Autobiographical Tracts of Dr. John Dee FBFB: Tracts Author John Dee Author James Crossley Editor Christopher Matusiak Conversion and Remediation LEMDO Team Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada McMaster University Poculi Ludique Societas University of Waterloo University of Toronto Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies University of Victoria Friends of the ISE

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Born-digital, peer-reviewed document written by Christopher Matusiak. First published in the QME 1.0 anthology on the ISE platform. Converted to TEI-XML and remediated by the LEMDO Team for republication in the QME 2.0 anthology on the LEMDO platform.

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 Published file. Updated metadata, numbered paragraphs Remediated document. Changed revisionDesc to INP. Reviewed metadata. Added document xml:id to the ids throughout the file using XSLT. Removed supplied elements that do not have attributes, using XSLT. Added status IML-TEI. Added front with titlePart using XSLT. Converted document. Peer review arranged by QME Editorial Board From John Dee and James Crossley, Autobiographical Tracts of Dr. John Dee
March 16, 1575

The Queens Majestie with her most honourable Privy Councell, and other her lordes and nobility, came purposely to have visited my library; but finding that my wife was within four houres before buried out of the house, her Majestie refused to come in; but willed me to fetch my glass so famous, and to shew unto her some of the properties of it, which I did; her Majestie being taken downe from her horse (by the Earle of Leicester, Master of the horse, by the Church wall of Mortlack), did see some of the properties of that glass, to her Majestie’s great contentment and delight, and so in most gracious manner did thank me, &c.