Alchemy, ancient and modern . ets ofAlchemy. In 1583, Kelley and his learned dupe leftEngland together with their wives and a Polishnobleman, staying firstly at Cracovia and afterwardsat Prague, where it is not unlikely that the EmperorRudolph II. knighted Kelley. As instances of thebelief which the doctor had in Kelleys powers asan alchemist, we may note that in his Private Diaryunder the date December 19, 1586, Dee records thatKelley performed a transmutation for the benefit ofone Edward Garland and his brother Francis;8 and Times (1822 reprint, pp. 225-226), relates a different story regard
Alchemy, ancient and modern . ets ofAlchemy. In 1583, Kelley and his learned dupe leftEngland together with their wives and a Polishnobleman, staying firstly at Cracovia and afterwardsat Prague, where it is not unlikely that the EmperorRudolph II. knighted Kelley. As instances of thebelief which the doctor had in Kelleys powers asan alchemist, we may note that in his Private Diaryunder the date December 19, 1586, Dee records thatKelley performed a transmutation for the benefit ofone Edward Garland and his brother Francis;8 and Times (1822 reprint, pp. 225-226), relates a different story regardingthe manner in which Kelley is supposed to have obtained the GreatMedicine, but as it is told at third hand, it is of little do not suppose that there can be much doubt that the truthwas that Dee and others were deceived by some skilful conjuringtricks, for whatever else Kelley may have been, he certainly was avery ingenious fellow. 8 The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee (The Camden Society,1842), p. 22. PLATE
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