Kilkenny Castle's website presents an image of a letter partially in cipher from Elizabeth Butler, Marchioness of Ormonde, (Wikipedia) to Edward Nicholas, dated 20 June 1649 (from Egerton MS 2533). At this time, Elizabeth was in Caen, France, while the Marquess of Ormonde was fighting in Ireland for the royalist cause.
The interlined decipherment allows reconstruction of the cipher.
The following is transcription of the ciphertext aligned with the plaintext.
42 36 27 4 21 18 29 366 9 89 264 5 470 452 523 483 4 328 80 37 18
o b j e c t i on s be in g the same with those I made again s t
262 95 551 306 22 12 28 30 525 493 471 44 13 31 320 477
it before your letter c a m e which Colonel Traford to u l d me that
167 230 76 31 476 32 217 268 471 477 12 21 34 31 30 321 89 194 30 67 36 18 10 30 32
Lord Digby had advise d thei r go ing to that A c a d e my be for e any o t h e r
90 470 264 12 320 15 18 261 348 550 217 15 438 14 34 32 90
But the arrange? ? me n t is not yet go n soe f a r but
477 4 453 194 12 520 471 364 523 368 218 268 67 398
that I shall find a way to oppose with out giv ing any offense
364 14 46 40 22 57 6 75 130 512
(oppose f * * c * * * * *)
(objections being the same with those I made against it before your letter came which Colonel Traford tould me that Lord Digby had advised their going to that Academy before any other But the arrangement is not yet gon soe farre but that I shall find a way to oppose with out giving any offense)
The cipher is like many other royalist ciphers at the time, but this particular cipher is new to me. It is yet to be seen whether the cipher used in a letter from Nicholas to Ormonde, dated 28 October 1648 (see "King Charles I's Ciphers") is the same as this.
Correction: Upon closer look, "oppose" is not in the manuscript. 364=of. So, the last part may read: 398(par...?) 364(of) 14(f) 46(e) 40(n) 22(c) 57(e)
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