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It was cryptic, the script which lay before me, written in an Elizabethan Secretarial Hand. By the spymaster himself? Could it be?
It was well preserved; it must have been the best quality vellum, and first time used, not marred with the scrapings suggestive of years of palimpsests.
But what did it mean? And who did it concern? Did its contents lead to the arrest of a traitor, conspirator or the faithful of the wrong sect? Did someone lose their head over this? Did they lay on the rack, sinews stretched until they snapped?
Intrigued, I had to know more.
100 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Script
crispina kemp 
Wow, this is great🙃
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Thank you. It just rolled off my head.
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A very good, imaginative story
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Thank you. It…happened…
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Oh wow!
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Probably inspired by recent books read
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😍
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That is so a wow tale. 😊
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Thank you, Pam. It was quickly done!
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This is fascinating! I am definitely intrigued!
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Thank you. I enjoyed the write, which in itself if happy-making, even more so when others like it 🙂
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Start of a new book? I am ready
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Now there’s a thought!
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So well done in so few words.
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Yet my published novels weigh in at 150k words!
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Your write is a great opening to a novel. I especially enjoyed this description and your use of the word “palimpsest.”
“It was well preserved; it must have been the best quality vellum, and first time used, not marred with the scrapings suggestive of years of palimpsests.”
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Write what you know, yea? I’m a bit of a history nerd
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