. The environs of London: being an historical account of the towns, villages, and hamlets, within twelve miles of that capital interspersed with biographical anecdotes. 2 horfes, he bought new upon the he arrived in England, he appears not to have been worth apenny, and to have fubfifted for the next three years upon the pre-carious bounty of his friends. During this period he received 500 money, befides veffels of wine, whole fheep, pigs, wheat, fugar,and other commodities; he fold his wifes jewels, his own rarities,and whatever could be fpared out of his houfe; at the end
. The environs of London: being an historical account of the towns, villages, and hamlets, within twelve miles of that capital interspersed with biographical anecdotes. 2 horfes, he bought new upon the he arrived in England, he appears not to have been worth apenny, and to have fubfifted for the next three years upon the pre-carious bounty of his friends. During this period he received 500 money, befides veffels of wine, whole fheep, pigs, wheat, fugar,and other commodities; he fold his wifes jewels, his own rarities,and whatever could be fpared out of his houfe; at the end of thethree years he was 2,33 h iti debt. With thefe expenditures, whichaccording to the prefent value of money we muft eflimate at morethan 10001. per annum, he tells us, that with great parfimony ufed, he preferved himfelf and his family from hunger, ftarving,* and nakednefs ^^ Dr. Dee carried on his converfatlon with fpiritstill the year before his death, at which time he feems to have ap-plied his pretended art to the difcovery of hidden treafure and flolen ^ Woods Athen. Oxon. vol. i. col. 492. + MS. Narrative of his Life, as above,iftedit. «5 ibid. ILi^di/u) del. D^ J O IIN 1) i: E ^hluh^J tu if\t .Ut datetJ JupiL/t M O R T L A K E. 385 goods, probably of procuring fome prefent fubfiftence from thofewho were filly enough to employ him. A portrait of Dr. Dee, takenat the age of 67, as appears by an infcription upon the canvas, is inthe Afhmolean Mufeum at Oxford, where many of his MSS. aredepofited. The annexed plate is copied from the picture juft men-tioned. Dr. Dee bore for his arms. Gules, a lion rampant Or, withina border indented of the fecond. The following creft was grantedhim in 1576. A lion feiant gardant, Or, holding in his dexter gamba crofs formee fitchee Azure ; on the crofs, a label with this motto,* Hie labor ; and his fmifter gamb on a pyramid Argent, on it a la-bel with this motto, Hoc opus. Francis Dee, Bifliop of Peter-
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