A Letter Containing a Most Brief Discourse Apologeticall / Compendious Rehearsal material

John Dee, authored; short apologetic/petitionary text Readable short PDF present.

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A Letter Containing a Most Brief Discourse Apologeticall / Compendious Rehearsal material - Works. A compact self-defense in which Dee frames his studies, services, and reputation before hostile charges of conjuring or unlawful magic.

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A compact self-defense in which Dee frames his studies, services, and reputation before hostile charges of conjuring or unlawful magic. It is valuable for Dee's public self-presentation: learned service to crown and commonwealth, defense of mathematical and philosophical labor, complaint over poverty or neglect, and insistence that his pursuits are pious and useful rather than diabolical.