June 18th, borrowed ?40 of John Hilton of Fulham.
June 19th, I understode of more of Vincent Murfyn his knavery;
borrowed ?20 of Bartylmew Newsam. June 20th, borow ?27 uppon the
chayn of golde. June 26th, Elen Lyne gave me a quarter's warning.
June 27th, showrs of rayne and hayle. Aug. 19th, the Hexameron
Brytanicum[f] put to printing.
[Footnote d: "Dr. Dee dwelt in a house neere the water side,
a little westward from the church [at Mortlake]. The buildings
which Sir Fr. Crane erected for working of tapestry hangings, and
are still (1673) employed to that use, were built upon the
ground whereon Dr. Dee's laboratory and other roomes for that
use stood. Upon the west is a square court, and the next is the
house wherein Dr. Dee dwelt, now inhabited by one Mr. Selbury,
and further west his garden." --MS. Ashm. 1788, fol. 149. The
same account says that "Dr. Dee was wel beloved and respected of
all persons of quality thereabouts, who very often invited him
to their houses or came to his."]
[Footnote e: This of course is his celebrated Monas
Hieroglyphica, frequently printed, and the nature of which
I attempted to explain in a paper read before the Society of
Antiquaries. Mr. Herbert, according to MS. Ashm. 1788, "dwelt
then in Mortlack and was an intimate friend of Dr. Dee's."]
[Footnote f: This was his work printed in 1577 under the title
of General and Rare Memorials pertayning to the perfect Art of
Navigation, in folio, now a book of the greatest rarity.
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