Beale his
howse, where onely we four were secret, and we made Mr. Secretarie
privie of the N.W. passage, and all charts and rutters were agreed
uppon in generall.
Feb. 2nd, Rolandus Dee baptizatus. Feb. 3rd, Mr. Savile, Mr. Powil
the yonger, travaylors, Mr. Ottomeen his sonne, cam to be acquaynted
with me. Feb. 4th, Mr. Edmunds of the Privie Chamber, Mr. Lee who
had byn in Moschovia, cam to be acquaynted with me. Feb. 11th, the
Quene lying at Richemond went to Mr. Secretary Walsingham to dynner;
she coming by my dore gratiously called me to her, and so I went by
her horse side as far as where Mr. Hudson dwelt. Re znvrfgv nkrq zr
bobfpheryv bs zbhafvrhe uvf fgngr: +dixi biothanatos erit+. Roland
went with his nurse to her howse to Estshene. Feb. 18th, the Lady
Walsingham cam suddenly into my howse very freely, and shortly after
that she was gone cam Syr Francys himself and Mr. Dyer. Feb. 24th,
Jane churched. Feb. 26th, I delivered my boke to the Lord Threasorer
for the correction of the Calender.[x]
[Footnote x: This work, although never entirely printed, created
much sensation at the time, and was the cause of considerable
controversy among the politicians as well as literati. The
Memorial on this subject which Dee presented to the Privy
Council has been printed by Hearne and others, but it is not
generally known that the original manuscript of the actual
treatise on the correction of the Calendar is still preserved
in Ashmole's library, No.
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