16-01-2026, 02:47 PM
(16-01-2026, 02:28 PM)Rafal wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
Kelley revealed to Dee that the angels (namely a spirit "Madimi") had ordered them to share everything they had, including their wives. Dee, anguished by the "order" of the angels, subsequently broke off the spiritual conferences. He did, however, share his wife.
That is what Wikipedia says, but the quote of the diary, which is supposed to back that up, is "May 22nd [1588], Mistris Kelly received the sacrament, and to me and my wife gave her hand in charity; and we rushed not from her."
That seems to say that Dee and Kelly's wife did, erm, comply with the angelical order. But my recollection from the diary is that Dee's wife refused. But I may be wrong there too...
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Did Kelly really murdered a guard?
In May 1591, Rudolf had Kelley arrested and imprisoned in Křivoklát Castle outside Prague, supposedly for killing an official named Jiri Hunkler in a duel; it is possible that he also did not want Kelley to escape before he had actually produced any gold.
So maybe Kelley killed someone, maybe not but that man wasn't a guard
I stand corrected...
Quote:[Kelly] died a prisoner in late 1597/early 1598 of injuries received while attempting to escape. However, according to the account of Simon Tadeáš, Rudolf II's geologist, he poisoned himself in front of his wife and children
So maybe yes, maybe no
So again I stand corrected, maybe not.
All the best, --stolfi

