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Shakespeare by Numbers Mystery Cache

Hidden : 10/16/2011
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not located at the posted coordinates, but you can buy tickets for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival plays there. Solve the puzzle to find the actual location of the cache, which is a short walk from the posted coordinates.

The small square lock & lock container is located at the coordinates below:

N bc (d+e).(f+g)hj, W kmn (pq-rs-t).(u+v)w(x+z)

Solve the puzzle to figure out the values:

bc = “A man can die but once”

d = “Press not a falling man too far!”

e = “Now is the winter of our discontent”

fg = “Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed”

h = “An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told"

j = “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more”

km = “Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them”

n = “The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he”

pq = “Let’s kill all the lawyers”

rs = “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day”

t = “To marry him is hopeless; To be his whore is witless”

uv = “Having nothing, nothing can he lose”

w = “Everyone can master grief but he that has it”

xy = “The better part of valour is discretion”

z = “That man that hath a tongue, I say is no man, if with his tongue he cannot win a woman”

You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gnxr n frng

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)