The life and times of Dr John Dee

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    Abowt 8½ (at night) a strange meteore in forme of a white clowde crossing galaxiam, whan it lay north and sowth over our zenith ; this clowd was at length from the S.E. to the S.W. sharp at both endes, and in the west ende it was forked for a while ; it was abowt sixty degrees high, it lasteth an howr, all the skye clere abowt, and fayr starshyne.

    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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    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

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    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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