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<f. 106r>

Anno dni 1611 the 23 of Iulij being ☿ Dai at 12 in merid

Youre louinge and kind Letters came vnto me by by Rutland the carrier whoe brought wthall 2 cheases and a lyttell bock of mrline. as tokens of Remembrance of youre kind good wille & Carfull courtasey. for the which we thank youe moste kindly Toutchinge those brason mouldis for Caractes of the plannetes yf youe haue them. And can tell howe to vse them youe haue a good thinge aswelle for the Cueringe of Diseases as for Diuers other purposes. to caste therin/ In mettalle the sigille of Any plannet when he is stronge in the heauens for the effectinge of Any purpose or thinge tayning to that plannet or when ther is a Conjunction △ or ⚹ of 2 plannetꝭ wt Reception. to Caste the caractꝭ of the same plannetꝭ at that instante. makinge the on Lord of the Ascendente & the other Lord of the howar or putting the on or both in Asss or in 10o According to your purpose and the ☾ goinge from the on to the other wtout Impedimente. and soe shall they be of gret effecte and caste them alwais in those mettalls that belonge vnto the plannet. And youe shall finde great effecte therin to diuerse purposes yf he hath Don them Accordingly as he hath don myne.

Sir I prai youe. doe so moch for me as to tri me this question and matter thorowly for a frind of myne. vpon the 16 of Iune Laste being Sonday. betwen 9 and 12 on Rafe glaste. of St Olifes parishe in Southworke Dwellinge not far from St Toolyes Church in St Tolies strete a Chesmonger was Robbed of certain plate & moneye to the valewe of 300li. out of his chamber whille he was at church I pray youe sifte yt by your boie thorowly who they were that did it, howe many and wher they dwelle. & what is becom nowe of the money & plate and howe we may knowe them & wher they dwelle. & howe we may com to the true knowledg therof. & when. and I shall doe asmoch for youe at Any tyme. & send me word by this carryer the next wick. And so I leaue youe to god wth many thankꝭ my wif & sonn Clement salutꝭ youe. London 23 Iulij

yours ever Formane/

<f. 109v>

To his true and faithfull frind mr Richard Sandy giue thes.

Calendared text from MS Ashmole 240, f. 106r and f. 109v

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), ‘NOTE891’, The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/notes/NOTE891, accessed 29 October 2026.