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Monoalphabetic substitution ciphers

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  1. (found scribbled in a 16th century Englishman's journal):

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  2. (found in the house of an American theologian):

    SLDHS VHSZP SZHYV VMXZK GFIVW ZMWGS VKIZR HVLUG SVDSL OVVZI GSYVV MHVRA VWSLD YZYBO LMSZH YVXLN VZMLY QVXGL USLII LIZNL MTGSV MZGRL MHGSV HVZSZ HXLNV FKLEV IYZYB OLMHS VSZHY VVMVM TFOUV WDRGS RGHGF NFOGF LFHDZ EVHUI LNQVI VNRZS XSZKG VIURU GBLMV

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  3. (found buried in the sand of a South Carolina beach):

    53##+ 305)) 6*;48 26)4# .)4#) ;806* 48;+8 %60)) 85;;] 8*;:# *8+83 (88)5 *+;46 (;88* 96*?; 8)*#( ;485) ;5*+2 :*#(; 4956* 2(5*/ 4)8%8 *;406 9285) ;)6+8 )4##; 1(#9; 48081 ;8:8# 1;48+ 85;4) 485+5 28806 *81(# 9;48; (88;4 (#?34 ;48)4 #;#?; 161;: #*8

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  4. (found in a New Zealander's cabin):

    HUKHZ MVYCH SVYAO HAJHU UVAIL JVTWB ALKIF ZAHAB YLOLO HZWHZ ZLKAO YVBNO TVYLI HAASL ZHUKW LYPSZ AOHUF VBOHC LPUNV SKAOV BNOFV BILAD PJLOP ZOLPN OAHUK OLJVT LZUVD MYVTA OLZAV YTPUN VMPZL UNHYK VMDOP JODLI LHYAP KPUNZ HUKNY LHADL HYPUL ZZPZV UOPTV YPDVB SKDHR LOPTO PZUHT LPZWL YLNYP UMYVT SVYKV MAOLY PUNZI VVRMP CLJOH WALYV UL

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