Alchemy: Ancient and Modern by Herbert Stanley Redgrove

Author:Herbert Stanley Redgrove [Redgrove, Herbert Stanley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 4057664650399
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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regarded as the first text-book of Chemistry. It was held in high esteem for a considerable time, being reprinted on several occasions.

52. Edward Kelley and John Dee.

Edward Kelley or Kelly (see plate 9) was born at Worcester on August 1, 1555. His life is so obscured by various traditions that It is very difficult to arrive at the truth concerning it. The latest, and probably the best, account will be found in Miss Charlotte Fell Smith’s John Dee (1909). Edward Kelley, according to some accounts, was brought Get any book for free on: www.Abika.com

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up as an apothecary.5 He is also said to have entered Oxford University under the pseudonym of Talbot. 6 Later, he practised as a notary in London. He is said to have committed a forgery, for which he had his ears cropped; but another account, which supposes him to have avoided this penalty by making his escape to Wales, is not improbable. Other crimes of which he is accused are coining and necromancy. He was probably not guilty of all these crimes, but that he was undoubtedly a charlatan and profligate the sequel will make plain. We are told that about the time of his alleged escape to Wales, whilst in the neighbourhood of Glastonbury Abbey, he became possessed, by a lucky chance, of a manuscript by St. Dunstan setting forth the grand secrets of Alchemy, together with some of the two transmuting tinctures, both white and red,7

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