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Dee, John, 1527-1608

"The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts"

Remember
that the last day of this month Elizabeth Kyrton, who had served me
twelve yeres, five yeres uppon prentiship and seven for wagis, five
yeres therof for four nobles a yere, and the two last for five
nobles the yere, was payd her full payment now remayning due:
whereuppon she receyved ?4. 4_s._ for her due of wagis remayning;
and I gave her moreover an half angel new in gold, and my wife
another; Arthur half-a-crown for him and his brother; Katharyn
half-a-crown for her and her sister. And so she wente from my
servyce uppon no due cause known to me.
Oct. 4th, Sir Edward Keley set at liberty by the Emperor. Oct. 12th,
Mr. Cornelio Camaiere cam from the Lord Lasky from Livonia. Oct.
15th, Margerie Thornton cam to my servyce. Oct. 18th, before Mr.
Perpoint, Miles Holland, Robert Wellder, William Beck surrendred my
cottage agayn unto me, and I payd him ?5, the full ?12 as it cost
him. To Letice two shillings. Oct. 20th, Mr. Cornelio went toward
the flete of Stade to returne. Oct. 24th, Ostende besieged by
report. Not true. Oct. 25th, Mr. Gray, the Lady Cumberland's
preacher, his wrangling and denying and despising alchimicall
philosophers. Nov. 5th. Mr. Francys Nicolls, Mr. Prise, Mr. Nores.
Nov. 18th, Jane most desperately angry in respect of her maydes.
Nov. 20th, Margery went and Dorothe Legg cam for 30_s._ yerely.
Margery Thornton was dismissed from my servyce to Mrs. Child, and
Dorothe Leg cam by Mrs Mary Revel's sending the same day and howr,
hora tertia after none.


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