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Liber Primus – Notes and Translations

refer to Clay Holden’s transcription; taking Page 1 as the first page of Dee’s text after the

Anno 1581:1582 Mysteriorum Liber Primus title page.)

Page 1

Praeter alias meas extemporaneas preces, et ejaculationes ad Deum vehementiores: Haec

una, maxime usitata fuit

Oratio mea Matutina, Vespertinaque: pro Sapientia.

Among my other extemporaneous prayers and most fervent outpourings to God:

this one was most customarily used. My Morning and Evening Prayer: for

wisdom.

In nomine Dei Patris, Dei Filii, Dei Spiritus Sancti Amen

In the name of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. Amen

“In Nomine Dei Patris…”

Dee implies (here and elsewhere) that he started all his Actions with the prayers on this page. This

particular phrase is the standard Western Christian formula for marking the ritual start of an

Office, Service, or other ceremony or rite. It is also used within a service to mark a change of

focus or as a section boundary. As an example of the former, it is used at the start of the Mass,

and after it is said the priest is instructed to ignore anything else going on in the church, even the

elevation of the Host at another Mass. As an example of the latter, it is used in the Anglican rite to

introduce the sermon or homily.

Omnipotens, Sempiterne, vere, et vive Deus, in adiutorium meum intende: Domine

Dominantium, Rex Regum, Jeovah Zebaoth, ad adiuvandum me festina:

Gloria Deo, Patri, Filio, et spiritui Sancto: Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper et in

saecula saeculorum: Amen.

Almighty, Everlasting, True and Living God, make haste to deliver me. Lord of

Lords, King of Kings Jehovah Zebaoth, make haste to help me.

Glory be to God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost: As it was in the beginning, is now

and forever, world without end: Amen.

Translator’s Note: ‘semper et in saecula saeculorum” is generally given in English translations as

“forever, world without end” or “for ever and ever.” Literally, it is “always, unto an Age of

Ages”, and is done in imitation of a Hebrew idiom.

“Omnipotens…Amen”

Christian communal life (monastic and secular) was, until the Reformation, built around the Daily

(or Divine) Office, a series of eight liturgical services centered on the recitation of psalms and

prayers. It was also common for individuals to structure their private devotions around parts of

the Office.

Almost every service of the Daily Office opened with the psalm verse “Deus ad adiuvandum me

festina”, followed by the lesser doxology. (The exception was Matins, the first service of the day,

where “Deus ad adiuvandum” usually came as the second element.) See the notes below for

details of the psalm and the doxology.

The elaboration of the simple biblical “God” to a longer list of names and attributes is a cabbalistic

practice, detailed by Reuchlin and Agrippa. See, for example, the works cited in the discussions

of PELE and NA later in Liber Primus.

The daily office ended with a simple “Benedicamus Domino” (“Let us bless the Lord.”) Every

Action in Liber Primus is closed with a more elaborate blessing (e.g. the doxology, Soli Deo

honor omnis, “Glorie, thanks, and honor be unto the Almighty Trinitie”, etc.)

Thus, Dee not only marked out his ritual time and space using the same formula a religious service

would use (see note on “In nomine” above), but also began the Actions with the standard

introductory formula from the daily cycle of prayer and devotion, and ended each one with an

elaboration of the traditional closing.

“Ad adiuvandum me festina” – Ps 69:2 (Vulgate), Ps 70:1 (English Bibles)

Vulgate ex Septuaginto: Deus in adiutorium meum intende Domine ad adiuvandum me festina;

Vulgate ex Hebraeo: Deus ut liberes me, Domine ut auxilieris mihi festina

BCP: Haste thee, O God, to deliver me: make haste to helpe me, O Lord.

Geneva Bible: O god, haste thee to deliver me: make haste to helpe me, O Lord.

KJV: Make haste, O god, to deliver me; make haste to help me O LORD

“Gloria…”

This is the short doxology, generally used after psalms, hymns, and canticles. Generally, though,

it begins “Gloria Patri” rather than “Gloria Deo, Patri.”

Recte sapere, et intelligere doceto me, (o rerum omnium Creator,) Nam Sapientia tua,

totum est, quod volo: Da verbum tuum in ore meo, (o rerum omnium Creator,) et

sapientiam tuam in corde meo fige.

Teach me to know aright and to understand (O Creator of all things) for thy

wisdom is all that I desire. Give thy word in my mouth (O Creator of all things)

and fix thy wisdom in my heart.

“Fige” Note that figo is also the word used for driving nails.

O Domine Jesu Christe (qui sapientia vera es, aeterni et Omnipotentis

tui Patri) humilime tuam oro Divinam Majestatem, expeditum

mihi ut mittere digneris, alicuius pii, sapientis expertiquie, Philosophi

auxilium, ad illa plenissime intelligenda perficiendaque, quae maximi

valoris erunt ad tuam laudem et gloriam amplificandam: Et si

Mortalis nullus iam in terris vivat, qui ad hoc munus aptus sit: vel

qui ex aeterna tua providentia, ad istud mihi praestandum beneficium

assignatus fuerit: Tunc equidem humilime, ardentissime et constan-

tissime a tua Divina Majestate requiro, ut ad me de caelis mittere

digneris bonos tuos Spirituales Ministros, Angelosque, videlicet Mi=

chaelem, Gabrielem, Raphaelem ac Urielem: et (ex Divino tuo

favore) quoscunque, alios, veros, fidelesque tuos Angelos, qui me plene

et perfecte informent et instruant, in cognitione, intelligentiaque

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