6,10,9,1,12,1
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Jump to navigationJump to search"Six shifts, ten kerchiefs, nine to hold to the fire and this for the code, the convent napkins, twelve, one baby's shawl."
6 + 10 + 9 + 1 + 12 + 1 = 39 articles of clothing (39 articles of the Church of England).
6 + 10 = 16 = P
12 = L
1 = A
(Roland McHugh, Annotations)