This is the *easy* version of the columnar
transposition cipher. After you strip away this
message you should find , using the available
software tool, that there are 125 characters
in the message. The words were read into a
completely filled rectangle by rows, the columns
were then permuted, and written out by rows.
 This cipher is worth 20 points
with additional points to the first four who
solve it. I would recommend that you use one 
of the transposition tools available on our
web site (see ciphers past and present)

 The cipher is the encryption of a
very old English poem or song (circa 1380)
with anonymous origin


etewsnwir*d*wn,e*w
hnl*tilo*bhu
o?tlwesmh*l*ral
i*danw*
connraa*nChi*it,
rstat*hm*l*yv*woer*iee*
y*nmrs,amn*Iadi*m*n*edyb
aai*g.**n*