vitijs Crimine Nemo caret Nemo sorte sua vivit contentus Nemo in amore sapit, Nemo bonus, Nemo sapiens, Nemo, est ex omni parte beatus &c. Nicholas Nemo, No body quid valeat Nemo, Nemo referre potest vir sapit qui pauca loquitur
Grouping in fives as the words stand, we have:
| vitij | sCrim | ineNe | mocar | etNem | osort | esuav | ivitc |
| aabaa | bbbab | aaaab | abaab | abaab | aaaaa | baaaa | baaba |
| E | B | K | K | A | R | T | |
| onten | tusNe | ||||||
| abaaa | baaab | ||||||
| I | S | ||||||
The first group forms the biliteral letter e, but the next has two 'b fount’ letters at the commencement. There is no letter in the biliteral alphabet commencing bb, but there is a possibility of a printer’s error, and it is necessary to examine the following groups. Each forms a bi-literal letter, but they are a jumble and cannot be set off, or divided into words.
Another attempt is necessary to pick up the cipher thread. Omitting one letter at the beginning, the grouping is:
| itijs | Crimi | neNem | ocare | tNemo | sorte | suavi | vitco |
| abaab | bbaba | aaaba | baaba | baaba | aaaab | aaaab | aabaa |
| K | C | T | T | B | B | E | |
| ntent | usNem | ||||||
| baaab | aaabb | ||||||
| S | D | ||||||
Here, again, bb comes at the beginning of a group, but going on with the remainder of the line the resulting letters are again impossible to separate into any intelligible words.
Omitting another letter we have:
| tijsC | rimin | eNemo | caret | Nemos | ortes | uaviv | itcon |
| baabb | babaa | aabab | aabab | aabaa | aaaba | aaaba | abaab |
| U | W | F | F | E | C | C | K |
| tentu | sNemo | inamo | resap | itNem | |||
| aaaba | aabba | babba | aabba | bbaaa | |||
| C | G | Y | G | ||||
Another trial commences with the fourth letter, and the groups are: