WEBVTT - Season 07 Episode 18: A Dance with Mr. Dee (Pt.4 of 4)

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to the fourth and final part of Unexplained,

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<v Speaker 1>Season seven, episode eighteen, A Dance with Mister d John

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<v Speaker 1>d stood by the barge's rail as it drifted slowly

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<v Speaker 1>around a bend in the River Thames, soaking up a

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<v Speaker 1>last lingering view of his beloved Mortlake House and library.

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<v Speaker 1>It was late September fifteen eighty three, and Dee, along

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<v Speaker 1>with his wife Jane and their children, and his scrier

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<v Speaker 1>Edward Kelly and his wife Joanna, was on his way

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<v Speaker 1>to Europe. It was hard to leave his home, and

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't just the books, rare artifacts and laboratory equipment

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<v Speaker 1>he had to leave behind. The home contained significant and

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<v Speaker 1>treasured memories. It was where his children were born, the

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<v Speaker 1>Queen had visited him there, and it was where his

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<v Speaker 1>mother had died. But more important than any of that,

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<v Speaker 1>it was where he and Edward Kelly communed with angels,

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<v Speaker 1>and they were on a roll. Stopping now risked ruining

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<v Speaker 1>all hope of completing his investigation of the angels and

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<v Speaker 1>Nokian language and unlocking the secrets of the universe. For

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<v Speaker 1>all he knew, leaving Mortlake could mean severing all contact

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<v Speaker 1>with the other side, but In the end, D felt

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<v Speaker 1>he had no choice, and Kelly was quick to reassure

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<v Speaker 1>him that all would be well. Only a few months before,

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<v Speaker 1>D and Kelly delivered news from the angels to post

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<v Speaker 1>Prince Albert Laski that he would soon be crowned King

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<v Speaker 1>of Poland. Shortly after that, D received the dire warning

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<v Speaker 1>from the spirit child Madimi that his life was in

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<v Speaker 1>immediate danger. After telling Prince Laski all about it, the Prince,

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<v Speaker 1>still glowing from his own more optimistic prophecy, proposed a solution.

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<v Speaker 1>D should return with him to Poland, where he would

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<v Speaker 1>look after him for the foreseeable future. And so one night,

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<v Speaker 1>under cover of darkness, D and the rest of his

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<v Speaker 1>group took off from Mortlake with the Prince. They sailed

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<v Speaker 1>through all of London, past its many mullioned windows, the

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<v Speaker 1>Tower of London, and under the narrow arches of London Bridge,

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<v Speaker 1>piled high with houses. The smell of smoke from chimneys

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<v Speaker 1>drifted over the river, and sounds of laughter spilled from

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<v Speaker 1>taverns before fading as the boat slipped away downstream. As

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<v Speaker 1>night blended into dawn and a dull red sun rose

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<v Speaker 1>up over the horizon, they arrived at the coast. From there,

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<v Speaker 1>the travelers boarded a faster vessel and set off in

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<v Speaker 1>light winds towards the low countries of Europe, but the

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<v Speaker 1>gentle weather didn't hold. By midnight, it had become so

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<v Speaker 1>stormy their boat was driven back to England. Forced to

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<v Speaker 1>abandon ship, Dee slipped and fell into the deep, stinking

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<v Speaker 1>estuarine mud as he and the others made their way

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<v Speaker 1>to shore. Like the players in an ill fated Shakespearean drama,

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<v Speaker 1>they waited four days for the storm to die down

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<v Speaker 1>before reboarding the ship. On September twenty eighth, they finally

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<v Speaker 1>reached mainland Europe, where they promptly hired wagons and set

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<v Speaker 1>off for Poland. All safe and sound for now. John

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<v Speaker 1>D's traveling party, minus Prince Laski, who had business to

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<v Speaker 1>attend to elsewhere, made tortuously slow progress across Europe, but

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<v Speaker 1>D was happy despite leaving England. The communications with the

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<v Speaker 1>angels continued unabated most nights. As they trekked deeper into

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<v Speaker 1>the continent, D and Kelly consulted the spiritual beings. Some

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<v Speaker 1>of Kelly's apparent visions were disturbing, however, including predictions that

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<v Speaker 1>D's Mortlake home would burn to the ground, and that

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<v Speaker 1>D's wife Jane would die horribly. Back in Mortlake, around

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<v Speaker 1>the same time, a group of scholars broke into D's house.

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<v Speaker 1>They didn't burn it down, but they did ransack his library,

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<v Speaker 1>taking hundreds of his most treasured books and other possessions.

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<v Speaker 1>It didn't bode well for Jane, but Kelly also delivered

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<v Speaker 1>to D what he described as the Kabbala of Nature,

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<v Speaker 1>a long stream of so called divine data. D was ecstatic.

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<v Speaker 1>It felt as though they were only months away from

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<v Speaker 1>discovering God's own blueprint for the universe. Day after day,

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<v Speaker 1>the traveler's temporary lodging rooms were filled with the feverish

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<v Speaker 1>scratchings of D's quill, racing to record Kelly's supposed transmissions.

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<v Speaker 1>D would then spend more long hours collating them with

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<v Speaker 1>his notes from previous seances in an attempt to assemble

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<v Speaker 1>what he now saw as an apparent cosmic code that

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<v Speaker 1>was coming from the Garden of Eden and written in

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<v Speaker 1>the language of Adam, just one remove from God themself.

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<v Speaker 1>After five grueling months of travel, encountering floods, blizzards, and

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<v Speaker 1>storms along the way, D's party arrived in Krakoff, the

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<v Speaker 1>then capital city of Poland. For the while, Kelly continued

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<v Speaker 1>to pour forth alleged angelic formulas, but then in mid April,

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<v Speaker 1>Kelly announced he would cease communicating with the angels altogether.

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<v Speaker 1>He became suddenly despondent and even discredited some of his

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<v Speaker 1>own visions, claiming that malicious spirits were playing tricks on him.

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<v Speaker 1>One night, whilst crying with Kelly and Prince Laski, D

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<v Speaker 1>received angelic instructions that he should go and see the

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<v Speaker 1>Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph the Second in Prague, but D

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<v Speaker 1>was reluctant. All around him in Poland, violence had erupted

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<v Speaker 1>in the streets when Polish military commander Samuel Sparrowsky, a

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<v Speaker 1>popular member of the Polish nobility and affiliate of Prince Laski's,

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<v Speaker 1>was executed. Barovsky had been accused of plotting to kill

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<v Speaker 1>the King of Poland, Stephan Barttori. D was beginning to

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<v Speaker 1>wander if his own association with Prince Laski, who had

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<v Speaker 1>ambitions to take the throne, put him and his family's

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<v Speaker 1>lives in danger. Then D's son Rowland, fell gravely ill

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<v Speaker 1>and almost died a few days later, as D and

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<v Speaker 1>Kelly conducted another seance, Kelly claimed to receive an angry

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<v Speaker 1>message from the angels. They said that D's son's illness

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<v Speaker 1>was a punishment for not heeding their original command, and

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<v Speaker 1>so on the first of August fifteen eighty, D and

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<v Speaker 1>Kelly set out for Prague. On arrival in Prague, the

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<v Speaker 1>capital of what was then Bohemia and the larger Holy

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<v Speaker 1>Roman Empire, its medieval streets intrigued D and Kelly. It

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<v Speaker 1>was a city bursting with classic Bohemian charm, the buildings

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<v Speaker 1>covered with mysterious stone carvings, their walls painted with strange dioramas.

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<v Speaker 1>Taverns with names like the Unicorn, the Blue Star, and

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<v Speaker 1>the Vulture lined the endless labyrinthine alleyways. They soon found

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<v Speaker 1>lodgings with the Emperor Rudolph's physician, the Dais Hyak, who

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<v Speaker 1>also happened to be Central Europe's foremost astronomer. D hit

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<v Speaker 1>it off with Hyek immediately, who invited him and Kelly

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<v Speaker 1>to use his study to continue their scrying. Those seances

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<v Speaker 1>produced a series of intense apocalyptic visions. The spirit Medimi

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<v Speaker 1>appeared once more with another dire warning for D. Satan

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<v Speaker 1>himself was intent on destroying him and his family if

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<v Speaker 1>they didn't relocate to Prague immediately. She also told him

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<v Speaker 1>that he must tell the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph the

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<v Speaker 1>Second that an angel of the Lord had rebuked him

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<v Speaker 1>for his sins. Doing such a thing would risk the

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<v Speaker 1>wrath and outrage of one of the most powerful people

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<v Speaker 1>in the world, but with the recent near fatal illness

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<v Speaker 1>of his son still fresh in his mind, D felt

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<v Speaker 1>he had no choice but to oblige or else risk

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<v Speaker 1>further retribution from the angels, and so after some careful

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<v Speaker 1>worded letters, D secured an audience with the emperor. After

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<v Speaker 1>being met by his chamberlain, a nervous and trembling D

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<v Speaker 1>was led through the twists and turns of the emperor's

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<v Speaker 1>elaborate palace. Much like Kublai Khan's stately pleasuredome, it was

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<v Speaker 1>a place of wonders, full of curiosities, including narwal bones,

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<v Speaker 1>a mandrake root in the shape of a man, the

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<v Speaker 1>dried remains of a dragon, along with works of fine art,

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<v Speaker 1>and an extensive library. The emperor even had an African

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<v Speaker 1>lion that he kept outside, whose roars echoed across the

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<v Speaker 1>palace precincts all day long. Finally, D was led into

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<v Speaker 1>the Emperor's inner sanctum, where he found Rudolph waiting for him.

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<v Speaker 1>Taking a deep breath, he delivered the unpalatable message. Just

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<v Speaker 1>as the angels had demanded my grace, the angel of

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord Hath appeared to me and rebuked you for

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<v Speaker 1>your sins. He said, if you'll forsake your wickedness and

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<v Speaker 1>turn into him, your seat shall be the greatest that

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<v Speaker 1>ever was. The entire court was stunned by his impertinence.

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<v Speaker 1>The Emperor stared at Dee in silence as D's forehead

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<v Speaker 1>began to beat with sweat. Rudolph was a stout man

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<v Speaker 1>who looked even larger in his padded doublet and pantaloons.

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<v Speaker 1>Though D didn't know this, it was said that he

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<v Speaker 1>had a succession of mistresses, several illegitimate children, affairs with

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<v Speaker 1>his head butler, and several of his valets. Perhaps it

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<v Speaker 1>was all that that played on his mind during those

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<v Speaker 1>endless seconds of silence, for rather than get angry, he

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<v Speaker 1>agreed that on balance, the rebuke was probably deserved and

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<v Speaker 1>that atonement was needed. D was enthusiastically accepted into the

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<v Speaker 1>Emperor's court circle, and the Emperor offered to do whatever

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<v Speaker 1>he could to support him financially. After a few months

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<v Speaker 1>in Prague, D and Kelly returned to Krakoff, where they

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<v Speaker 1>resumed their seances with the Angels. Germanico Maluspina, an ambassador

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<v Speaker 1>for the Pope, arrived in the city about the same time.

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<v Speaker 1>Malaspina saw D and Kelly at best as inconvenient foreigners,

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<v Speaker 1>but at worst a dangerous influence on the Holy Roman

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<v Speaker 1>Emperor's court. In May fifteen eighty five, D learned that

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<v Speaker 1>Malaspina had presented Emperor Rudolph with evidence that D had

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<v Speaker 1>been involved in necromancy and other prohibited arts. The following day,

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<v Speaker 1>D received a decree he'd been banished by Rudolph from

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<v Speaker 1>all of Bohemia. Luckily, the banishment didn't last long. After

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<v Speaker 1>four months hauled up in Germany, D and Kelly were

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<v Speaker 1>permitted to return to Bohemia, after which they were invited

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<v Speaker 1>to stay at Trebonne Castle, one hundred miles south of Prague,

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<v Speaker 1>home of Villam Rosenberg, Bohemia's most powerful and wealthy nobleman

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<v Speaker 1>and one of Europe's most enthusiastic patrons of al chemical research.

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<v Speaker 1>The Renaissance style castle boasted tall white walls, numerous towers

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<v Speaker 1>and turrets, and sat in the middle of lush meadows

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<v Speaker 1>and fish ponds. And from the back of it, thick

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<v Speaker 1>plumes of black smoke rose up into the air, come

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<v Speaker 1>from several silver mines that Rosenburg had opened after vast

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<v Speaker 1>quantities of the precious metal were discovered on his land.

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<v Speaker 1>The mines were making Rosenburg rich, but he wanted more.

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<v Speaker 1>With the help of John d Edward Kelly, and the

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<v Speaker 1>supposed angels, Rosenburg embarked on a systematic alchemical quest to

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<v Speaker 1>turn base metals into gold. Rosenburg built a laboratory for

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<v Speaker 1>the two men, who spent the next few years pursuing

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<v Speaker 1>this quest. For months, d and Kelly worked together, experimenting

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<v Speaker 1>with all manner of formulations, involving combinations of salts, rare earths,

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<v Speaker 1>horse manure, and even menstrual blood. At some point, Kelly

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<v Speaker 1>revealed to D that, with the help of the angels,

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<v Speaker 1>he'd finally cracked the secret of the Philosopher's He called

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<v Speaker 1>D over to his station so he could witness it

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<v Speaker 1>for himself. D watched as Kelly took a small pinch

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<v Speaker 1>of an unidentified red powder, supposedly a portion of the

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<v Speaker 1>Philosopher's stone, then dropped it into a crucible containing one

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<v Speaker 1>and a quarter ounces of mercury. D watched wide eyed

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<v Speaker 1>as the elements began to melt and fuse together, until

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<v Speaker 1>a dull yellow substance began to form liquid gold. From

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<v Speaker 1>that day forward, everything had changed. Rumors of Kelly's alchemical

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<v Speaker 1>prowess spread fast. By the time this story had reached

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<v Speaker 1>the English court, it was said that one ounce of

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<v Speaker 1>Kelly's magic powder could produce almost two hundred and eighty

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<v Speaker 1>thousand ounces of gold. Edward Kelly acted fast on capitalizing

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<v Speaker 1>on his apparent alchemical skills. His wealth and fame began

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<v Speaker 1>to grow, while his reliance on John d began to diminish.

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<v Speaker 1>In early fifteen eighty seven, Kelly told D that he'd

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<v Speaker 1>received word from the angels that his scrying powers were

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<v Speaker 1>no longer needed, and that they'd passed them on to

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<v Speaker 1>D's seven year old son, Arthur instead. A little confused

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<v Speaker 1>by the sudden turn of events, D nonetheless persevered with Arthur,

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<v Speaker 1>but after two weeks it was clear that his young

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<v Speaker 1>son hadn't been endowed with any kind of supernatural talent.

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<v Speaker 1>At all. D pleaded for Kelly to return, much to

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<v Speaker 1>his delight, two weeks later he did. It was only

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<v Speaker 1>a few days after that that D and Kelly were

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<v Speaker 1>once more gathered around a crystal ball under candlelight. After

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<v Speaker 1>a series of incantations, Kelly claimed to see the young

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<v Speaker 1>child figure of Medemi appear again in the glass. The

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<v Speaker 1>girl was wearing a cloak he sat, and she was

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<v Speaker 1>pulling it to one side, revealing a naked body underneath.

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<v Speaker 1>Then she began to speak. D hurriedly wrote it down

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<v Speaker 1>as Kelly relayed her message, he who commits adultery because

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<v Speaker 1>of me, let him be blessed for eternity and receive

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<v Speaker 1>the heavenly prize. Kelly appeared repulsed by the instruction and

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<v Speaker 1>what had it meant exactly anyway? Adultery with whom D

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<v Speaker 1>and Kelly agreed to forget it, But as the seances continued,

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<v Speaker 1>the supposed Medeemi he continue to deliver the same message

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<v Speaker 1>in varying formats. In a later session, Kelly claimed to

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<v Speaker 1>see the heads of himself and his wife Joanna, and

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<v Speaker 1>D and his wife Jane on some kind of pillar

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<v Speaker 1>while Medemi performed a ceremony involving the grafting of tree

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<v Speaker 1>branches together. He told D that this indicated that the

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<v Speaker 1>four of them were to be similarly united. D nodded cautiously, Perhaps,

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<v Speaker 1>he wondered it meant they were to be united in

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<v Speaker 1>a godly Christian sense, but Kelly was adamant Medeemi was

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<v Speaker 1>in fact suggesting that they have sex with each other's wives.

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<v Speaker 1>With his complete trust in Edward Kelly and the words

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<v Speaker 1>of the Angels, John D relayed this latest instruction to

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<v Speaker 1>his wife. Jane was utterly appalled and flat out refused,

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<v Speaker 1>believing that something must have been lost in translation. Later

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<v Speaker 1>that night, while D and Kelly conducted another seance, Kelly

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<v Speaker 1>once again made contact with Medemi. His mouth dropped in horror.

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<v Speaker 1>What is it, asked D. Kelly turned to D and

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<v Speaker 1>explained sombrely that Medemi had just informed him that both

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<v Speaker 1>England and Queen Elizabeth would be destroyed, and that D

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<v Speaker 1>would be pursued by the Catholic Church for heresy if

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<v Speaker 1>they didn't carry out the adulterous ceremony as instructed. It

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<v Speaker 1>was some time around two in the morning when John

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<v Speaker 1>D broke the news to Jane. Jane shook uncontrollably and

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<v Speaker 1>wept loudly, berating her husband for his unconscionable demand. Meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 1>in Kelly's bedchamber, his wife, Joanna was similarly outraged. Kelly

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<v Speaker 1>had married Joanna Cooper during the early days of his

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<v Speaker 1>tenure in D's Mortlake house. Around the spring of fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>eighty three. There was speculation that Kelly had been paid

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<v Speaker 1>to marry her to legitimize her two children, which had

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<v Speaker 1>been borne out of wedlock as the result of an

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<v Speaker 1>affair with an aristocrat. Joanna was repulsed by what was

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<v Speaker 1>being asked of her. In the early hours of that morning,

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<v Speaker 1>Jane did as she was asked, turning to D before

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<v Speaker 1>leaving her bedroom to say, I trust that God will

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<v Speaker 1>absolve me of any shame or inconvenience, and so Jane

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<v Speaker 1>and Kelly a lot with D and Joanna at sex

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<v Speaker 1>in their separate chambers. A few days later, Kelly and

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<v Speaker 1>D summoned the spirits once more. This time, according to Kelly,

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<v Speaker 1>a number of figures appeared on horseback. Kelly said that

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<v Speaker 1>one of the figures wanted confirmation that he had indeed

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<v Speaker 1>slept with D's wife as requested, was thy brother's wife

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<v Speaker 1>obedient and humble to thee they asked. Kelly turned to D. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>yes she was. This would be the last recorded scrying

0:21:42.280 --> 0:21:47.080
<v Speaker 1>session that D and Kelly would ever conduct. Unsurprisingly, a

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<v Speaker 1>rift developed between the two men, which only deepened when

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<v Speaker 1>nine months later, Jane gave birth to a baby boy.

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<v Speaker 1>D raised the sun as his own and ever once

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<v Speaker 1>mentioned the child's paternity in his writings, though many suspect

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<v Speaker 1>the boy was not his. In February fifteen eighty nine,

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<v Speaker 1>the pair agreed to part ways without Kelly. D search

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<v Speaker 1>for the truths of the universe ground to an immediate halt.

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<v Speaker 1>A distraught D and his family left Bohemia and returned

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<v Speaker 1>to England, arriving back at Mortlake in November of that year,

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<v Speaker 1>it was a sad homecoming. D arrived to find his

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<v Speaker 1>house in disarray, with many of his most cherished possessions,

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<v Speaker 1>from books to precious artifacts stolen. In the meantime, Edward

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<v Speaker 1>Kelly made his way to Prague within a year, Capitalizing

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<v Speaker 1>on his alleged ability to transmute base metals into gold,

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<v Speaker 1>he acquired lands with a castle and nine villages, as

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<v Speaker 1>well as two houses in Prague and became a baron

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<v Speaker 1>In the process, he even reputedly turned part of a

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<v Speaker 1>bedpan into gold as a present for Queen Elizabeth the First.

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<v Speaker 1>Anxious to secure Kelly's apparent talents for the English crown,

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<v Speaker 1>the Queen's key adviser, William Cecil, implored him to return

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<v Speaker 1>to England with promises of money and lands as a lure,

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<v Speaker 1>but Kelly declined the offer. By May fifteen ninety one,

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<v Speaker 1>doubts were starting to circulate about the veracity of Kelly's

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<v Speaker 1>self proclaimed abilities. At the end of April, Bohemia's Secretary

0:23:51.720 --> 0:23:55.960
<v Speaker 1>of State called at Kelly's house in Prague to arrest him,

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<v Speaker 1>but Kelly, having seen him coming, climbed out of a

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<v Speaker 1>back window and escaped. The Emperor Rudolph was incensed and

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<v Speaker 1>sent out troops to apprehend him. He was eventually captured

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<v Speaker 1>and imprisoned before being released in the autumn of fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>ninety three. Back in England, D once again petitioned Queen

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<v Speaker 1>Elizabeth for a role in her court. Much to his relief,

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<v Speaker 1>she offered him one, but only if it was approved

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<v Speaker 1>by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the head of the Church

0:24:30.320 --> 0:24:35.680
<v Speaker 1>of England. Given D's sinister reputation for dabbling in the occult,

0:24:36.240 --> 0:24:41.640
<v Speaker 1>the archbishop refused. Instead, keen to get d away from

0:24:41.680 --> 0:24:45.359
<v Speaker 1>London and the Queen, the archbishop set him up with

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<v Speaker 1>a job in Manchester, where he was installed as the

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<v Speaker 1>warden or head of Christ College Church known today as

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<v Speaker 1>Manchester Cathedral. D was not a good fit for Christ's College,

0:24:59.560 --> 0:25:03.359
<v Speaker 1>jarring immediately with the faculty, who took a dim view

0:25:03.440 --> 0:25:08.600
<v Speaker 1>of his occult practices. However, this didn't stop several priests

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<v Speaker 1>asking De for his help. When in early fifteen ninety five,

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<v Speaker 1>a report was received regarding the unusual behavior of two

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<v Speaker 1>children near Tildesley in Lancashire. The children were thought to

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<v Speaker 1>be possessed. A man called Edmund Hartley, who some believed

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<v Speaker 1>was a witch, was asked to assist with the matter.

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<v Speaker 1>With the use of some herbs and Catholic charms, Hartley

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<v Speaker 1>had apparently cured the children, only for their strange affliction

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<v Speaker 1>to return again soon after when the children's father, a

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<v Speaker 1>wealthy landowner, asked Hartley to intervene again. Hartley asked for

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<v Speaker 1>more money and some land in return, but the father refused.

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<v Speaker 1>When the children's condition were soon after, Hartley was accused

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<v Speaker 1>of somehow being responsible. Now as a representative of the

0:26:08.560 --> 0:26:13.000
<v Speaker 1>Church of England who were trying to suppress exorcists. John

0:26:13.080 --> 0:26:18.320
<v Speaker 1>D wisely declined the offer to get involved. Hartley was

0:26:18.359 --> 0:26:22.800
<v Speaker 1>accused of being a conjurer and execute it. You can

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<v Speaker 1>learn more about this story in Unexplained Season five, episode fourteen,

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<v Speaker 1>The Devil's Kiss. Over the next few years, D became

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<v Speaker 1>increasingly miserable. The world was changing once more and fast,

0:26:39.000 --> 0:26:43.399
<v Speaker 1>leaving him behind. A new age was dawning as the

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<v Speaker 1>English Crown sought to expand its reach, first through colonizing

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<v Speaker 1>island and then with the establishing of its first colony

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<v Speaker 1>in the New World on the island of Roanoke. With

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<v Speaker 1>the defeat of the Spanish Armada in fifteen eighty eight,

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<v Speaker 1>England's global power and influence would be assured for centuries

0:27:05.280 --> 0:27:10.520
<v Speaker 1>to come. And though D, with his predictions and assurances

0:27:10.560 --> 0:27:14.359
<v Speaker 1>to Queen Elizabeth not to mention his genuine talent for

0:27:14.520 --> 0:27:18.840
<v Speaker 1>maths and cartography, had in some ways contributed to all that,

0:27:19.840 --> 0:27:23.800
<v Speaker 1>it was clear he was no longer needed. Not only

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<v Speaker 1>that many of the Old Guard, including his friends and supporters,

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<v Speaker 1>were dead or soon to die, And in sixteen oh three,

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps his most fervent Queen Elizabeth the First also died.

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<v Speaker 1>It isn't known exactly what happened to Edward Kelly in

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<v Speaker 1>the last few years of his life. Some said he

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<v Speaker 1>found renewed favour with Emperor Rudolph in Bohemia, Others that

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<v Speaker 1>he fought against the Ottoman Empire for Villain Rosenberg's brother.

0:28:04.440 --> 0:28:08.159
<v Speaker 1>Another story was that Kelly was imprisoned again after a

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<v Speaker 1>dispute with an influential alchemist, Having then apparently attempted to

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<v Speaker 1>escape his cell by tying bed sheets together, he fell

0:28:17.520 --> 0:28:22.240
<v Speaker 1>from a great height, breaking both his legs. No one

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<v Speaker 1>is sure when or how Kelly eventually died, only that

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<v Speaker 1>the last reliable report of him alive was in fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>ninety eight, living somewhere in what is now the Czech Republic,

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<v Speaker 1>while Polish Prince ol Brachtlaski never did become King of Poland.

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<v Speaker 1>In sixteen o five, John d was still in Manchester

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<v Speaker 1>when the city was hit by the plague, as apparently

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<v Speaker 1>foretold by the Angels or those years before. Dee's wife Jane,

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<v Speaker 1>and several of their children were infected and died horribly

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<v Speaker 1>Soon after, d and his surviving children returned to his

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<v Speaker 1>home at Mortlake on the River Thames, where he spent

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<v Speaker 1>his final years in relative obscurity. In March sixteen o seven,

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<v Speaker 1>nearly ten years since his last sessions with Edward Kelly,

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<v Speaker 1>D made one final attempt to recapture some of the

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<v Speaker 1>angelic visions of old and finally learned the knowledge he'd

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<v Speaker 1>spent most of his life searching for. He used his

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<v Speaker 1>former servant Bartholomew Hickman as a schrier, but the visions

0:29:40.560 --> 0:29:44.840
<v Speaker 1>they obtained were only pale imitations of what D had

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<v Speaker 1>once experienced. However, the angel Raphael did apparently reassure D

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<v Speaker 1>that he would soon finally achieve a perfect understanding of

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<v Speaker 1>God's hidden knowledge. A few years at the age of

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<v Speaker 1>eighty one, John D died. Perhaps only then did he

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<v Speaker 1>finally find what he was looking for. John D was

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<v Speaker 1>buried beneath the chancel in the Church of Saint Mary

0:30:16.720 --> 0:30:21.280
<v Speaker 1>the Virgin at Mortlake. The headstone is long gone, but

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty thirteen a memorial plaque was installed inside the church.

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<v Speaker 1>It reads, Near this place lie the remains of John D.

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<v Speaker 1>Clark in Holy Orders, astronomer, geographer, mathematician and adviser to

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<v Speaker 1>Queen Elizabeth I. There is no mention of magic, alchemy

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<v Speaker 1>and astrology, or all his years spent trying does some believe,

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<v Speaker 1>with some success, to commune with angels. There are unsubstantiated

0:30:57.520 --> 0:31:00.560
<v Speaker 1>rumors that towards the end of his life I D

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<v Speaker 1>put some of his most precious books and notes of

0:31:04.320 --> 0:31:08.600
<v Speaker 1>angelic code in a chest and buried it in his garden,

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<v Speaker 1>in the hope that they might one day be discovered

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<v Speaker 1>and finally decoded. Some say these books were found, others

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<v Speaker 1>that they have long been lost to time, and some

0:31:22.440 --> 0:31:27.120
<v Speaker 1>say they never existed at all. However, many of D's

0:31:27.200 --> 0:31:33.040
<v Speaker 1>treasured books, astrological charts, and perhaps more intriguingly, recordings of

0:31:33.080 --> 0:31:37.160
<v Speaker 1>the apparent Andnochian language of the angels can still be

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<v Speaker 1>found to this day in places such as the British

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<v Speaker 1>Library and the Royal College of Physicians in London. A

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<v Speaker 1>number of his artifacts, including a crystal ball and an

0:31:49.800 --> 0:31:54.360
<v Speaker 1>obsidian scrying mirror with which he and Edward Kelly are

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<v Speaker 1>said to have once communicated with angels and spirits, can

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<v Speaker 1>also be found at the British Museum. This episode was

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<v Speaker 1>written by Diane Hope and Richard McLain Smith. Unexplained is

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