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Monday, S,ptHlfbril 3. Mlfllt. - Casaubon OCR. Records discernment, angelic speaker, scrying apparition, ritual apparatus, language tables: Uriel.

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Records discernment, angelic speaker, scrying apparition, ritual apparatus, language tables: Uriel. appeared to me, and ~ebuketh you for yonr fiUl • • If you w,ill My md~ae,cj hear me, and bdieve me,' you fhaU Triumph: If YOII will 'not hear me, The Lord, roc:' God,he Eml'erour that made Heaven a!

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t Pragz. A. Nota. SlIthlln.e IIftlltum & 'IIi,lentJm, Strlllage",lI.. There was great difqnietnelfe in E, IC. being come home frolll our Hofts houfe, wh.re he had Iyen al\ night upon a form: by reafon he 'had been (which he never was the like afore, as he raid) with wine overcome fuddenly: yet intending with himfdf to'take heed of being onrfhoi: inj drinking of,wiDe: being requefted by the Hoiles to give her a quart of witle upon the good barg~in he had in a Clock hebought ofh.:r for five Sl1ckats:.In this conipany of drinking was Altxilllatr, the Lord Llllk..~t his fer vane, who came with \IS to Prage. Unto whom E. K. (when the drink on the fudilen had overcOme him) faid he would cut off his bead, and with his walking naffedid touch himfai,r, Ilnd fofely on the neck, fitting before him: ThisAI~x"nJtr being ha.lf drunken himfc:lf, by'l!!: by took thofe words m great fnuffe) and went to defend himfclf, and fo took his. weapon to him;and therel'pon they by caufed AltxlI"J~r ro go down: ]t was fupper time; and) that-night refrained to fll.ppe, and fo tarry- ing at m1 Lodgm&, and looking OUt, faw Alexllnaer lining 011 the great ftone againfi our Lodgine: I, called to him, and told.him that they ~cre at fupper: And he came over to me, and he had wept much; he complamed of E.lC. hl~ former words, arid the touch ('Of the ftaffe,. how it was againn his credit to take that in good part, and fpake m~ny Souidiers terms of flout words, not worthy the recording. I, thereutlori went [0 ollr Holls houk"" and would un- derftaad the very truth; and there I found E. 1£. fall on !leep on a form, molt fcundly: for which I was right forry: And yet bcitter pleafed to perceive the words' of E. K. which fo illoved Altxltndtr (bting half drunken) to have been fpoken by E. K. when l'ine, and not wit, bare rule: and fo pleaded lo~g,time with.A.ltxll/lder, rhllt of 1Poras [po/t..m f~ IS thej 1II~1e, 110 [ucb tXlfa. account wa:~ to b,e giV~ll to him, &c. Arid after two hours pcrfwafion caufd 4Itx""a~r to go to bed 100ut LodgmSI where he ufed to..!1e, For he would hav~ !lone out. [g gj to J 'tr..7{e/alionflj [)r. Dee hil 118;rnu 'Ii;''' IJiir;"J &.<:. to' ~ur former 'I nne; !" tbor'n.gill/: b.Jf dntnkcn p.~gs,be ",.s ill: whicb I tqoug~c not g This Monday mOCllIIIg E. K. commg bome, and feCJng.lltJo,l/a,,., as be came I.;.lIe r... d.they tell f fuonld have fJ'oken 1t'ords, whicb gready offended thee yt:fiemighi, and tl}at I touched thee with my ftatf, &t:., I knd" notlling of it, and 1hoke hauds friendly with Al~x,­ "tI,der. Well faith,Alt;oll/iatr; Si fuiJTtt IIlirtJ, &c. E. K. came up to me: I tbld him how forry I was for this mifchllnce, and told hiniofthe Watchmen perceiving A/t~tlI/Jtr his dif •. \juict mind. lind hearing hiS words; tflet clme tei me and 'charged me to have a care of tbe peace ke~lling ( as.thcy,did.indced) Aild farther-faid, thac A/ex'tI"tI" in his, rage, faid, thac Taeher,ot before, he Ihould cut off his bead, that he would cut E. lC. in pie,ces.:30 foon as I had' exprl;lfed that "ord of t!lTS drunken Altu"dtr like~ife, C whom now I faw quier, and E. K. alroquiet) fuddenly E; -K. fell into.fuc~ a rage, that he would be l"even~ed of him for f() Cayfng, arid for railing on hini in the firiet, as he did, &c •.. Much ado I, EIII~ricRI, and hi, brother, had to fiol' or hold him from going to A/~xIIHatr With his weapon, a-c. At length we 1« him ~ei hi his dubblet aud hofe, without a c:ap or hat on his_h~ad: and into tlae Itreet he bafied WIth his brOthers Rapier drawn, and challenged. AltxAnJtr to fight: But t41~"'lIl1d~r.. entfrom him, and f:tid. Ng/o Dgm;l/t Keilcie', NO/D. •.,, Hereupon E. K. took up a fione, and tli.fc~ after him, as after a dog, and fo came into the !!~~n lil~.~:: h('ufe again, in a ~Iofi furions rage fOr that he. might ~ot tight with Alrxal/drr. The rage ahd _n' ~-.mp. f~ry w,as fQ gr~t m Weirds:aud ge~ul'es, as might plam.ly prove, that rb, 1Pic!t..tJ tIItm] [,II,hr tltion. tither E. K. filS 011111 dtftroymg of blm{tf!,,r of m~, or hiS brother, ~;,. This )lIay Cuffice to notifie. the mighty temptation and vehement workirig <if the Cubtile Cpi:- Note.,h •• auf. ntual.encmy, Sat:m, whe.cewlth God Cuffered E, K. [~ he um,red, IIlid IZ[»Iojt o";~rcomt: to my dt:;bll rc~or- great gri~f, diCcorilfoi1:, ahd '!loft great, ~ifcredit: ifit /hollid ( as the truth was ) have come g.. totbe EDlperonrs unde,~andmg, exq~pt b~ h~d ~nown me welt, &c •. I was iii great doubt, how G9d "oold takethlso/fencej and devlCed With my felf how. r might, with honelty, be (lI:ar~d from the /hanie anddinger-chat m~ght arife if tbefe two /hoqld figh~, &c. At the leallit would trolfe all g.ood hope here "Itb the Emperour, &r. foc a time, till God redref- Comfor~ in ' After I had brought E. k. to. Conic quietnelfe, C by yeilding niuch to his humonr, &-c. and time of need. faying little,: ) noc long after"came my melfager froln my wife at CrltCDV;4: and HII~b my fcrvant "ith Ilim, t? ",y grill.' t01llfoitftbrough her le,tters, and tile full fadsfring of me by HII!,h my fervant hiS kno.\'llerlge farther than cOllveniently ceiuld be writte... ' More C~mrort About 2 of tb. clock.ftn Noon; cams tbis letter to me, of tb, EIIip,ro"r his {tlldi", In time.r _d for n". Ill... Nobi\is,Przclaritlimeque Domine, -Domine oJ;,Cervanditlime. C "£[ltT, j4", jll",ftgllifiClltlit D_illo Ltgttto HifJilllliflT1l"" Htro lIIeo, "t DOlllill-tt;'''t11l V/~. jfrllm.lfd [uvDcllret,ttd borllmftcullallm; 1"11 ~tlm 4"dirt c"p,rrt: D.m;nlltio vtf/-rll ii /ttl Ji{Jllm bortl", tltl/ire poter't: /tCCltltt fillti", D,mi •• " Ol1lfvium Spil/o/ltm, q,.i.fi M"j.lftlti (lilt Ctt{/tru 4 Stll/tulil &- Cllbicu/iI. Is In;". til"" lid M"jtjfilttm [1111". jl/tTOtluc~t. oJ rlliguum tft, mt D. tltfir.e qUllm officioiilme trillm IItqut tti,,'" rommtl/ao, Dominl/t;,,,;, vtftr.e StHdioii/liml/s Arnoldu5 Vander Boxe. No,.. h. Otipnal IClier i, felt i. Heteupon, I went firaight up to the CallIe: and in the m,hi. I!ook. R.ittl~r~Sto\'e or Guard-Chamber I flayed a little; in the oll."iJu "io,l. Chlm1iicrlain and r: I f E ' r: h f h I k d St.il-Mailcr in.b. abrente of,he mean Ipace t m~r'C/ls ~o lee ~ at was.o t ~ C oc: a8 Officer who" feDl m.o ~1.i.. the ChambcrlaJl1, C O{JIlIJI/K Splllol4) fpu:d him out of.the, Elllperol1CS Chambu window, and called him, who came up t() me, and by that tiine was tlte Chamberla~n rom!= out to me;, and by EmtriclII he, under- • H". rnti" flood that I was the man the Emp'erour waIted for. He came to me very * cu\"teoully: txIll116m,,;- told me ofthe Emperours delire to'fee me,and to fpeak with me. So he returned to the.'it. Emperotlr into the privy Chamber,. and came out agaill.for me, and 1ed me by the skirt of the Gown through the Dining-Chamer, and the Privy Chamber, where the EnipC:I'our fat at a Table, with a great Chell and StandiTh of Silver, before him, my Monas and. Letters by him, &c. I came toward him with duc reverence of three curfies, who /hewed me a gracious and chearful countenance. Tben I craved pardon at his Maj.ellies hilild,. for my bold~clfe t~- f'!1d his Majefir a Let~cr and the Montls Hur.glyphicil (dedicated to hIS father.) But I did It of.tincere and entrre good will I bare to his fatber MltXI",iljlln, andalfo uDta his Majefly: anti that the ratber, bccaufc I had good proof of thi: favour "hi(.h Almighty God b~reth IlntQ his Ma jelly. e then thanked me for his fathers Book, and did affirm~ th:at he behend me, that I was atfeB:l- onate llneg his Highndfe: And of my ellctuation with the learned of the world, be bad heard A tf-lle:RellllionofDr:. De-e his Afiion.r ~th {pirits.,&,c ljl heard by th~ Spanilh Embalfadour; an~ alfo of my zealous D1ind towards his grace. And commended the B~9k Monll1, but faid"ha~ i~ wa~ too hard, for his Majcfties capci$y ~ and ad- ded; that the Spanllh Embaifadour told. him, that 1 had Corhewhat to fay UntO him,. ~.J 1J'ti p'r~ [Ult uttlirlttt. I, anCwerc:d, So I hav,; and withal looking back whether annnan were In the Chamber or no,1 found that we were alone: Hereupon 1 began to" declare that All my life time I had fpel)[ in learning: byifor th is forty years continually, ill fundry mann~rs, and in divers Coumries, with, great pain, care, and tQIl, I had from degree to d:r:reo,. Cought, to come by the'belt knowledge tha~mal~might attain imto in theworld: And I fuund (at lellgh) that neither any man living, nor any Book I could yet meet withal,. Wlj able to teadi me. chotc truths I <kfil'ed, ami longed for: And therefore I conclnded w'Jtll my felf, to make Inter- cernon and,prayer to the giver ofwifdom and all ~ood things, to Cerid me fuch wifdolll, asl nlight know the nature,S of his creatures; and alCo, enjoy means to uCe them to his hpnoll.r and glory~ And in thi~ purpoCe made divers aifaye!; and at length ic pleaCCd God tu fend pre: bis [~J Light, Ivher~by I am a(fured ofhis.m:rciful hearing of ~r long; ferv~nt-, conftall~, i..LtrieJ. IIlld contlllual prayer, III rh~ caufe before fpecdied: And that, HIS holy An5oU, for ~ht, e two years,and a half, have uCed co inform me: and hne fillilhect Cueh worki'ln my hanl~, Book,6nHhed; to be leen, as no m,ms heart could h,an wilhed for Co mu~h; yea they have 'brought mt It St~';... of chat value, c~at no-earthly Kiogdom i~ of that worchinelfe a,s to be compared to the A S.one, 'Vercue or dignity thereof, &-e. And that thefe things be true, I p.rocefled, and took to bro~~h, by. witnelfe the Ood of Heaven and Earth, by whof~ Commltndm!Mr I am now before your' Majefty, good Angel; (faid I) and have a mdr<t~e from him to Cay uncoyou; and chac is this: The Angel of the Lor,d hath appeared to me, and ~ebuketh you for yonr fiUl • • If you w,ill My md~ae,cj hear me, and bdieve me,' you fhaU Triumph: If YOII will 'not hear me, The Lord, roc:' God,he Eml'erour that made Heaven a!'hl E.arch, ( under,whom YOll breach, and have your fpirit) putcech his~,Jollb done. foot-egainft your breaft, and will chrow y011 headlong down from yOUl' Cca<., Moreover, the Lord hach made chis Covenant- with me ( by.oath) that he will do and perfbnn. If you will fOl fakt youi' wickednelfe, and turn lIntO him, your Se;lc {hall be the greacell: that ever was ~ and the Devil Ihall become your priConer: Which Devil, 1 did con jefrure, to b'e the Great Turk; ( faid I ) This my Commiffion, ill ffOm God: I feigne no- _~hing, neither am J an Hypocrice, an Ambitiou~ ruan, or doting, or.drealDing in this Caure. If I fpeak o~ht:rwire then I ha,ve juft callfe" I forrake my falvacion, Caid I. The Emperaur faid. he did believe me, alTd raid, that hethought I loved him unfaignedJYf end C~idj that llhould noc need fo earnell pro~eftacionll.: and would not wi(lingly have had me to kneel, Co oflen as] did., F a,rther i Caid, His Me jelty wa~ to tee;tlld nnderfiand nakedly, froin the besinriirig, the All,he (ttltr whole coune of tlii~ Angellcalleadihg, infirul%in" lind comfOl ring of me: for 10 J was calIf.. ofo~r, ARion. manded, that J Ihould from the be~inning, nakedly open unto Roa9lph. the nillnner of God.n~ drfian,i, his viii cation? and filew'nnto. him the holy Vifion: Which my charge I am ready to do: Th.:h.:el,:0 ih: Emperour raid, at al10cher tlme"he would hear and Itnderlland more., 1 fpake yet iomtwbac Elilp.,OIIr.,"ore in the purp6Ces before, to che ihcenc they might get fOOle root, or blltccr !lick in hil minde. To be Ihorl, he thanked me, and faid he would henceforward, tttk.. t mt to hJl ruom.,,;tnaMlonallJ Ca,.f, and fome rnch words ( C!f favour ~ro~ired) he wed, wh!t:h. l hear~ not 'Well, h~ [pake fo low. In the end percelvl!1g chat hIS WIll was co end for chIS CIIlle, l.du:l my duty widl cudie; and at the 900r going OUt, I mrncd bac.k, and made cltrne, and (0 lame inco'the nexc C/:amber,where the Noble Ollavi1l4 Spinollt came' to me allain, ahd wirh curte- OEli'lii1l1 Spin,. otIS wora~j offered me greac friend/hip; I took, my 'leave of him, and (0 came throu5h tile I •• Rittcl1I Stoveor Guard Chamber, and fo down, and home. I had a large hour audience of "his Maji:lty., Dtlll btl/I vtrtltt: lid {Iii nominM Luelt"', HOIf~rt",~ &- Glorilt",. Amen. Wedenfday, Stptt",bris, 5. 1584' Mdt rircitrf bar"", 8; t Pragz. Prtciblls linitis, &c. Rtpttivi ttr hltne St"Unti';m M:itft luct;" tun; (0 Dtlll) & vt,ritlf- trill tllltJlt.qll" no! 'til/Cltt &- ptralic,!,~ It«- ""ntml ?ltnlTllIII Si,,, & T Itbtr".~ullt cl%ltJtil Hitrufall1';. A. I ha~e to the bell: ofmyabthty,both'wrlCten and fpoken unto R.dolph, as 1 was willed: holY it worketh or taketh:place in his heart,,is knoW!) to thee 0 God, &-r.. Now 1 im co receive farther infti'!lmons. what is co be done in tb,is cauCe.. or eire what. {oever /ball pleafe,the Highefi" &c, E K N h ' - V'f d hi 1. h' 1'1., S./"lilt, b A,~ore,'U'iti ow e~e IS tie, an a,ac"\. t, zng 1~ a arcen,t OJ Jl ><,! e- hi. tace now f6r~ his.fa(.~, and OVer his head behind: by the l'efr of his garments ~h~ /e:ilwhl~& ii: feemeilt to be Vriel. had ~ighlY <If. fcndcdG04. Whit that black Starf 000 ~:ike all chings white,anci make'u. whiter than Snow I lmpprteth 1 bow oot; btu J CuCpefr. ' (g g 2) Uricl •••• E 'K,H.d<in Su"d.y b{\ ken IIU't TII- louRy.1i Doll, 2«, liaun. Jefu •• A. A.. Glprilicd be God '(or liis moll loving kindnelJ'e and infinite mercies towards us fraile, and linful:rearures: and we befeec:b tbet: to thew us thtligbr of tby cOIlntenancc, to our ccmfart Illld diretl:ion.,4",tlf, A. As I was p,utting up all, 1Jritl appea~ed again, with his black Scarf, as he did before: but paufed a wh\le Itefore he fpake any thlDg. A. In thy name ( a Jtfu) we attcndthy words by thy melfagerto be uttered. Uriel...... Gi'" tlZr UIItO rIIJ voict. E. K. Now he is become like a great wheele of fire, Jike a waggon A wheel: He thruft out his hands on the fudden, and fo became like a wheel fulf ofmens ey~s ~ it turneth round) it is full in all places of thQ[e -eyes, l~ke living and feeing eyes. V Now cometh fil'.e oUt'ofit in 4 places. Now t-here is a g ~eat Eagle, which is come, and fi,andeth upon it: It ttt~~t whIte is a white Eagle: The wheel tumetH frill, notwithfiaDding that (he ftandeth on it. I E. K. She h~th in her beakt', like a fcrol of parchment. She hath twO monfirous eyes: one like fire red; her right eye as big as my filt, S and the left eye, is Chryfial-1ike. She fiand::tb hovering, with her wings [pread, and her fiero or tai!~ [pread. Under the wheel is a great valley, a~d in it a great City,and aHi1lo.n I the Eafi-part of it. And all toward the Soudi are Hills. The Ci ty is as as big as fix of Critciwi": and many ruins _of houfe in it there appear. o There is one place in it cpvered) fq~are like a little Chappel: It hath a little round pinacle in the end of it; and over.it in,the air; hanging a-little fire bright. N There be inany like unto fowles) like Ravens, and their heads iike unto --------------~--=-~--~~-- A fr'Ue RelAtion of D Dee liiI AfJitmr ",if'h (pii;ts, &c. unto bright 'fire: They fiie into a Conn try.a great way off from this City. Now Viiel fiandeth beiide the wheel, and the wheel is as it w~s be- fore:.and he as before with 'the S<.arf. The Eagle cryeth and sktiketh as a Gull) 'Or the Sea fowles -do. Vriel [cenieth to de1cend from the air above,and to,come to the.fide Qf the Shew-fione. Un.ei....... 'I1Jr Lord ha!h ehor~n )01/ to he Witneffes,tbrDl/ih hit nitre) Illla ffm{lIet, rI,t;1I tbe A. Iftd /! te. '.lIlet of Ab,/Uts, bqt iii fb, offices Illlil digll)tits of the Prophets: "';'bieb;, 1I1'114m blill/lified whe - -- -hl"O-h JP I ' •, • J P rr. I O '! "ilb r~t "iJ/?s of thl Cherl/bi",s,,"'.it/dht ~oiets thltl crJ II Iholl} 1tII~ tholl[alld lim~s ill.... 71I0",mt bt- God h; •.;"'er~r fort tht L'rJ.,,,,d btrorr t.~e MIIJe#)ofhl# eterui Stlt!: "/ltrtllf)bll do ex.ceeCi the * Temples ond,("If,,"nte. of the rarLh: hfrej" you lire ~rcomt [tp"rated. from Iht ",rld,."J, "'htrtby 1'U IIrt liflttJ HI'; as • Whkh hIVe.f Ihe' b.'U(I,o(J, of tb~ Bl§td.~ Mlell bJ tht vlry han4 and finger of tht R;(h~. O, ru- h p~~ •.0.. BlelTcd. blelfed, ble1fed, is [he L~rd td whom Cherubiql aiid Seraphim inceffahtl1 ling, ce:,.~e long.,- Slllltll#, -'illite/1M, S"",[)/II, Dom'''1M 1'eIM:l.t.bI1Hh. - Amen. Uri!:!......,' Bur' (hat ic may appear,.rh"t he it it, that rtvtaleth; 'II'~ich g.l1thtr~th tht CrDIIJ~ to- DtIIlt/l qwa.t ether, III1.d IS thf bruth of'lll! tblllgs Ihl1t Ilflt: BtCllu[t. !..f"J If "'11) Ilpptl1r t~al the Lord VlU[-,.t1l".,. -cth, "lId.it.or pOlPer, 1l",J. th"t thr jmcgi".tiolls of ",an, f/~ befDre thmlftlvn, "s 11Je d"it 0ftht,arth doth htfort hi]ll to.t ",ovtlh It: I "PtII,mt ~ JOII It Stllit )tt.["r:et IIIId not II."OW/I. A Seal opened. (A. Zilch. 13. ~- Et erit dies una, q~% IIot4 en Domino, &c.] Zuh"y '3' Bthold,lIow comtth thlll d4" that ~ khQwn unto the Lord him[tlf, 'II'herrjll the Killgdoms of th~ cap. B. rwrth jl1IIJI begill to ('all:' tbat tht) "'11) ptrceive bD'II'tht} hllve tllll Ill/rllJ I Illld hD'II' 'II'''a.\ tht) art;/1 ibt triumph 'of totir pomp.-. Anti. HOW out -o( Hiernfaltm, ollt of[h-e ChUrch of aoJ, Illl~ ~f hM SO" Chrifl, jhal!,a1ft 01lt a"t! Zac.b. esp. 1 fio. tht 'II'~Itr of [i(t: 7'~., Ihf f.f'"~s of tb, A'~f(S IIlId Sf't't of tht Lord, ",ay be vtrified"p" i! • • 11 thtfllCt of tbt.urth~[po'<.flI bJ his.,moimed Zachary. n:. If h r,. h.r. I h' h ' h d,( D'rt 1I,.J,0 •• N'w}"or ' t '"It ".,ts opm t em}t VfS, 71' Ie lire t I aylS ') vmgtallt"e. • 'cb iJll h b t; f 't: I' b "tln"", r, Now,. No~ Jhall rhfr~ WOtS, that v'. It" IPO'\.tll.0 "" }tc. ea., urft Ollt J to the cOlifuji,",f tfH jem pebili.llr. "';'ielt.,td,. a"d the e/labhthrnent of hll /Clt/gd,m, 'RIbreh IS 1I11". t/lttJ. ll'h,lrI;1 tellc.; rlitt. Thore that i~h4b;t tht "01, Cit), a"d 1furp tht allth~ritJ of the Hightfl, IIr, cililtll ill ttl/fem- A ~ropheGe •• brllllee befou th~ Lord, and [hey /hall be fcac[e.;ed mol IIlIto tbe might] blZil, that thtfpirits of tbe Jamn.b. Nort. hllve catbtrd a(iiilji tht all, of rtv'"!,t. Clergy. tbt).ar.t btCII71ff rro."d, ar:rd tlrill/(. thtrt. is no Ood. T.h~).re f1iJf-lIeck,tti; for they' IIrt the t OilS A.i. 'f"'icll..~a"tJY. L~, III tbt altJtS of R.od')lph, (b,lll tIm COI/It to plIJJf, of who", rh~ Lord halb 1£ ftli~, If In. btar "",and -believe ?l~ wO'rd~, 1"ill phm Thee [ c.] UI1[O him, as a mighty rock:., I Will open unto thee [c.] ( for hIS mfirultrons, and fafe~uard to come), ml atter",ill"riOllS;1I ~: 11'~. Ap,,,- ""l1d, IIlIdlo, "CO"!f.. A"d }phm bt blllh wiped aJPIt) b'is- d.rk"lItJJt. IIl1d oJfmcl,f his [0.11/, I J';' "f J!.0j. willappra,r unto hIm, t.r,h, ttrr.~~ of all Ncriolls. ". "ph • • "nt • For I rtlOjCt, 'II'ht" I efult filch III 4rt 'II'elllt,.:.A"d JPhtl! ! help tht eO",!Ol:tlf§t, 117/1 I mll&"i. flH.- A. Thanks, honour, and glory, is due-to thee, 0 our God. Uric!....... AIIJ belrsld, the day tiftMs vijilatio", a"J, ol tbe tXtr.utioll of "'] jlldlJ,tlfltl!tsj;s lit An o,her Seal 6."d.: And 10 J. opm unto )OU.",thtr Stlt4( Beeall[e I bllv. (Ilia,,"to JOu, I 11m true, and opened •. Uifl ) An. Ifl~. or I~ •. • which 18 elrd III t"~ )tar ti"hty tight, /haH you ret the Surt move contrary t.,o h,s COUl're, I:!..,m'l,,!,; Tht Stitrs [AJ encrearetht;r Ii;.ht:.IId [o",e ofth_* [«!tfro", beave/l. • Math.... G, Then.(ball It.. Ri"trs rlill bltod: Thenjha{[ tht 71'0 ht,,;'to. JPomm"itb child. ThCrl.jh"ll tht tinrr Co",e to paJJt,,Ib.t this Pr,p/;ejit /h.ll ~e 1:.11''''11. F'Pr It,,~.LAr.l hllt!t-1'rtpar,d his Ptof'ut, ""~ he jh.ll defccnd fr01l1 the Heavens: #s it is' Mlllch.cay. "'ritt~ri b) * Malachiah the Prophet.... II., E/;., QsaU !Jtb.ld 1 JPill [elld btfore tbllt da), ( n,' that day I [po"" of. hut the gt,IIt Ja}'f tht LorJ) com~. Ehas ag"i" "",ong,ff:1DII. 1:::., Nac~ ell'd 4'1.1, tn 1 ~4 A,true 9{ elation c/-D. Dee his Af!ions ~jtb Jpi,ils,.tk~. IIf Ih~ nullll f~II{OIl wilf 1 hI nftrcifl//ll/lltoR~d~iph, IInti 'll'u( bri""iI,lt'. bj" R.od. The h.. utify- b'lift, {ueh III /hllil h~ sk,ilflll!': llIfU whom J ~iIl give my fpirie, tl ",r!l G~IJ" in~of.llo iNllbhi.rcat Sil~tr, Alia Iht Orl""""1S of J,it hou{e. Alld'-he Jhllil ptrctivI thllt I.lIfrlfe Impe"al. him, 1~,/lilt 1 have iietl him tomy G.armtnts. If If, he hear the~ not J'it/,;n{r. Sf', lIehold, I hue one in /tore:: T~II, filch an one 85 cle:ave:th unto Jufiice. MII";s bill II Kt,tI Itmb, n. thaI is jhak,.",'Wirb tV'r) 'JIlillat. Tb~ priat of Xilfgs, is /If Ibe bUNt} of • PtIlCOCk,.:,S" hp'll' tbg rllll /Ill alfra]. Su b3W Ibt) rtt"PI Ih~ {piri,s if ri~hreopflff!f'. &:1t Pel, Lo (III I havt f,ia UHIO,hn) I rckrve [bat wicked Kmg, 1101 Ih,u I 'Will bl ",trciflll! u1ItdiPI. S'lji)4nUl. BUI t,;/lt be {bali /hordy prrjfh 'Wi'~ 1I""ttr".! {court.r. AllalfOll/lullT me,;bat I {II] IIn'o Ihlt. Hert.fttr,f" tho.. In.pl mt ",t: C A Vii:. V'itlontly, Neither look,. for my prc[cnce aft~r this qrder: But for grc:at.caufc5. in grtU clur.. II '0 Itc For fo,,hit it the: ~d of Teacbmg. Now cu,elh i1l Ih~ limt of warn Jooocd for. • in" and ofcounfel. Theendofte"hin"or:> ','1 I f k' jnlh.alng,bus. A. WI you give me cave to pea, Uriel...... SIJ]. • A. I trull it ll1aIl not offend God at any time; to call for [Uriel] bit. light in matters darK 1!.""b his TI. to us, and above our c.p8ci~r- Alfo;n EHoch his Tables undc:rft.nding and-c:n joying, ". blei. are (0 reqliirc belp of infhultion at,aVt: and fo of othe:r points and Doarlnrs already begun, we arc to requin: their help, who have begun witp U5,&C. Noct. Uriel.,.... As [II' /If tbt Lord ""lb {uff!rtd lOU to I1Iftr illtll hit GllratH! EVrJI {o fllr (1 [II) 74ftr, IInJ ut., A. The c:nteanc:e yet we have not, but the manner to enter: The pcrfc~ praaife is the beft cn[rance. Uriel...... tM.H{pe-'$..eth Hot witb th,t: 'll'htrtfore aoft liouwra/t Iht Lmll All thiHgs t.6d tlrt d.liTir~/d Ihet Ifrl pllli", ' A •. Lord, I do thm fpeak to be perfeltly inllrultcd in what fenfe yOll' words arc to be ur."; derllood, when you faid: T,his is (he end of teadllng. A. Vr;tl~or (lerbaps in [ae U I iel:..... 7h,u hajt caUta IIPOH ml,lJlla 1 havt heArd,h". 1lame of God. 7houhllj/: tltfirta "mfort, IIlIa I havt rumjorttd Ihrt. Th: rpiri, of'chcice 71J0~ boiJfthe fpirit of cboice...,,,V,J, 13. StJ',.btr. Bt il {Jfi ielll "!'t. tbu. that tht Gltra~ortbt Lord is open unto thee:,Garden of 'h, Lord. whfTt tbe" it HO hultgtr, /lor thirjt, b"t II jilli"g {p,r;t, II. comf"'rr. t Whitt CJlTt ~ ~t "lito mt, if th~ ~illgsof Ihullrth {IlJ: L?, thN N.ot'f ",1. A. Ex Dei1u- Lo, tbit in,., of tH highlft. mme. Thi. Teftil1lont. A4w~'" I).",i.;' Urie!;..... Btl1ola, I 11m the light, IIlIa {eTVllltt of G,l: BlefiCd are thofe which believe. and are made partaken in this Teftimony: II, Ihe wMch you are: become Prophets, •• a.rt {lIlIlJijiea for th~ comili of rhe Lord. 1IIC~-b~~!cu~~t'!.,~. f:~JI~1 But to • wbJ do I {pult,. """ J'p, 'IIIho "IIV~ tI~jiltJ. JOllr {,lves ! I ""ill 'and oftence committed be. fllk.~ liP rho{~ Ihings thllt 1 hIlV', lind will bt g,ltt. Lo, hltJftl.;, be rhd rorcnored. givlth tilT IIl1tO tbr L.,a. ' E. K. Now all is vaniihed, away, ~nJ he is difappcared l WheeIe, Eagle,Citie,and alI,&c. A. All laud, thanks, honour and p;lol'Y be to the eternal, Almightr, moll jt-ft ]ildge, an.d mercifull father ollr God, tht God of Heaven alld (ar.lb, whom of his mfini[e goodnelfe., 'We befec:ch to have merry upon us, and 10 I'urific: Ot r heans and confcicncCIi,g,-amillg us humble contridotl,and finccre C;(lnfeffioll of our' lral1fgrcffions and iillquitie& whacfoever •. Allie". Nott. While I was thus r~l\dlirig Gud, E.• K; made a vow of penanc:e, during his life (in token of hearty forrowfullldfe fo~ his fault in that darc:s a£tioll 1I0ted) IIlver t,) uI.his J!'. LHi.to. r"pPrr," ~rltb,g mtlll,,, S:ltIlTJ"Jts;a",;ltg his lih; whc:re'ifl I be(c:e:ch thl! higlKft w rc;gard fUl:.inl!; duo 'his inwarrl iment, and his continual1Aemory of the Lord his mercies, in Cparuig him wbell he CUll!; hfe; moLl bad offended ~im. A. Deo No/tro vero, vivo, ommpotenti, Be eterno iit omnis Honor Laus Be Benediaio, nunc Be in perl,ctut.ni..1",,11. Wednefday, Stpte",ber S'. NOT E. A. The morning of this W c:dnefday(befGre I pr~pilFed my fc:lf for the former a'ltion) I font E!lferiaUt wit.h two Letters to ~e del!vered: the one to the ~pa"i.Jh _ A-ritbatfadotlr (giving him tbanks-for hili hOflourlble dealing WIth the Emperoun MaJdly an my bebalf) and,the other to the Noble: O[JtlV;/II Spillof.: thanking hiol lil{ewife, and rc:quiring his inftruffio'n; or adviCe how 1 might moJt conveniently proceed indaling with the Emperoun fdaj,c:1ly: The Copy Qf A true 'l?. e'alio~ of Dr. Dee hil AfI'on.t JPith #iritJ &c.:z.~') of which Letter I thought good to record here, that the e/fcll: theteof c-onfcquent migh~ have the light of the Original caufe (Divine and humane) annel[cd. ' Illuj/ri 0- M_glfi/ico D~m;lIo, I>,O"'iIlO 0l14~;0 Sli1l01~, rllcrl C"r~r'. Milj.jf.,til,,}tnbubs & CublClIlrS ]J0",,/f0 {NO ob{trf)IIIfJipi"". Llullris lit Ma~ifice Domine: N'n polfu,m {~tis con~ignai;ve~rz Magni,6cienti~ agere grati- as,pr~ lingul~n Illa,qua m_e He,rJ a~pltx' e~ls h,umant~ate & benevoI.enna: hom~em quidem vobis JIlcogmmlll,fed tamm VII'[~[lS & ventatlS ftudlofiffimum: qlJlquc oml1. tehquum mez itz curriculum <I'co lic volwte) III hoc, ~o llfuQ1erc ~tcrev!, ut {~cra fua C4ttrta Majdlas cl ~ re percipiat"fib!, II,,-rtdl~I{;1 ~r(f~re )propltrllm fMc D~I Ommpotet:,tls ti'emcndam Ma jefiatem, Alq'.e quamVIS v,d~am mll,lqp.IClb\;s,mu,ltarum R.e,glo.n~m ne~otI1S, fUam (acram C4ttr.4t/t Majefiaceru occupat,ffitnt:m kplilime tenep, neque allIS, I1hfque ame, (uz [acrz-C/lf4ru Maje- aad proponerdis, ca~fis, c~mm,ode vacare, vel polfe,' vel ev!denci aliqlola,l'acioJ,le debere: TAM EN, Ii ahqllls excogltan pollit modus, pro lOCI, tempons, & rerum occalione, quo fua facra C.t{arrll Majefias, ca penes me videre, vel ex me incelligere digftai'elur,qU3' illi forent grata ',Ea in re, v,e~rz Illufiriffi,mz Magmlicenciz libemitlime audircm vel recil'trein Informa tionem atque JudlClUlIl, N am, m ~oc cot'S el~o, Ut, te!upore dcbIC~, appare2c, Omnil'occncis -Dci, & [UZ [a.:rz: c~rltr~~ Ma,cfi~c,s (ervICIo \ Ma~me,aut~~,pro Sacrc~.lanaa\ Ort~dox~ Ca tholicz & Apofioltez fidel lIIunranone, ae Relpubhez Chnfilanor. defenho'ne, amphlicatlOlle- que) Add.iaiffini~m, dcvotiffimurn,/ideliJlilnumque me elfe, ae fore Caera:: (u"' CI{4rtte Ma je ft\Kis fervilorelll. Opportun{tltril fi.os I1I4ture c~lligi atptr: Ciro tnJnr fitf JIIarCldm. 1-. Septembris 1584. J1[uj/ripinr~ MagllifiCelltite'lltjlrte PllrlltifJimw Joannes Dec..E fH.ricw went md deli'fCr~d my Letter to,the Sp4nijh Amlxilfadour: But this he brought back again; fayin~, that t~e Emperour \'t as rrdde',l very early ab~oad,to BrIZ1Iati/h, o~.el[~­ where: (not eerlamly bemg known) and chat chiS Noble OfJlI1J11II S/"'O[II was gone wlch hIS Majefiy. ' d ' h " h D *r d h' '. Hereupon (determine with c anSlllg t e ate; to.en unto 1m at, F.O.m tr.t tlie t!ie'Empcrour his Majcfties returning co PrlZgt. Dtlll bmt "trr4r. JI.S.,ltmb.{''l.tnr~ • VUr. Dollor Hagelt hit {II;.,,/11 by.At ".011 rbil all.! I fent Letters to my wife: to DIy Lord L.. ~i;,and co Mr.f.luI Hertoll, by che Melfager of':R.ticbmjltin; on this fide Nif{ ••

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t Pragz. A. Nota. SlIthlln.e IIftlltum & 'IIi,lentJm, Strlllage",lI.. There was great difqnietnelfe in E, IC. being come home frolll our Hofts houfe, wh.re he had Iyen al\ night upon a form: by reafon he 'had been (which he never was the like afore, as he raid) with wine overcome fuddenly: yet intending with himfdf to'take heed of being onrfhoi: inj drinking of,wiDe: being requefted by the Hoiles to give her a quart of witle upon the good barg~in he had in a Clock hebought ofh.:r for five Sl1ckats:.In this conipany of drinking was Altxilllatr, the Lord Llllk..~t his fer vane, who came with \IS to Prage. Unto whom E. K. (when the drink on the fudilen had overcOme him) faid he would cut off his bead, and with his walking naffedid touch himfai,r, Ilnd fofely on the neck, fitting before him: ThisAI~x"nJtr being ha.lf drunken himfc:lf, by'l!!: by took thofe words m great fnuffe) and went to defend himfclf, and fo took his. weapon to him;and therel'pon they by caufed AltxlI"J~r ro go down: ]t was fupper time; and) that-night refrained to fll.ppe, and fo tarry- ing at m1 Lodgm&, and looking OUt, faw Alexllnaer lining 011 the great ftone againfi our Lodgine: I, called to him, and told.him that they ~cre at fupper: And he came over to me, and he had wept much; he complamed of E.lC. hl~ former words, arid the touch ('Of the ftaffe,. how it was againn his credit to take that in good part, and fpake m~ny Souidiers terms of flout words, not worthy the recording. I, thereutlori went [0 ollr Holls houk"" and would un- derftaad the very truth; and there I found E. 1£. fall on !leep on a form, molt fcundly: for which I was right forry: And yet bcitter pleafed to perceive the words' of E. K. which fo illoved Altxltndtr (bting half drunken) to have been fpoken by E. K. when l'ine, and not wit, bare rule: and fo pleaded lo~g,time with.A.ltxll/lder, rhllt of 1Poras [po/t..m f~ IS thej 1II~1e, 110 [ucb tXlfa. account wa:~ to b,e giV~ll to him, &c. Arid after two hours pcrfwafion caufd 4Itx""a~r to go to bed 100ut LodgmSI where he ufed to..!1e, For he would hav~ !lone out. [g gj to J 'tr..7{e/alionflj [)r. Dee hil 118;rnu 'Ii;''' IJiir;"J &.<:. to' ~ur former 'I nne; !" tbor'n.gill/: b.Jf dntnkcn p.~gs,be ",.s ill: whicb I tqoug~c not g This Monday mOCllIIIg E. K. commg bome, and feCJng.lltJo,l/a,,., as be came I.;.lIe r... d.they tell f fuonld have fJ'oken 1t'ords, whicb gready offended thee yt:fiemighi, and tl}at I touched thee with my ftatf, &t:., I knd" notlling of it, and 1hoke hauds friendly with Al~x,­ "tI,der. Well faith,Alt;oll/iatr; Si fuiJTtt IIlirtJ, &c. E. K. came up to me: I tbld him how forry I was for this mifchllnce, and told hiniofthe Watchmen perceiving A/t~tlI/Jtr his dif •. \juict mind. lind hearing hiS words; tflet clme tei me and 'charged me to have a care of tbe peace ke~lling ( as.thcy,did.indced) Aild farther-faid, thac A/ex'tI"tI" in his, rage, faid, thac Taeher,ot before, he Ihould cut off his bead, that he would cut E. lC. in pie,ces.:30 foon as I had' exprl;lfed that "ord of t!lTS drunken Altu"dtr like~ife, C whom now I faw quier, and E. K. alroquiet) fuddenly E; -K. fell into.fuc~ a rage, that he would be l"even~ed of him for f() Cayfng, arid for railing on hini in the firiet, as he did, &c •.. Much ado I, EIII~ricRI, and hi, brother, had to fiol' or hold him from going to A/~xIIHatr With his weapon, a-c. At length we 1« him ~ei hi his dubblet aud hofe, without a c:ap or hat on his_h~ad: and into tlae Itreet he bafied WIth his brOthers Rapier drawn, and challenged. AltxAnJtr to fight: But t41~"'lIl1d~r.. entfrom him, and f:tid. Ng/o Dgm;l/t Keilcie', NO/D. •.,, Hereupon E. K. took up a fione, and tli.fc~ after him, as after a dog, and fo came into the !!~~n lil~.~:: h('ufe again, in a ~Iofi furions rage fOr that he. might ~ot tight with Alrxal/drr. The rage ahd _n' ~-.mp. f~ry w,as fQ gr~t m Weirds:aud ge~ul'es, as might plam.ly prove, that rb, 1Pic!t..tJ tIItm] [,II,hr tltion. tither E. K. filS 011111 dtftroymg of blm{tf!,,r of m~, or hiS brother, ~;,. This )lIay Cuffice to notifie. the mighty temptation and vehement workirig <if the Cubtile Cpi:- Note.,h •• auf. ntual.encmy, Sat:m, whe.cewlth God Cuffered E, K. [~ he um,red, IIlid IZ[»Iojt o";~rcomt: to my dt:;bll rc~or- great gri~f, diCcorilfoi1:, ahd '!loft great, ~ifcredit: ifit /hollid ( as the truth was ) have come g.. totbe EDlperonrs unde,~andmg, exq~pt b~ h~d ~nown me welt, &c •. I was iii great doubt, how G9d "oold takethlso/fencej and devlCed With my felf how. r might, with honelty, be (lI:ar~d from the /hanie anddinger-chat m~ght arife if tbefe two /hoqld figh~, &c. At the leallit would trolfe all g.ood hope here "Itb the Emperour, &r. foc a time, till God redref- Comfor~ in ' After I had brought E. k. to. Conic quietnelfe, C by yeilding niuch to his humonr, &-c. and time of need. faying little,: ) noc long after"came my melfager froln my wife at CrltCDV;4: and HII~b my fcrvant "ith Ilim, t? ",y grill.' t01llfoitftbrough her le,tters, and tile full fadsfring of me by HII!,h my fervant hiS kno.\'llerlge farther than cOllveniently ceiuld be writte... ' More C~mrort About 2 of tb. clock.ftn Noon; cams tbis letter to me, of tb, EIIip,ro"r his {tlldi", In time.r _d for n". Ill... Nobi\is,Przclaritlimeque Domine, -Domine oJ;,Cervanditlime. C "£[ltT, j4", jll",ftgllifiClltlit D_illo Ltgttto HifJilllliflT1l"" Htro lIIeo, "t DOlllill-tt;'''t11l V/~. jfrllm.lfd [uvDcllret,ttd borllmftcullallm; 1"11 ~tlm 4"dirt c"p,rrt: D.m;nlltio vtf/-rll ii /ttl Ji{Jllm bortl", tltl/ire poter't: /tCCltltt fillti", D,mi •• " Ol1lfvium Spil/o/ltm, q,.i.fi M"j.lftlti (lilt Ctt{/tru 4 Stll/tulil &- Cllbicu/iI. Is In;". til"" lid M"jtjfilttm [1111". jl/tTOtluc~t. oJ rlliguum tft, mt D. tltfir.e qUllm officioiilme trillm IItqut tti,,'" rommtl/ao, Dominl/t;,,,;, vtftr.e StHdioii/liml/s Arnoldu5 Vander Boxe. No,.. h. Otipnal IClier i, felt i. Heteupon, I went firaight up to the CallIe: and in the m,hi. I!ook. R.ittl~r~Sto\'e or Guard-Chamber I flayed a little; in the oll."iJu "io,l. Chlm1iicrlain and r: I f E ' r: h f h I k d St.il-Mailcr in.b. abrente of,he mean Ipace t m~r'C/ls ~o lee ~ at was.o t ~ C oc: a8 Officer who" feDl m.o ~1.i.. the ChambcrlaJl1, C O{JIlIJI/K Splllol4) fpu:d him out of.the, Elllperol1CS Chambu window, and called him, who came up t() me, and by that tiine was tlte Chamberla~n rom!= out to me;, and by EmtriclII he, under- • H". rnti" flood that I was the man the Emp'erour waIted for. He came to me very * cu\"teoully: txIll116m,,;- told me ofthe Emperours delire to'fee me,and to fpeak with me. So he returned to the.'it. Emperotlr into the privy Chamber,. and came out agaill.for me, and 1ed me by the skirt of the Gown through the Dining-Chamer, and the Privy Chamber, where the EnipC:I'our fat at a Table, with a great Chell and StandiTh of Silver, before him, my Monas and. Letters by him, &c. I came toward him with duc reverence of three curfies, who /hewed me a gracious and chearful countenance. Tben I craved pardon at his Maj.ellies hilild,. for my bold~clfe t~- f'!1d his Majefir a Let~cr and the Montls Hur.glyphicil (dedicated to hIS father.) But I did It of.tincere and entrre good will I bare to his fatber MltXI",iljlln, andalfo uDta his Majefly: anti that the ratber, bccaufc I had good proof of thi: favour "hi(.h Almighty God b~reth IlntQ his Ma jelly. e then thanked me for his fathers Book, and did affirm~ th:at he behend me, that I was atfeB:l- onate llneg his Highndfe: And of my ellctuation with the learned of the world, be bad heard A tf-lle:RellllionofDr:. De-e his Afiion.r ~th {pirits.,&,c ljl heard by th~ Spanilh Embalfadour; an~ alfo of my zealous D1ind towards his grace. And commended the B~9k Monll1, but faid"ha~ i~ wa~ too hard, for his Majcfties capci$y ~ and ad- ded; that the Spanllh Embaifadour told. him, that 1 had Corhewhat to fay UntO him,. ~.J 1J'ti p'r~ [Ult uttlirlttt. I, anCwerc:d, So I hav,; and withal looking back whether annnan were In the Chamber or no,1 found that we were alone: Hereupon 1 began to" declare that All my life time I had fpel)[ in learning: byifor th is forty years continually, ill fundry mann~rs, and in divers Coumries, with, great pain, care, and tQIl, I had from degree to d:r:reo,. Cought, to come by the'belt knowledge tha~mal~might attain imto in theworld: And I fuund (at lellgh) that neither any man living, nor any Book I could yet meet withal,. Wlj able to teadi me. chotc truths I <kfil'ed, ami longed for: And therefore I conclnded w'Jtll my felf, to make Inter- cernon and,prayer to the giver ofwifdom and all ~ood things, to Cerid me fuch wifdolll, asl nlight know the nature,S of his creatures; and alCo, enjoy means to uCe them to his hpnoll.r and glory~ And in thi~ purpoCe made divers aifaye!; and at length ic pleaCCd God tu fend pre: bis [~J Light, Ivher~by I am a(fured ofhis.m:rciful hearing of ~r long; ferv~nt-, conftall~, i..LtrieJ. IIlld contlllual prayer, III rh~ caufe before fpecdied: And that, HIS holy An5oU, for ~ht, e two years,and a half, have uCed co inform me: and hne fillilhect Cueh worki'ln my hanl~, Book,6nHhed; to be leen, as no m,ms heart could h,an wilhed for Co mu~h; yea they have 'brought mt It St~';... of chat value, c~at no-earthly Kiogdom i~ of that worchinelfe a,s to be compared to the A S.one, 'Vercue or dignity thereof, &-e. And that thefe things be true, I p.rocefled, and took to bro~~h, by. witnelfe the Ood of Heaven and Earth, by whof~ Commltndm!Mr I am now before your' Majefty, good Angel; (faid I) and have a mdr<t~e from him to Cay uncoyou; and chac is this: The Angel of the Lor,d hath appeared to me, and ~ebuketh you for yonr fiUl • • If you w,ill My md~ae,cj hear me, and bdieve me,' you fhaU Triumph: If YOII will 'not hear me, The Lord, roc:' God,he Eml'erour that made Heaven a!'hl E.arch, ( under,whom YOll breach, and have your fpirit) putcech his~,Jollb done. foot-egainft your breaft, and will chrow y011 headlong down from yOUl' Cca<., Moreover, the Lord hach made chis Covenant- with me ( by.oath) that he will do and perfbnn. If you will fOl fakt youi' wickednelfe, and turn lIntO him, your Se;lc {hall be the greacell: that ever was ~ and the Devil Ihall become your priConer: Which Devil, 1 did con jefrure, to b'e the Great Turk; ( faid I ) This my Commiffion, ill ffOm God: I feigne no- _~hing, neither am J an Hypocrice, an Ambitiou~ ruan, or doting, or.drealDing in this Caure. If I fpeak o~ht:rwire then I ha,ve juft callfe" I forrake my falvacion, Caid I. The Emperaur faid. he did believe me, alTd raid, that hethought I loved him unfaignedJYf end C~idj that llhould noc need fo earnell pro~eftacionll.: and would not wi(lingly have had me to kneel, Co oflen as] did., F a,rther i Caid, His Me jelty wa~ to tee;tlld nnderfiand nakedly, froin the besinriirig, the All,he (ttltr whole coune of tlii~ Angellcalleadihg, infirul%in" lind comfOl ring of me: for 10 J was calIf.. ofo~r, ARion. manded, that J Ihould from the be~inning, nakedly open unto Roa9lph. the nillnner of God.n~ drfian,i, his viii cation? and filew'nnto. him the holy Vifion: Which my charge I am ready to do: Th.:h.:el,:0 ih: Emperour raid, at al10cher tlme"he would hear and Itnderlland more., 1 fpake yet iomtwbac Elilp.,OIIr.,"ore in the purp6Ces before, to che ihcenc they might get fOOle root, or blltccr !lick in hil minde. To be Ihorl, he thanked me, and faid he would henceforward, tttk.. t mt to hJl ruom.,,;tnaMlonallJ Ca,.f, and fome rnch words ( C!f favour ~ro~ired) he wed, wh!t:h. l hear~ not 'Well, h~ [pake fo low. In the end percelvl!1g chat hIS WIll was co end for chIS CIIlle, l.du:l my duty widl cudie; and at the 900r going OUt, I mrncd bac.k, and made cltrne, and (0 lame inco'the nexc C/:amber,where the Noble Ollavi1l4 Spinollt came' to me allain, ahd wirh curte- OEli'lii1l1 Spin,. otIS wora~j offered me greac friend/hip; I took, my 'leave of him, and (0 came throu5h tile I •• Rittcl1I Stoveor Guard Chamber, and fo down, and home. I had a large hour audience of "his Maji:lty., Dtlll btl/I vtrtltt: lid {Iii nominM Luelt"', HOIf~rt",~ &- Glorilt",. Amen. Wedenfday, Stptt",bris, 5. 1584' Mdt rircitrf bar"", 8; t Pragz. Prtciblls linitis, &c. Rtpttivi ttr hltne St"Unti';m M:itft luct;" tun; (0 Dtlll) & vt,ritlf- trill tllltJlt.qll" no! 'til/Cltt &- ptralic,!,~ It«- ""ntml ?ltnlTllIII Si,,, & T Itbtr".~ullt cl%ltJtil Hitrufall1';. A. I ha~e to the bell: ofmyabthty,both'wrlCten and fpoken unto R.dolph, as 1 was willed: holY it worketh or taketh:place in his heart,,is knoW!) to thee 0 God, &-r.. Now 1 im co receive farther infti'!lmons. what is co be done in tb,is cauCe.. or eire what. {oever /ball pleafe,the Highefi" &c, E K N h ' - V'f d hi 1. h' 1'1., S./"lilt, b A,~ore,'U'iti ow e~e IS tie, an a,ac"\. t, zng 1~ a arcen,t OJ Jl ><,! e- hi. tace now f6r~ his.fa(.~, and OVer his head behind: by the l'efr of his garments ~h~ /e:ilwhl~& ii: feemeilt to be Vriel. had ~ighlY <If. fcndcdG04. Whit that black Starf 000 ~:ike all chings white,anci make'u. whiter than Snow I lmpprteth 1 bow oot; btu J CuCpefr. ' (g g 2) Uricl •••• E 'K,H.d<in Su"d.y b{\ ken IIU't TII- louRy.1i Doll, 2«, liaun. Jefu •• A. A.. Glprilicd be God '(or liis moll loving kindnelJ'e and infinite mercies towards us fraile, and linful:rearures: and we befeec:b tbet: to thew us thtligbr of tby cOIlntenancc, to our ccmfart Illld diretl:ion.,4",tlf, A. As I was p,utting up all, 1Jritl appea~ed again, with his black Scarf, as he did before: but paufed a wh\le Itefore he fpake any thlDg. A. In thy name ( a Jtfu) we attcndthy words by thy melfagerto be uttered. Uriel...... Gi'" tlZr UIItO rIIJ voict. E. K. Now he is become like a great wheele of fire, Jike a waggon A wheel: He thruft out his hands on the fudden, and fo became like a wheel fulf ofmens ey~s ~ it turneth round) it is full in all places of thQ[e -eyes, l~ke living and feeing eyes. V Now cometh fil'.e oUt'ofit in 4 places. Now t-here is a g ~eat Eagle, which is come, and fi,andeth upon it: It ttt~~t whIte is a white Eagle: The wheel tumetH frill, notwithfiaDding that (he ftandeth on it. I E. K. She h~th in her beakt', like a fcrol of parchment. She hath twO monfirous eyes: one like fire red; her right eye as big as my filt, S and the left eye, is Chryfial-1ike. She fiand::tb hovering, with her wings [pread, and her fiero or tai!~ [pread. Under the wheel is a great valley, a~d in it a great City,and aHi1lo.n I the Eafi-part of it. And all toward the Soudi are Hills. The Ci ty is as as big as fix of Critciwi": and many ruins _of houfe in it there appear. o There is one place in it cpvered) fq~are like a little Chappel: It hath a little round pinacle in the end of it; and over.it in,the air; hanging a-little fire bright. N There be inany like unto fowles) like Ravens, and their heads iike unto --------------~--=-~--~~-- A fr'Ue RelAtion of D Dee liiI AfJitmr ",if'h (pii;ts, &c. unto bright 'fire: They fiie into a Conn try.a great way off from this City. Now Viiel fiandeth beiide the wheel, and the wheel is as it w~s be- fore:.and he as before with 'the S<.arf. The Eagle cryeth and sktiketh as a Gull) 'Or the Sea fowles -do. Vriel [cenieth to de1cend from the air above,and to,come to the.fide Qf the Shew-fione. Un.ei....... 'I1Jr Lord ha!h ehor~n )01/ to he Witneffes,tbrDl/ih hit nitre) Illla ffm{lIet, rI,t;1I tbe A. Iftd /! te. '.lIlet of Ab,/Uts, bqt iii fb, offices Illlil digll)tits of the Prophets: "';'bieb;, 1I1'114m blill/lified whe - -- -hl"O-h JP I ' •, • J P rr. I O '! "ilb r~t "iJ/?s of thl Cherl/bi",s,,"'.it/dht ~oiets thltl crJ II Iholl} 1tII~ tholl[alld lim~s ill.... 71I0",mt bt- God h; •.;"'er~r fort tht L'rJ.,,,,d btrorr t.~e MIIJe#)ofhl# eterui Stlt!: "/ltrtllf)bll do ex.ceeCi the * Temples ond,("If,,"nte. of the rarLh: hfrej" you lire ~rcomt [tp"rated. from Iht ",rld,."J, "'htrtby 1'U IIrt liflttJ HI'; as • Whkh hIVe.f Ihe' b.'U(I,o(J, of tb~ Bl§td.~ Mlell bJ tht vlry han4 and finger of tht R;(h~. O, ru- h p~~ •.0.. BlelTcd. blelfed, ble1fed, is [he L~rd td whom Cherubiql aiid Seraphim inceffahtl1 ling, ce:,.~e long.,- Slllltll#, -'illite/1M, S"",[)/II, Dom'''1M 1'eIM:l.t.bI1Hh. - Amen. Uri!:!......,' Bur' (hat ic may appear,.rh"t he it it, that rtvtaleth; 'II'~ich g.l1thtr~th tht CrDIIJ~ to- DtIIlt/l qwa.t ether, III1.d IS thf bruth of'lll! tblllgs Ihl1t Ilflt: BtCllu[t. !..f"J If "'11) Ilpptl1r t~al the Lord VlU[-,.t1l".,. -cth, "lId.it.or pOlPer, 1l",J. th"t thr jmcgi".tiolls of ",an, f/~ befDre thmlftlvn, "s 11Je d"it 0ftht,arth doth htfort hi]ll to.t ",ovtlh It: I "PtII,mt ~ JOII It Stllit )tt.["r:et IIIId not II."OW/I. A Seal opened. (A. Zilch. 13. ~- Et erit dies una, q~% IIot4 en Domino, &c.] Zuh"y '3' Bthold,lIow comtth thlll d4" that ~ khQwn unto the Lord him[tlf, 'II'herrjll the Killgdoms of th~ cap. B. rwrth jl1IIJI begill to ('all:' tbat tht) "'11) ptrceive bD'II'tht} hllve tllll Ill/rllJ I Illld hD'II' 'II'''a.\ tht) art;/1 ibt triumph 'of totir pomp.-. Anti. HOW out -o( Hiernfaltm, ollt of[h-e ChUrch of aoJ, Illl~ ~f hM SO" Chrifl, jhal!,a1ft 01lt a"t! Zac.b. esp. 1 fio. tht 'II'~Itr of [i(t: 7'~., Ihf f.f'"~s of tb, A'~f(S IIlId Sf't't of tht Lord, ",ay be vtrified"p" i! • • 11 thtfllCt of tbt.urth~[po'<.flI bJ his.,moimed Zachary. n:. If h r,. h.r. I h' h ' h d,( D'rt 1I,.J,0 •• N'w}"or ' t '"It ".,ts opm t em}t VfS, 71' Ie lire t I aylS ') vmgtallt"e. • 'cb iJll h b t; f 't: I' b "tln"", r, Now,. No~ Jhall rhfr~ WOtS, that v'. It" IPO'\.tll.0 "" }tc. ea., urft Ollt J to the cOlifuji,",f tfH jem pebili.llr. "';'ielt.,td,. a"d the e/labhthrnent of hll /Clt/gd,m, 'RIbreh IS 1I11". t/lttJ. ll'h,lrI;1 tellc.; rlitt. Thore that i~h4b;t tht "01, Cit), a"d 1furp tht allth~ritJ of the Hightfl, IIr, cililtll ill ttl/fem- A ~ropheGe •• brllllee befou th~ Lord, and [hey /hall be fcac[e.;ed mol IIlIto tbe might] blZil, that thtfpirits of tbe Jamn.b. Nort. hllve catbtrd a(iiilji tht all, of rtv'"!,t. Clergy. tbt).ar.t btCII71ff rro."d, ar:rd tlrill/(. thtrt. is no Ood. T.h~).re f1iJf-lIeck,tti; for they' IIrt the t OilS A.i. 'f"'icll..~a"tJY. L~, III tbt altJtS of R.od')lph, (b,lll tIm COI/It to plIJJf, of who", rh~ Lord halb 1£ ftli~, If In. btar "",and -believe ?l~ wO'rd~, 1"ill phm Thee [ c.] UI1[O him, as a mighty rock:., I Will open unto thee [c.] ( for hIS mfirultrons, and fafe~uard to come), ml atter",ill"riOllS;1I ~: 11'~. Ap,,,- ""l1d, IIlIdlo, "CO"!f.. A"d }phm bt blllh wiped aJPIt) b'is- d.rk"lItJJt. IIl1d oJfmcl,f his [0.11/, I J';' "f J!.0j. willappra,r unto hIm, t.r,h, ttrr.~~ of all Ncriolls. ". "ph • • "nt • For I rtlOjCt, 'II'ht" I efult filch III 4rt 'II'elllt,.:.A"d JPhtl! ! help tht eO",!Ol:tlf§t, 117/1 I mll&"i. flH.- A. Thanks, honour, and glory, is due-to thee, 0 our God. Uric!....... AIIJ belrsld, the day tiftMs vijilatio", a"J, ol tbe tXtr.utioll of "'] jlldlJ,tlfltl!tsj;s lit An o,her Seal 6."d.: And 10 J. opm unto )OU.",thtr Stlt4( Beeall[e I bllv. (Ilia,,"to JOu, I 11m true, and opened •. Uifl ) An. Ifl~. or I~ •. • which 18 elrd III t"~ )tar ti"hty tight, /haH you ret the Surt move contrary t.,o h,s COUl're, I:!..,m'l,,!,; Tht Stitrs [AJ encrearetht;r Ii;.ht:.IId [o",e ofth_* [«!tfro", beave/l. • Math.... G, Then.(ball It.. Ri"trs rlill bltod: Thenjha{[ tht 71'0 ht,,;'to. JPomm"itb child. ThCrl.jh"ll tht tinrr Co",e to paJJt,,Ib.t this Pr,p/;ejit /h.ll ~e 1:.11''''11. F'Pr It,,~.LAr.l hllt!t-1'rtpar,d his Ptof'ut, ""~ he jh.ll defccnd fr01l1 the Heavens: #s it is' Mlllch.cay. "'ritt~ri b) * Malachiah the Prophet.... II., E/;., QsaU !Jtb.ld 1 JPill [elld btfore tbllt da), ( n,' that day I [po"" of. hut the gt,IIt Ja}'f tht LorJ) com~. Ehas ag"i" "",ong,ff:1DII. 1:::., Nac~ ell'd 4'1.1, tn 1 ~4 A,true 9{ elation c/-D. Dee his Af!ions ~jtb Jpi,ils,.tk~. IIf Ih~ nullll f~II{OIl wilf 1 hI nftrcifl//ll/lltoR~d~iph, IInti 'll'u( bri""iI,lt'. bj" R.od. The h.. utify- b'lift, {ueh III /hllil h~ sk,ilflll!': llIfU whom J ~iIl give my fpirie, tl ",r!l G~IJ" in~of.llo iNllbhi.rcat Sil~tr, Alia Iht Orl""""1S of J,it hou{e. Alld'-he Jhllil ptrctivI thllt I.lIfrlfe Impe"al. him, 1~,/lilt 1 have iietl him tomy G.armtnts. If If, he hear the~ not J'it/,;n{r. Sf', lIehold, I hue one in /tore:: T~II, filch an one 85 cle:ave:th unto Jufiice. MII";s bill II Kt,tI Itmb, n. thaI is jhak,.",'Wirb tV'r) 'JIlillat. Tb~ priat of Xilfgs, is /If Ibe bUNt} of • PtIlCOCk,.:,S" hp'll' tbg rllll /Ill alfra]. Su b3W Ibt) rtt"PI Ih~ {piri,s if ri~hreopflff!f'. &:1t Pel, Lo (III I havt f,ia UHIO,hn) I rckrve [bat wicked Kmg, 1101 Ih,u I 'Will bl ",trciflll! u1ItdiPI. S'lji)4nUl. BUI t,;/lt be {bali /hordy prrjfh 'Wi'~ 1I""ttr".! {court.r. AllalfOll/lullT me,;bat I {II] IIn'o Ihlt. Hert.fttr,f" tho.. In.pl mt ",t: C A Vii:. V'itlontly, Neither look,. for my prc[cnce aft~r this qrder: But for grc:at.caufc5. in grtU clur.. II '0 Itc For fo,,hit it the: ~d of Teacbmg. Now cu,elh i1l Ih~ limt of warn Jooocd for. • in" and ofcounfel. Theendofte"hin"or:> ','1 I f k' jnlh.alng,bus. A. WI you give me cave to pea, Uriel...... SIJ]. • A. I trull it ll1aIl not offend God at any time; to call for [Uriel] bit. light in matters darK 1!.""b his TI. to us, and above our c.p8ci~r- Alfo;n EHoch his Tables undc:rft.nding and-c:n joying, ". blei. are (0 reqliirc belp of infhultion at,aVt: and fo of othe:r points and Doarlnrs already begun, we arc to requin: their help, who have begun witp U5,&C. Noct. Uriel.,.... As [II' /If tbt Lord ""lb {uff!rtd lOU to I1Iftr illtll hit GllratH! EVrJI {o fllr (1 [II) 74ftr, IInJ ut., A. The c:nteanc:e yet we have not, but the manner to enter: The pcrfc~ praaife is the beft cn[rance. Uriel...... tM.H{pe-'$..eth Hot witb th,t: 'll'htrtfore aoft liouwra/t Iht Lmll All thiHgs t.6d tlrt d.liTir~/d Ihet Ifrl pllli", ' A •. Lord, I do thm fpeak to be perfeltly inllrultcd in what fenfe yOll' words arc to be ur."; derllood, when you faid: T,his is (he end of teadllng. A. Vr;tl~or (lerbaps in [ae U I iel:..... 7h,u hajt caUta IIPOH ml,lJlla 1 havt heArd,h". 1lame of God. 7houhllj/: tltfirta "mfort, IIlIa I havt rumjorttd Ihrt. Th: rpiri, of'chcice 71J0~ boiJfthe fpirit of cboice...,,,V,J, 13. StJ',.btr. Bt il {Jfi ielll "!'t. tbu. that tht Gltra~ortbt Lord is open unto thee:,Garden of 'h, Lord. whfTt tbe" it HO hultgtr, /lor thirjt, b"t II jilli"g {p,r;t, II. comf"'rr. t Whitt CJlTt ~ ~t "lito mt, if th~ ~illgsof Ihullrth {IlJ: L?, thN N.ot'f ",1. A. Ex Dei1u- Lo, tbit in,., of tH highlft. mme. Thi. Teftil1lont. A4w~'" I).",i.;' Urie!;..... Btl1ola, I 11m the light, IIlIa {eTVllltt of G,l: BlefiCd are thofe which believe. and are made partaken in this Teftimony: II, Ihe wMch you are: become Prophets, •• a.rt {lIlIlJijiea for th~ comili of rhe Lord. 1IIC~-b~~!cu~~t'!.,~. f:~JI~1 But to • wbJ do I {pult,. """ J'p, 'IIIho "IIV~ tI~jiltJ. JOllr {,lves ! I ""ill 'and oftence committed be. fllk.~ liP rho{~ Ihings thllt 1 hIlV', lind will bt g,ltt. Lo, hltJftl.;, be rhd rorcnored. givlth tilT IIl1tO tbr L.,a. ' E. K. Now all is vaniihed, away, ~nJ he is difappcared l WheeIe, Eagle,Citie,and alI,&c. A. All laud, thanks, honour and p;lol'Y be to the eternal, Almightr, moll jt-ft ]ildge, an.d mercifull father ollr God, tht God of Heaven alld (ar.lb, whom of his mfini[e goodnelfe., 'We befec:ch to have merry upon us, and 10 I'urific: Ot r heans and confcicncCIi,g,-amillg us humble contridotl,and finccre C;(lnfeffioll of our' lral1fgrcffions and iillquitie& whacfoever •. Allie". Nott. While I was thus r~l\dlirig Gud, E.• K; made a vow of penanc:e, during his life (in token of hearty forrowfullldfe fo~ his fault in that darc:s a£tioll 1I0ted) IIlver t,) uI.his J!'. LHi.to. r"pPrr," ~rltb,g mtlll,,, S:ltIlTJ"Jts;a",;ltg his lih; whc:re'ifl I be(c:e:ch thl! higlKft w rc;gard fUl:.inl!; duo 'his inwarrl iment, and his continual1Aemory of the Lord his mercies, in Cparuig him wbell he CUll!; hfe; moLl bad offended ~im. A. Deo No/tro vero, vivo, ommpotenti, Be eterno iit omnis Honor Laus Be Benediaio, nunc Be in perl,ctut.ni..1",,11. Wednefday, Stpte",ber S'. NOT E. A. The morning of this W c:dnefday(befGre I pr~pilFed my fc:lf for the former a'ltion) I font E!lferiaUt wit.h two Letters to ~e del!vered: the one to the ~pa"i.Jh _ A-ritbatfadotlr (giving him tbanks-for hili hOflourlble dealing WIth the Emperoun MaJdly an my bebalf) and,the other to the Noble: O[JtlV;/II Spillof.: thanking hiol lil{ewife, and rc:quiring his inftruffio'n; or adviCe how 1 might moJt conveniently proceed indaling with the Emperoun fdaj,c:1ly: The Copy Qf A true 'l?. e'alio~ of Dr. Dee hil AfI'on.t JPith #iritJ &c.:z.~') of which Letter I thought good to record here, that the e/fcll: theteof c-onfcquent migh~ have the light of the Original caufe (Divine and humane) annel[cd. ' Illuj/ri 0- M_glfi/ico D~m;lIo, I>,O"'iIlO 0l14~;0 Sli1l01~, rllcrl C"r~r'. Milj.jf.,til,,}tnbubs & CublClIlrS ]J0",,/f0 {NO ob{trf)IIIfJipi"". Llullris lit Ma~ifice Domine: N'n polfu,m {~tis con~ignai;ve~rz Magni,6cienti~ agere grati- as,pr~ lingul~n Illa,qua m_e He,rJ a~pltx' e~ls h,umant~ate & benevoI.enna: hom~em quidem vobis JIlcogmmlll,fed tamm VII'[~[lS & ventatlS ftudlofiffimum: qlJlquc oml1. tehquum mez itz curriculum <I'co lic volwte) III hoc, ~o llfuQ1erc ~tcrev!, ut {~cra fua C4ttrta Majdlas cl ~ re percipiat"fib!, II,,-rtdl~I{;1 ~r(f~re )propltrllm fMc D~I Ommpotet:,tls ti'emcndam Ma jefiatem, Alq'.e quamVIS v,d~am mll,lqp.IClb\;s,mu,ltarum R.e,glo.n~m ne~otI1S, fUam (acram C4ttr.4t/t Majefiaceru occupat,ffitnt:m kplilime tenep, neque allIS, I1hfque ame, (uz [acrz-C/lf4ru Maje- aad proponerdis, ca~fis, c~mm,ode vacare, vel polfe,' vel ev!denci aliqlola,l'acioJ,le debere: TAM EN, Ii ahqllls excogltan pollit modus, pro lOCI, tempons, & rerum occalione, quo fua facra C.t{arrll Majefias, ca penes me videre, vel ex me incelligere digftai'elur,qU3' illi forent grata ',Ea in re, v,e~rz Illufiriffi,mz Magmlicenciz libemitlime audircm vel recil'trein Informa tionem atque JudlClUlIl, N am, m ~oc cot'S el~o, Ut, te!upore dcbIC~, appare2c, Omnil'occncis -Dci, & [UZ [a.:rz: c~rltr~~ Ma,cfi~c,s (ervICIo \ Ma~me,aut~~,pro Sacrc~.lanaa\ Ort~dox~ Ca tholicz & Apofioltez fidel lIIunranone, ae Relpubhez Chnfilanor. defenho'ne, amphlicatlOlle- que) Add.iaiffini~m, dcvotiffimurn,/ideliJlilnumque me elfe, ae fore Caera:: (u"' CI{4rtte Ma je ft\Kis fervilorelll. Opportun{tltril fi.os I1I4ture c~lligi atptr: Ciro tnJnr fitf JIIarCldm. 1-. Septembris 1584. J1[uj/ripinr~ MagllifiCelltite'lltjlrte PllrlltifJimw Joannes Dec..E fH.ricw went md deli'fCr~d my Letter to,the Sp4nijh Amlxilfadour: But this he brought back again; fayin~, that t~e Emperour \'t as rrdde',l very early ab~oad,to BrIZ1Iati/h, o~.el[~­ where: (not eerlamly bemg known) and chat chiS Noble OfJlI1J11II S/"'O[II was gone wlch hIS Majefiy. ' d ' h " h D *r d h' '. Hereupon (determine with c anSlllg t e ate; to.en unto 1m at, F.O.m tr.t tlie t!ie'Empcrour his Majcfties returning co PrlZgt. Dtlll bmt "trr4r. JI.S.,ltmb.{''l.tnr~ • VUr. Dollor Hagelt hit {II;.,,/11 by.At ".011 rbil all.! I fent Letters to my wife: to DIy Lord L.. ~i;,and co Mr.f.luI Hertoll, by che Melfager of':R.ticbmjltin; on this fide Nif{ ••