
Brigit Cooke borne about seven of the clok on Mownson^ droa horam 9 mane^ soror ma^tri Thooue Mownsonġ564. John AskĪnte meridiem, by York six mylc on Uiis syde Eluabedi WwsMtar, that ahtibtiicd Urn mow of the gold im tpottac had trusmuted, and that Told me that John Erans informed him that he was ■onMintwi with Kelly's sister in 140, wlMra fhera it a botOMope of thb widHtf in 1, hon quarta a meridie Wicoraia natua Domtons £dottardiu Inserted at various times by Dee when jirofessionally consulted as an astrologer. Tkej wn wot f«r th» aiott fut ctmtmufoiwtf luitieet, Imt cpftaraittjr * It ii almost uaueceaaary to observe that this and the following are notes of Hora noctis 1 H natus in comitatu Surrey.ġ56S. July 8th, Margaret Russell, Cowntesa of Cumberland,ġ561. Inter 11 et meridiem mane, by Chicbester.ġ560. Dec 14th, Mary Nevelle, aliaa Mary Lewimor, borne Kelly natus bora quarta a nieridiet ut annotatutu April 22iid, Jane Fromonds borne at Cheybam at none.Īug. 25th, Bardttlmew Hikman bom at Shugborowh Of three thousand pounds, a very lai^ sum in those daysġ554. He is said to have expended on this collection the sum Preserves of several middle-age treatises not now extant. Long since dispersed, is valuable for the notices which it The Catalogue of Dee's Library of Manuscripts, although Which would necessarily be greatly inferior to that drawnīy the masterly hand of the author of the " Curiosities of Instead of attempting an original paper on the subject, Genius." I shall refer the reader to this popular work Remains occult ceases to be science, Dee lost his better Which in reality are no scieiuH's at all, since whatever Mystical lore of what was termed the occult sciences, While both were minting in his intellectual habits, each That el^ant writer, often predominated over his science Markably conhrmed in almost every point by the narrativeĭOW published. Racter in his " Aiiienitii's of Literature," which is re. Mr.ĭ*l8raeli has given a correct and able view of his cha>. Occult philosophy in the spirit of a true believer. His chamber, evil spirits, and alludes to various secrets of In the other, how-Įver, he tells us his dreams, talks of mysterious noises in Of course carefully avoided every allusion which could beĬonstrued in an unfavourable light. Pose, for the perusal of royal commissioners, and be has Pendious Rehearsall/* which is in some respects moreĬomprehensive, but this was written for an especial pur. The publication of this Diary will tend perhaps to setĭee's character in its true light, more than any thing Was plundered by the populace, and now preserved in the Library of Manuscripts, made by himself before his house

Black, in the library of theĪsbmolean Museum at Oxford.

Ill^ble hand on the margins of old Almanacs, discoveredĪ few yean ago by Mr. His Private Diary, written in a very small Now for the first time published from the original manu. Thb present Tolmne contalnB two curiouB documentsĬonoermng Dr. JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL, ESQ, F.R.S., F.S.A.

FURTON COOPER, ESa Q.C^ D.C.L., F.R.S., F.SA. IN THE A8HH0LEAN MUSEUM AT OXFORD, AMD TRINITYīT JOBN BOWTBB NIOBOM AND SON, PABLIAMBBT VrBBBT. THE CATALOGUE OF HIS LIBRARY OF UAXU8CRIPT8« John Dee, and the catalogue of his library of manuscripts, from the original manuscripts in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, and Trinity College Library, Cambridge"
