Monday, January 14, 1585, at Prague

KELLEY: Here is, Dee, one with a Vail afore his face, as it were, a Hair Cloth of Ash-colour: I know him not yet: I see a Garden full of fruit, of divers sorts. In the midst of it is a place higher then the rest. On that place standeth a round House, it hath four corners (within) and four Windows: and every Window is round, and hath four round partitions, round also. It hath four Doores, and at the East Doore is one step, at the South two steps, and at the North three, and at the West Doore, four steps. The first Doore is white, like Chrystal, transparent: the South Doore is red of an high colour, transparent. The North Doore is bright black, not to be through seen, as the rest. The West is green, like an Emerauld Stone: So is the South Doore like a Ruby. The Doores be all plain. The House within (as it may be judged by the transparent Doores) seemeth to be white, and empty.

He that hath his face covered, openeth the East Doore; and all the House seemeth to be on fire, like a furnace. The fire within doth weve, and move about the House, and by the roofe. Now he openeth the West Doore, and there appeareth, as if all the House were a fountain full of water. And there run divers streames, in the same one water, whereof, one doth go and come, as if it ebbed and flowed; which streame doth go about all the rest, by the sides of the House, that is, as if it were the Ocean sea compassing the World. The next streame, within that, moveth from the four sides ward, and make (in manner) four Triangles, or rather Cones, of water, whose vertices rest cut off (as it were) by the middle streame of water which occupieth the middle or Center of the House, and is in circular form invironed.

An other manner of streame there is, which commeth from the four corners of an innermost square: and so run diametraliter or contradictorie wise, toward that circular middle streame.

The middle streame seemeth to issue out at the very Center of the place, and to mount up, and making an arch of his course, doth seem to fall circulariter in one circumference.

KELLEY: The fire also had diversity in it.
DEE: I would you had noted the diversity of the fires also.
LEVANAEL: Those that learn truly, learn by parts.
KELLEY: The colour of the water in the Center, is most pure white.
The waters of that Saint Andrews Crosse, are like a water somewhat Saffronish coloured. The waters of the Triangles, are somewhat like a watrish blew, which appeareth most, in the top of the arches of their flowing:
For all spring otherwise.
The uttermost water, is of Quick-silver shew, as if it were somewhat mortified.
DEE: In the figure following, you may gather a better and more easie understanding of this Description of the water streames.

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KELLEY: Now he openeth the Fire Doore againe: And the fire appeareth in a square place. And there appear four fires filling the whole place, leaving nothing vaccuum.
One of these fires seemeth to rise from the Center of the place; and to go in low arches to the four corners of the House.
The House seemeth to have fourteen foot long in every side.
The arches of these fires seem to come from a trunk of fire, which riseth from about the Center: and seemeth to be four foot over in the Diameter.
This Trunk seemeth to be high three quarters of the height of the place; The place seemeth to be as high as it is broad.
On the top of this fiery trunk, seemeth the fire to be in form of a fiery Globe, having six foot, his Diameter, which fire reverberateth and rolleth in it self.
From the sides of the Trunk (between the said Globe and the foresaid Arches,) goeth up fire Triangularly, filling all; saving that which remaineth filled, by the flames of fire, which ariseth from the Globe to the four corners of the House, filling all the place above the Globe.
DEE: As by the figure annexed, more plainly may appeare.

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KELLEY: Note the colour of the fire of the four arches, is very red; the rest are very pure, Ariel, candent, etc.
The Motion of the trunk fire is swiftest.
The Original Center of all these fires, seemeth to be very little.
Now he openeth the red Doore.
The House seemeth darkish, of colour of the smoak of a Wax Candle being put out.
LEVANAEL: By it self, it is not, but by the Sunne, it is clear.
KELLEY: It hath four motions in it also: every one moving more swiftly then the other: All from the middle of the House. Three of them move arch-wise to the sides.
The first and second arise to half the height of the place.
The third occupieth the other half.
The fourth goeth upright to the top of the House.
The second his space (that he striketh against on the Wall) is doubled to the space of the Wall, against which the first smiteth.

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KELLEY: Now he openeth the black bright Doore; and the House there seemeth full of black dust, like Gun-powder colour, or somewhat of Leadish colour.
Now he seemeth to go down, faire and softly from the House, down the little Hill, and from thence goeth by a water side, to a Rockish Mountain.
He speaketh.
LEVANAEL: Ascend: I am now ready for you: Bring out your Mattocks, Spades, and Shovels. Enig e veri eri.
KELLEY: Now come out of that Rock, seven lean men, with Spades, Shovels, and Mattocks, etc.
LEVANAEL: Follow me.
KELLEY: Now they be come up to the foresaid Hill.
LEVANAEL: Come on, Dig till you finde.
KELLEY: Every one standeth distinctly one from another, and they dig on the foresaid Hill, which before seemed covered with Earth and Grasse: But now it appeareth to be a Rock, and they dig that the Fire flieth out again of their stroakes, and some have broken their Mattocks, some their Spades, all except two, one with a Shovel, an other with a Pickax.
WORKMEN: O Lord we labour in vain.
LEVANAEL: So you are sure to do, unlesse you have better Tooles.
WORKMEN: Alas we labour in vain.
ONE OF THEM: This is long of you.
LEVANAEL: I had you provide Instruments to labour with, but you asked not me, wherein you should labour. Therefore have you digged away that which you saw, and have repulse with that you know not.
A dark man thou art, and hidden away from men, and so are thy doings.
KELLEY: They stood gazing one on another.
LEVANAEL: Have you not better Instruments? Go, provide your selves, and return.
KELLEY: They runne a great pace to the foresaid Rocky Cave from whence they came out first. Now they come again with great Beetles of Iron, and Wedges. They knock their Wedges (as we use in Wood) and so break off great Slakes of Stone, like Slate, and throw it down the Hill.
ONE OF THEM: What a thing is this, that this Wedge is broken?
ANOTHER: We are in worse case than ever we were.
KELLEY: Their Wedges are broken, the most part, and the Fire flieth out of the Stone in great abundance.
LEVANAEL: The nature of this Stone is not to cleave: Therefore if you have no other Instruments you must cease.
KELLEY: They are in great disquietnesse among themselves.
LEVANAEL: Those that go a Journey, provide them Cloathes against all weathers: He that is worthy of the name of a Conqueror, carrieth with him all Engines: Where the Bridges be broken down, he stayeth not, because he is prepared: Behold, he hath victuals for time to come, and his Study is as well the event, as is the mean. So should true Labourors do: considering what they work in. For the Earth is a Monster with many faces: and the receptacle of all variety. Go home, stand not idle. Provide by Arts for the hardnesse of Nature, for the one Sifter weepeth without the other.
KELLEY: They go away speedily.
LEVANAEL: They have their Tooles to harden, and their Steeles to temper. It will be more than an hour space before they return. Therefore may you spend the time in your necessity, and use the time of day as you are acquainted or wonted. I also must over-see them, or else their labour will be without fruit.
KELLEY: Now he is gone.