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Literature | Palamedes of Lombardy joined the squadron of adventurers with his two brothers, Achilles and Sforza, in the allied Christian army. He was shot by Clorinda with an arrow. (Tasso Jerusalem Delivered, book iii. c. ii. 4.) He is a Palamedes. A clever, ingenious person. The allusion is to the son of Nauplios, who invented measures, scales, dice, etc. He also detected that the madness of Ulysses was only assumed. Sir Palamedes. A Saracen knight overcome in single combat by Sir Tristram. Both loved Isolde, the wife of King Mark; and after the lady was given up by the Saracen, Sir Tristram converted him to the Christian faith, and stood his godfather at the font. (Thomas the Rhymer. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 41 4C 41 4D 45 44 45 53 4F 46 4C 4F 4D 42 41 52 44 59 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01000001 01001100 01000001 01001101 01000101 01000100 01000101 01010011 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01001100 01001111 01001101 01000010 01000001 01010010 01000100 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P A L A M E D E S   O F   L O M B A R D Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0041 004C 0041 004D 0045 0044 0045 0053 004F 0046 004C 004F 004D 0042 0041 0052 0044 0059 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5035463547393839532494024649473635523859 |
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