Solving Approach
Words in this cipher average roughly 3.6 letters apiece. Short words are common here, so scan for one- and two-letter groups first; they narrow the alphabet fast. Rated medium, this one asks for a bit more pattern recognition than a warm-up puzzle, but nothing that requires guesswork.
About William Londen
William Londen was a 17th-century English lexicographer and compiler best known for his encyclopedic work "Polyanthea," a vast collection of quotations, proverbs, and literary passages. He dedicated his life to gathering wisdom from classical and contemporary sources, creating a reference work that influenced English scholarship for generations. Londen believed that knowledge should be accessible and systematically organized, pioneering early methods of information compilation that prefigured modern reference materials.