained, ii.). Referring to the tale that the conqueror of Spain not only refused to see a beautiful princess who had fallen into his power after the capture of New Carthage, but that he restored her to her parents, and actually gave her great presents that she might marry the man to whom she had been betrothed. (See Continence .) The Lusian Scipio. Nunio. "The Lusian Scipio well may speak his fame, But nobler Nunio shines a greater name; On earth's green bosom, or on ocean grey, A greater never shall the sun survey." Camoens: Lusiad, bk. viii. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 43 49 50 49 4F 44 49 53 4D 49 53 53 45 44 54 48 45 49 42 45 52 49 41 4E 4D 41 49 44 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01000011 01001001 01010000 01001001 01001111 00100000 01000100 01001001 01010011 01001101 01001001 01010011 01010011 01000101 01000100 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01001001 01000010 01000101 01010010 01001001 01000001 01001110 00100000 01001101 01000001 01001001 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S C I P I O   D I S M I S S E D   T H E   I B E R I A N   M A I D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0043 0049 0050 0049 004F 0044 0049 0053 004D 0049 0053 0053 0045 0044 0054 0048 0045 0049 0042 0045 0052 0049 0041 004E 004D 0041 0049 0044 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53374350434923843534743535339382544239243363952433548247354338 |
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