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which appeared outwardly: Yet of another nature, I fay, and not without the intervention and operation of Spirits, as will eafily appear to any man by the particulars. Befides the long Speeches, Difcourfes, Interlocutions upon all occafions and occurrences in the prefence of more then one alwayes; and externally audible to different perfons, for the moft part or very frequently. That thefe things could not be the operation of a diftem pered Fancy, will be a fufficient evidence to any rational man.

Again, let his aual preparations and Prayers against an Apparition or Action (as he called them) his extraordinary prayers upon fome extraordinary occafions, as upon Edward Kelley his temporary repentance, and another for him when he was about to forfake him (in Latine a long one) Stephen King of Poland being then prefent. And again, when his Son Arthur was to be initiated to thefe Myftical Operations and Apparitions, in the place of Edward Kelley, and the like. And again, his Humility, Piety Patience, (O what pity that fuch a man fhould fall into fuch a delufion! but we shall confider of the caufes in its right place afterwards) upon all occafions, temptations, diftreffes, moft eminent throughout the whole Book. Let thefe things be well confidered, and above the reft, his large and punctual relation of that fad abominable ftory of their Promifcuous, carnal Copulation, under the pretence of obedience to God. —— Let these things, I fay, be well confidered, and I think no man will make any question but the poor man did deal with all poffible fimplicity and fincerity, to the utmoft of his underftanding at that time. And truly, this one thing (as we faid before) excepted, his miftaking of evil Spirits for good, it doth not appear by any thing but that he had his underftanding, and the perfect ule of his Reafon to the very laft, as well as he had had any time of his life.

Again, let it be confidered, that he carryed with him where ever he went A Stone, which he called his Angelicall Stone, as brought unto him by an Angel, but by a Spirit fure enough, which he fhewed unto many; to the Emperor among others, or the Emperors Deputy, Dr. Curts, as I remember: But more of this Stone afterwards. We may therefore conclude furely enough, That Dr. Dee in all this Relation did deal with all fimplicity and fincerity. I fhall only add, That whereas I ufed the word Reality before, concerning thofe things that appeared, according to this Relation: I would not be miftaken, as though I intended that whatfoever the Divel did feem to do or reprefent; it was Really and Subftantially as it feemed and appeared, that would be a great and grofs miftake. The very word Apparition doth rather import the contrary. All I underſtand by Reality, is, that what things appeared, they did fo appear by the power and operation of Spirits, actually prefent and working, and were not the effects of a depraved fancy and imagination by meer natural caufes. By which, ftrange things, I confefs, may be prefented and apprehended too, fometimes by the parties with all confidence, as we faid before, though all be but fancy and imagination. But all circumftances well confidered, make this Cafe here to be of another nature; and it may be it was the policy of thefe Spirits to joyn two of purpofe in this bufinefs, to make the truth and reality of it the more un-que-