"A letter from Pope Benedict V"
You need an exact row and column. One letter, two digits.
45-43-15/12-54/13-23-24-31-14-42-15-13/52-23-15-33/44-23-15-54/35-31-11-54/
45-43-15/12-54/23-45-32-11-33-43/52-23-15-33/44-23-15-54/43-31-11-54/
52-23-11-44/24-43/44-23-15/11-33-43-52-15-42/
Don't know the answer? What a shame!
Read again the letter, you might get a hint.
I challenge you to crack the code. Goodluck!
I'm not sure if you want a single letter answer, which I believe would be:
t = 44
Which
looks like a sword and is a letter within the name Pope Benedict V
Or a single word answer using the substitution:
sword = 43-52-34-42-14
which
he predicted would devastate Hamburg after his death
The cipher is:
Polybius square
And the decode (which at this time has an error) is:
use by childrec (sic) when they play, use by humans when they slay, what is the answer
I think the last duple in the third set of the first line should be 31 not 13.
