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Quatrain 6.89 Scaphisme

Entre deux cymbex pieds & mains estachez,

De miel face oingt, & de laict substanté:

Guespes & mouches fitine amo ur fachez,

Poccilateurs faucer, Cyphe tenté.

Feet and hands bound between two boats,

Face anointed with honey, and sustained with milk:

Wasps and flies, paternal love vexed,

Cup-bearer to falsify, Chalice tried.

Perhaps there most famous case of Scythism – it the execution of the warrior Mithridates by the Persian king Artaxerxes in 401 BC. This warrior killed Cyrus the Younger in battle. The king attributed this feat to himself, and Mithridates was subjected to the Persian execution – "rewarded"! Tied between two boats, smeared with milk and honey, he lasted 17 days, and was eaten of insects. This incident was described by Plutarch.

Decoding of number 6.89. If to rearrange the numbers – 896, put 1 in front and consider as 1000, then 1000-896=104. On the backward 401bc is the year of execution.