The life and times of Dr John Dee

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    My right sholder and elbow-joynt were so extremely in payn that I was not able in 14 dayes to lift my arme owtward not an ynche ; the payn was extreme ; I used Mr. Larder, Mr. Alles, and Alise Davyes, and abowt the 25 day I mended.

    Dee, John. The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee, and the Catalog of His Manuscripts, from the original manuscripts in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, and Trinity College Library, Cambridge. Edited by James Halliwell-Phillipps. London, The Camden Society, 1842, page 12.
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    And this night likewise. Katharin was sent home from nurse Maspely, of Barnes, for fear of her mayd’s sicknes, and goodwife Benet gave her suck.

    Dee, John. The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee, and the Catalog of His Manuscripts, from the original manuscripts in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, and Trinity College Library, Cambridge. Edited by James Halliwell-Phillipps. London, The Camden Society, 1842, page 12.

Related dates

  • 1581-03-08
  • 1581-08-03

Places

  • barnes_london_gb
  • John Dee’s house in Mortlake, England

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  • medicine
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Footnotes

  • †

    An original diary of the chemical experiments made by Dr. Dee in this year is preserved in the Bodleian Library. — MS. Rawl. Miscel. 241.

    Dee, John. The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee, and the Catalog of His Manuscripts, from the original manuscripts in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, and Trinity College Library, Cambridge. Edited by James Halliwell-Phillipps. Page 10.
    Written by James Halliwell-Phillipps
  • †

    An original diary of the chemical experiments made by Dr. Dee in this year is preserved in the Bodleian Library. — MS. Rawl. Miscel. 241.

    Ibid., page 10
    Written by James Halliwell-Phillipps
  • †

    An original diary of the chemical experiments made by Dr. Dee in this year is preserved in the Bodleian Library. — MS. Rawl. Miscel. 241.

    Ibid., page 10
    Written by James Halliwell-Phillipps

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