The life and times of Dr John Dee

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