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Literature | King of Shreds and Patches In the old mysteries Vice used to be dressed as a mimic king in a parti-coloured suit. (Shakespeare: Hamlet, iii. 4.) The phrase is metaphorically applied to certain literary operatives who compile books for publishers, but supply no originality of thought or matter. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4B 49 4E 47 4F 46 53 48 52 45 44 53 41 4E 44 50 41 54 43 48 45 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001011 01001001 01001110 01000111 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01010011 01001000 01010010 01000101 01000100 01010011 00100000 01000001 01001110 01000100 00100000 01010000 01000001 01010100 01000011 01001000 01000101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)K I N G   O F   S H R E D S   A N D   P A T C H E S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004B 0049 004E 0047 004F 0046 0053 0048 0052 0045 0044 0053 0041 004E 0044 0050 0041 0054 0043 0048 0045 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)454348412494025342523938532354838250355437423953 |
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