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    1582 Martÿ 11 Sonday. a Meridie hora .3ͣ. circiter

    Δ ⸺ Vriel being called by. E.T. there appeared one, clothed with a long robe, of purple : all spa{ng}ed with gold. and on his hed, a garland, or wreath of gold : his eyes sparkling . of whome asked I ‹axed› Whether the characters {no}ted for the Table, wer perfect :
    He anſwered ,

    ⸺ They are Δ*perfect : there is no question

    Δ ⸺ Are you Vriel.

    Than preſently cam in one, and threw the brave spirit down by the sholders : and bet him mightyly with a whip : and toke all his robes, and apparell of him : and then he remayned all hea{.}y and {o}w{y}gly . and styll the sprit was beaten of him , who cam in after him . And that spirit , which so bet him, sayed to the hearing of my skryer , Lo, thus are the wyked skourged

    Δ ⸺ Are you Vriel , who speaketh that ?

    VRI ⸺ I am he. Write down and mark this : for it is worthy of the Noting .

    This was thy perſecutor Lundrumguffa . I browght him hither : to let the see, how God hath puniſhed thy enemy

    Lo, thus, hath God delt for the : Lo thus haue I delt for the : Thank God.

    Δ ⸺ blessed be his holy name , and extolled, World with out ende .

    E.T. ⸺ he drew the wyked spirit away , by the leggs, and threw him into a great pitt . and waſhed his hands , as it were , with the sweat of his ‹hed› own hed . for he ſeamed to be all in ‹‸{.}› ‹sweat› . a sweat.

    Δ ⸺ Here vppon , my skryer ſaw Vriel go away : and he remayned out of sight a little while . Then he cam in agayn : and an other with him : and iointly thoſe two ſaid to gather. Glorifie God for euer. And than Vriel did ſtand behinde : and the other did set down in the chayre, with a sworde in his right hand : all his hed glyſtring like the Sonne . The heare of his hed was long : He had wings : and all his lower parts seamed to be with feathers . He had a roab ouer his body : and a great light in his left hand . he ſayd

    Michaël ⸺ We are blessed from the begynning : and blessed be the name of God for euer.

    Δ ⸺ My skryer ſaw an innumerable Cumpany of Angels abowt him : And Vriel did lean on the square table by .

    He that sat in the chayre (whom we take to be Michaël ) sayd Than.

    ⸺ Go forward : God hath blessed the
    I will be thy Guyde
    Thow shallt attey{n}e vnto thy sech{ing}
    The World begynns with thy doings
    Prayſe God .
    The Angels vnder my powre, ſhall be at thy commandment
    Lo, I will do thus much for the
    Lo, God will do thus much for the
    Thow shalt see me : and I will be seen of the
    And I will direct thy liuing and converſation
    ℕ Thoſe that sowght thy life , are vaniſhed away.
    Put up vp thy pen .

    Δ ⸺ so he departed.

    Δ ⸺ Gloria, {lau}s, honor, virtus et Imperium
    Deo immortali , invisibili , et
    Omnipotenti , in sæcula s{æ}culorũ
    Amen

    Dee, John. Anno 1581 1582 Mysteriorum Liber Primus. Mortlaci, Ⅰ. 1583, page 10v–11r.

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Footnotes

  • Δ*

    Here by may app{er}e that this wyked spirit {foy}ſted in {.} shew of th{.} {.}als characters and names before

    Dee, John. Dr. John Dee’s conference with angels from Dec. 22. 1581. to May 30. 1583. being what preceeds yͤ other conferences printed by Dr. Meric Casaubon Lond. 1659. in folio. With a preface by Elias Ashmole. An: 1672. Page 10v.
  • Note. [L]undrum⹀ guſta skourged spiritually

    Ibid., page 11r
  • ℕ

    Lundrum⹀ guffa .

    Ibid., page 11r

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