Year 1601
Original
Jan. 19th, borrowed of Adam Holland of Newton £5 till Hilary day, uppon a silver salt dubble gilt with a cover, waying 14 oz. Feb. 2nd, Roger Cook his supposed plat laying to my discredit was by Arthur my sone fownd by chaunce in a box of his papers in his own handwriting circa meridiem, and after none abowt 1½ browght to my knowledg face to face. O Deus, libera nos a malo! All was mistaken, and we reconcyled godly. Feb. 10th to 15th, reconciliation betwene us, and I did declare to my wife, Katharine my dowghter, Arthur and Rowland, how things wer thus taken. Feb. 18th, Jane cam to my servyce from Cletheraw. Feb. 25th, R. K pactum sacrum hora octava mane. March 2nd, Mr. Roger Coke went toward London. March 19th, I receyved the long letters from Bartholomew Hickman hora secunda a meridie by a carryer of Oldham. April 6th, Mr. Holcroft of Vale Royall his first acquaintance at Manchester by reason of William Herbert his frend. He used me and reported of me very freely and wurshiply.
CATALOGUS
Librorum Bibliothecæ Externæ
Mortlacensis
D. JOH. DEE, Ao 1583, 6 SEPT.
LIBRI MANUSCRIPTI.
[From MS. Trin. Coll. Cantab. O. iv. 20, transcribed by Ashmole in MS. Ashm. 1142. Another autograph copy is preserved in MS. Harl. 1879, which scarcely differs from that in the library of Trinity College. The numbers prefixed to the several volumes are added, for the sake of reference, by the Editor.]
Musean translation
Modern machine-assisted Musean edition by Mouseia, from Halliwell's 1842 printing. Latin entries and catalogue titles are translated; uncertain readings are marked. In the Original, 'whereof' is normalized to 'of which' in five entries. The 9 December 1579 dream is decoded and respelled, with 'sal' for the cipher's 'shal'; the other decoded cipher reads 'one uppon a hundred'. This edition decodes the remaining cipher passages. Greek follows the source transcription. The editor's preface, footnotes, index and Ashmole's separate list are omitted.
Jan. 19th, I borrowed of Adam Holland of Newton £5 till Hilary Day, upon a silver salt, double gilt, with a cover, weighing 14 oz.
Feb. 2nd, Roger Cook's supposed plot, laying to my discredit, was found by chance by Arthur, my son, in a box of his papers, in his own handwriting about noon, and in the afternoon about 1½ it was brought to my knowledge face to face. O God, deliver us from evil! All was mistaken, and we were reconciled in a godly way.
Feb. 10th to 15th, reconciliation between us, and I declared to my wife, Katharine my daughter, Arthur, and Rowland, how things were thus taken.
Feb. 18th, Jane came into my service from Cletheraw.
Feb. 25th, R. K a sacred pact at eight in the morning.
March 2nd, Mr. Roger Coke went toward London.
March 19th, I received the long letters from Bartholomew Hikman at two in the afternoon, by a carrier of Oldham.
April 6th, Mr. Holcroft of Vale Royal made his first acquaintance at Manchester by reason of his friend William Herbert. He treated me and reported of me with great freedom and respect.
CATALOG
OF THE BOOKS OF THE EXTERNAL LIBRARY
OF MORTLAKE
DR. JOHN DEE, A.D. 1583, 6 SEPT.
MANUSCRIPT BOOKS.
[From MS. Trin. Coll. Cantab. O. iv. 20, transcribed by Ashmole in MS. Ashm. 1142. Another autograph copy is preserved in MS. Harl. 1879, which scarcely differs from that in the library of Trinity College. The numbers prefixed to the several volumes are added, for the sake of reference, by the Editor.]
Plain English translation
Modern machine-assisted Plain English edition by Mouseia, from Halliwell's 1842 printing. Latin entries and catalogue titles are translated; uncertain readings are marked. In the Original, 'whereof' is normalized to 'of which' in five entries. The 9 December 1579 dream is decoded and respelled, with 'sal' for the cipher's 'shal'; the other decoded cipher reads 'one uppon a hundred'. This edition decodes the remaining cipher passages. Greek follows the source transcription. The editor's preface, footnotes, index and Ashmole's separate list are omitted.
Jan. 19th, I borrowed £5 from Adam Holland of Newton, to be paid back by Hilary day, and I left with him as security a double-gilt silver saltcellar with a cover, weighing 14 oz. Feb. 2nd, my son Arthur came by chance upon an alleged plot of Roger Cook's that was meant to discredit me. He found it around midday in a box of his papers, written in his own handwriting, and later in the afternoon, at about 1½, he brought it to my attention face to face. God, save us from evil! Everything had been taken the wrong way, and we made up in a godly manner. Feb. 10th to 15th, we were reconciled, and I told my wife, Katharine my daughter, Arthur and Rowland how matters had been understood. Feb. 18th, Jane arrived from Cletheraw to enter my service. Feb. 25th, R. K. made a sacred pledge at eight in the morning. March 2nd, Mr. Roger Coke set off for London. March 19th, at two in the afternoon, I received the long letters from Bartholomew Hickman, carried by a carrier from Oldham. April 6th, my first meeting with Mr. Holcroft of Vale Royall was at Manchester, through his friend William Herbert. He treated me and spoke of me very freely and with honor.
CATALOG
Of the Books in the External Library
At Mortlake
DR. JOHN DEE, Year 1583, Sept. 6
MANUSCRIPT BOOKS.
[From MS. Trin. Coll. Cantab. O. iv. 20, copied out by Ashmole in MS. Ashm. 1142. Another autograph copy is kept in MS. Harl. 1879, which scarcely differs from the one in the library of Trinity College. The numbers before the several volumes were added by the Editor for reference.]
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