Of Red Mercury & Spirituall Creatures

"It is the Red Tincture which enters into the most intimate union with metals, because it is of their own nature, mingles with them indissolubly in all their smallest parts, and, being homogeneous, naturally adheres to them. "

"... it is mentioned that a mysterious book and two ivory spheres of powder had been found (or perhaps just sold on?) together - so this book is surely the "Boke of Dunstan" that was being referred to."

"Dee was anxious to reclaim, before going to his new home, an Arabic book lent to some friend in Oxford. He had written to Mr. Harding and Mr. Abbott several times for its return about a year and a half before. Now, on October 20, he sent his man Richard Walkden to Oxford to find and bring it. The man returned from a fruitless errand, but on November 19 "my Arabic book was restored by God's favour.""

Edward Kelley, along with John Blokley found the Book of Dunstan, along with a scroll (treasure map), and a "red congeled thing in the hollow stone" also referred to as "the red powder" on March 12, 1583, long after he had entered Dee's service. This is mentioned in the first "action" (scrying session) recorded in Liber Mysteriorum Quintus, the first such action after a long
hiatus (the previous action is dated Nov 21, 1582.)

"Anno 1583 Martij 23. Saterday a meridie.
D: EK being come, with Mr John Husey of Blokley. (on the 22 day of marche) and EK being desirous to understand somwhat of our spirituall frendes as concerning such matter as had falln out very strange to him and Mr Husey: abowt a certayne moniment of a boke and a skroll fownd in Northwik hill [In
marg: The boke fownd in Northwik hill.] by the direction and leading of such a spirituall Creature, as when they had gotten the same, and they endeuored by art to haue some exposition of the skroll, written in strange characters, they wer willed to repayre to me, and there they shold be answered: &c. which thing now they did."

This is referred to as the "Book of Saint Dunstan" in a footnote to the following day's action:

"Vide sup. Lib. 4: Ao. 1587. Circa Maiu: Quidam Ben, (spiritualis Creatura) dixit ipi EK, se custodinisse illum pulverem et librum Dunstani, &c. -D."
("See above in book 4. Around May 1587 one Ben (a spiritual creature) said to EK that he himself had guarded that powder and Book of Dunstan.") See TFR Actio Tertia, May 23, page 27 (pages separately numbered).

And this appears in an action dated Mar 28:

"EK: Now is the Skroll with the Characters browght in, which was fownd by spirituall direction this month, the 12 day, abowt 10 ? after none by Mr Kelly and Master Husy [In marg: The finding of the skroll, of the Treasors.].
He semeth now as like our good frende, as may be. Our frende cam with a sponge and annoynted the wicked spirit his lipps.
A voyce: -- Els could I not speak.
D: Seing now thow canst speak, answer me.
The wicked, sayd: -- Ask quickly.
D: What is thy Name? -
- The wicked answered, Gargat.
D: What is the sentence of that skroll? -
- Gar: I know not.
D: In the name of Jesus, I charge thee to tell me the truth as concerning
That roll here shewed. -
- Gar: I haue cownterfeted this roll, and browght
it: for it is not the true roll.
D: After many words betwene him and me, and the more, bycause he denyed
that he knew of any Glorie belonging to God, I urged him so, at length with
short and euident argument, that he answered, he must confess the powre and
glorie of god: and sayd, that he was damned for euer: and did wish
damnation to me. And I requested God to use his Justice on him, for the
glory of his name. Then he entreated me somwhile, and somwhile derided me,
saying, Art thow so lusty? &c.
D: All the Cumpany fell on him, and hewed him in peces: and digged a hole
in the earth, with theyr swords, and he fell in, and after that was a myghty
roaring hard.
A voyce: -- Sic soleo iniustis ["So I am accustomed to unrighteous
people"]."

Between these two actions the "angels" through Kelley reveal the so-called angelic characters, the alphabet that the Angelic Book (aka Liber Loagaeth) appeared in. This is the same book the bulk of which appears in Sl. 3189.

Kelley seems to have kept it secret from Dee as seen from the following passage (April 18):

"He advised EK to comunicate to me the boke, and the powder, and so all the rest of the roll , which was there fownd: saying, True frends use not to hide any thing eche from other.
D: An old proverb it is. Amicorum omnia comunia.
unde, Deo soli omnis exhibeatur laus honor et gloria ["Everything is shared between friends; therefore, to God alone are offered all praise, honor, and glory"]."