No. LXIII.—MUSIC HATH CHARMS

is explained by the couplet—

“From Handel I learn
As my handle I turn.”

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No. LXVII.—A SWARM OF WORDS

This is the key

M
A
MADAM
A
M

If these letters form each of the five crosses the conditions are all fulfilled.

In each cross the words Madam, Adam, Ada can be traced in sixteen different directions, and the words Dam, am and a in four directions, so that there are no less than three hundred and twenty readings of these words in the whole mystic cross, and sixty-four in each separate cross, though only three different letters are used.