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Dee, John. A True & Faithful Relation of What paſſed for many Yeeres Between Dr. John Dee (A Mathematician of Great Fame in Q. Eliz. and King James their Reignes) and Some Spirits : Tending (had it Succeeded) To a General Alteration of moſt STATES and KINGDOMES in the World.. London, D. Maxwell, , page 225.Friday, Auguſti, 24. à Meridie. Pragæ. Being willed to deal with Rodolphus, firſt by letter, and then by ſpeech : I thought good to ſend the Letter before written, for the Emperour ; by the Noble Don wilhelmo de St. Clemente, the King of Spain his Præfectus Negotiorum with this Emperour : and thereupon by Emericus Sunttag, the Lord Laſkie his Secretary, I wrote this to the aforeſaid Don Clemente, and ſent it this Bartholomew Day.
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Letter from John Dee to Emperor Rudolf ⅠⅠ
Dee, John. A True & Faithful Relation of What paſſed for many Yeeres Between Dr. John Dee (A Mathematician of Great Fame in Q. Eliz. and King James their Reignes) and Some Spirits : Tending (had it Succeeded) To a General Alteration of moſt STATES and KINGDOMES in the World.. London, D. Maxwell, , page 225.Ea eſt hominum in terris conditio (Nobiliſsime vir ) ut ſibi foli nullus natus eſſe videatur : Immò neque ſibi ullus omnia ſponte naſcentia, vel ultro ab aliis oblata, quæ ſibi maximè ſunt neceſſaria, recipiat. Mutuæ inde hominum emerſerunt ſocietates, mutuæ amicitiæ, mutuæ operæ, Mutua dona, Rerum commutatio, & empti{o}nis, rerumque venditionis contra- ctus : Aliique diverſi hominum exiſtunt ſtatus, unde hominum inter homines, & cum homi- nibus multiplicia procurantur officia, commerciaque. Neque omnium iſtorum, ſola eſt utilitas vel ( quæ peribit ) voluptas, ſcopus ille, vel finis, quem attingere conantur & ſtudent : Sed aliud aliquibus eſt propoſitum, quod Divin{i}us quidem eſt, quod virtutem vel Honeſtatem no- minare poſſumus ; quæ cælicus demiſſa, hominum informet mentes & orner, ſibique coaptet : Adeo ut ſedibus illas reddat celeſtibus dignas. Illud, illud, ergo eſt Illuſtriſſime vir quod excellentiam veſtram tam mihi pridie reddidit attentam, benignam & perhumanam ; Illud eſt quod veſtram refricabit memoriam, & veſtrum inſigniter acuet ingenium, in Cauſa mea, ſuæ Cæfareæ Majeſti tam proponenda, quam commendanda : eoque tractanda modo, quo illa tractari Arcana debeant, quæ a paucis credantur , & a paucioribus intelligantur : veriſlima licet ſint, & ex ſeſe utiliſſima. Quo citiùs Cæſarea ſua Majeſtas, mirabilem hanc & maxi- mam Dei, non Providentiam ſolum, ſed bonitatem etiam amplexus fuerit, eo citius & abundan- tiùs, meæ ad illum legationis conſtabit ſinceritas, bonitas & utilicas. Voluiſſem equidem hunc incluſuni libellum, literaſque incluſas veſtræ excellen{t}iæ, ipſemet attuliſſe. Sed ( cum venia ſit dictum ) ex digiti pedis mei offenſa cuticula, non tam commodè poſſum hodie pedes venire. Proinde amico meo hoc onus impoſui, ut ( cum veſtræ Excellentiæ manuum deoſcu- latione ) omnia mea vobis offerat ſervitia : hocque, quicquid eſt, pro ſua Cæſarea Majeſtate, traderet munuſculi. Pragæ 24. Auguſti 1584. The Superſcription of this Letter was thus, Joannes Dee. Illuſtriſſimo Domino, Domino Don Gulielmo de Sancto Clemente ſereniſſimi atque Catholici Hiſpaniarum Re- gis Negotiorum apud ſacram Cæſaream Majeſtateni, &c. Præfecto, Domino meo Obſervandiſſimo.