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THE BAITING OF THE TRAP, 1585-1586 - topics: travel,court_patronage,household_family,money_legal,angelic_spiritual

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17 Oct. - Daybook Entries. Records travel, court patronage, household family, money legal, angelic spiritual: A meridie, after new disturbances and quarrels with Fr.

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Records travel, court patronage, household family, money legal, angelic spiritual: A meridie, after new disturbances and quarrels with Fr. Pucci, by reason of the money he desired of us, out of generosity and in the name of God, and as it were from the servants of God (rather than from us personally): Edward Kelly and I resolved, for the...

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THE BAITING OF THE TRAP, 1585-1586

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travel,court_patronage,household_family,money_legal,angelic_spiritual

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A meridie, after new disturbances and quarrels with Fr. Pucci, by reason of the money he desired of us, out of generosity and in the name of God, and as it were from the servants of God (rather than from us personally): Edward Kelly and I resolved, for the avoidance of the many scandals which Pucci had invented and stirred up against us, by reason of his 800 florins, which he had earlier refused when we were ready to pay him, 16 and when we showed him 630 ducats in the presence of God, so that he might accept what he deemed to be his-we resolved, I say, to display the 800 florins before him and in the presence of witnesses: so that if he alleged they were owing to him, he could take them if he wished. But if on the other hand he refused the 800 florins, or denied that any money was owed by us, we desired that too to be pronounced before witnesses and set down in a written document, so that we could make it known as and when necessary. Therefore we went from the Castle to the Court-house, and having gathered together a number of the leading citizens, a senior priest, and some of Lord Rosenberg's clerks, we brought out two great bags of money: and from one of them we counted out on the table 2000 ducats, more than 400 dollars, and 800 florins. When we had given him the choice, as explained above, Pucci was content to accept the money: but he wished to record that he accepted it in the name of God and from us as the servants of God. We protested that certainly we did not aver that God had enjoined us to offer him the money: we offered it to avoid the many and great scandals against us. So he took the money, and counted it, and thereupon a written record was drawn up by the hand of Paulus Wolfg., the clerk of the most serene Prince, who was present with divers witnesses, who subscribed their names, as can be seen in the document itself Il 203 Il SO let us give thanks to God: for we hope now to enjoy better peace of mind, and be more free from Francis Pucci's venomous and restless tongue.

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A meridie, after new disturbances and quarrels with Fr. Pucci, by reason of the money he desired of us, out of generosity and in the name of God, and as it were from the servants of God (rather than from us personally): Edward Kelly and I resolved, for the avoidance of the many scandals which Pucci had invented and stirred up against us, by reason of his 800 florins, which he had earlier refused when we were ready to pay him, 16 and when we showed him 630 ducats in the presence of God, so that he might accept what he deemed to be his-we resolved, I say, to display the 800 florins before him and in the presence of witnesses: so that if he alleged they were owing to him, he could take them if he wished. But if on the other hand he refused the 800 florins, or denied that any money was owed by us, we desired that too to be pronounced before witnesses and set down in a written document, so that we could make it known as and when necessary. Therefore we went from the Castle to the Court-house, and having gathered together a number of the leading citizens, a senior priest, and some of Lord Rosenberg's clerks, we brought out two great bags of money: and from one of them we counted out on the table 2000 ducats, more than 400 dollars, and 800 florins. When we had given him the choice, as explained above, Pucci was content to accept the money: but he wished to record that he accepted it in the name of God and from us as the servants of God. We protested that certainly we did not aver that God had enjoined us to offer him the money: we offered it to avoid the many and great scandals against us. So he took the money, and counted it, and thereupon a written record was drawn up by the hand of Paulus Wolfg., the clerk of the most serene Prince, who was present with divers witnesses, who subscribed their names, as can be seen in the document itself Il 203 Il SO let us give thanks to God: for we hope now to enjoy better peace of mind, and be more free from Francis Pucci's venomous and restless tongue.