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109:, and 27 May 1567 he wrote to Cecil asking for an opportunity to expose Francis's ignorance of astronomy and Latin; and petitioned for his release. and for financial assistance. On 3 May 1568 he supplicated at Oxford for incorporation as a doctor of medicine of Cambridge. Early in 1569 Bomelius's wife stated before the council of the College of Physicians that her husband had given due satisfaction for his offence to the queen and the lord treasurer, and petitioned for the council's consent to his liberation. The council demanded payment of a fine and costs, which Bomelius's poverty did not allow him to pay. On 2 June 1569 the council appears to have offered Bomelius his release on condition of his giving a bond to abstain henceforth from the practice of medicine; but early in 1570 he would seem to have been still a prisoner, and his wife was in frequent communication with Archbishop 365: 117:
archbishop sent the letter to Cecil and urged him to examine Bomelius in the privy council. But Cecil entered into private correspondence with the doctor in the expectation of discovering a conspiracy. What Bomelius communicated to Cecil was a statement on the queen's nativity, and a portion of a book
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Russian ambassador Andrei Sovin, who was in London at the time, offered to take Bomelius to Russia. The English government did not hinder his departure, and late in 1570 Bomelius, who had promised to supply Cecil with political information and to send him small presents yearly, was settled in Russia.
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Before Easter 1570 Bomelius was an "open prisoner" of the King's Bench, and in April 1570 Parker was intending to take a bond from Bomelius to leave the country. Bomelius diverted this outcome by announcing in a letter to Parker that he had knowledge of a terrible danger hanging over England. The
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is said to have consulted Bomelius as to the queen's length of life, during one of the early negotiations for her marriage. In 1567 he was arrested at the instance of
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Horsey's account was that Bomelius was in high favour with the tsar as a magician, and held an official position in the household of the
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began his travels in 1572, he frequently met Bomelius at Moscow, and he wrote that Bomelius was then living in pomp at the court of
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An almanacke and pronostication of master Elis Bomelius for ye yere of our lorde god 1567 autorysshed by my lorde of London
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Bomelius was charged (about 1574) with intriguing with the kings of Poland and Sweden against the tsar. He was
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Bomelius was well received by English Protestant reformers, and contributed in Latin
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No scholarly books of Bomelius are now known, though Henry Bennet of Calais, in his
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in 1561, praised Mountjoy for employing Bomelius as a humanist recommended by
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As a physician and astrologer Bomelius made a high reputation in London.
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in the Netherlands, from 1540 to 1559 Lutheran preacher at
26:) (died c. 1574) was a German physician and astrologer. 196:(1631) were attributed to a manuscript by Bomelius and 392: 329: 387:. Vol. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 247:. Vol. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 282:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 184:for 1566–7 but is not extant. According to 89:In conflict with the College of Physicians 257: 373: 279:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 231: 393: 54:, where he proceeded to the degree of 227: 225: 223: 221: 219: 217: 215: 213: 113:as to the conditions of his release. 431:Physicians from Rhineland-Palatinate 275: 13: 210: 69:'s early works published in 1560. 14: 442: 426:16th-century German male writers 384:Dictionary of National Biography 363: 244:Dictionary of National Biography 75:James Blount, 6th Baron Mountjoy 34:The son of Henry Bomelius from 416:16th-century German physicians 323: 269: 251: 16:German physicianand astrologer 1: 259:"Bomelius, Licius (BMLS568L)" 83:John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley 29: 317:UK public library membership 128: 103:London College of Physicians 7: 421:16th-century German writers 338:McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP 263:A Cambridge Alumni Database 10: 447: 265:. University of Cambridge. 238:"Bomelius, Eliseus"  411:16th-century astrologers 330:Michael R. Best (1994). 203: 163: 119:De Utilitate Astrologiæ 52:University of Cambridge 71:Henry Bennet of Calais 333:The English Housewife 288:10.1093/ref:odnb/2811 180:) was entered on the 182:Stationers' register 170:Life of Ĺ’colampadius 172:, alluded to them. 107:King's Bench prison 101:, president of the 406:German astrologers 79:Philip Melanchthon 56:doctor of medicine 379:Bomelius, Eliseus 347:978-0-7735-1103-3 315:(Subscription or 303:Missing or empty 296:cite encyclopedia 194:English Housewife 140:Ivan the Terrible 136:Sir Jerome Horsey 95:Sir William Cecil 65:to an edition of 438: 388: 367: 366: 352: 351: 340:. p. xxxi. 327: 321: 320: 312: 306: 301: 299: 291: 273: 267: 266: 255: 249: 248: 240: 229: 198:Burchard Kranich 158:Sir Jerome Bowes 20:Eliseus Bomelius 446: 445: 441: 440: 439: 437: 436: 435: 391: 390: 377:, ed. (1886). " 375:Stephen, Leslie 364: 356: 355: 348: 328: 324: 314: 304: 302: 293: 292: 276:Bennell, John. 274: 270: 256: 252: 233:Stephen, Leslie 230: 211: 206: 190:Gervase Markham 166: 131: 123:Norman conquest 91: 32: 17: 12: 11: 5: 444: 434: 433: 428: 423: 418: 413: 408: 403: 361: 360: 354: 353: 346: 322: 268: 250: 235:, ed. (1886). 208: 207: 205: 202: 178:Edmund Grindal 165: 162: 130: 127: 111:Matthew Parker 99:Thomas Francis 90: 87: 46:and friend of 31: 28: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 443: 432: 429: 427: 424: 422: 419: 417: 414: 412: 409: 407: 404: 402: 399: 398: 396: 389: 386: 385: 380: 376: 371: 370:public domain 358: 357: 349: 343: 339: 335: 334: 326: 318: 310: 297: 289: 285: 281: 280: 272: 264: 260: 254: 246: 245: 239: 234: 228: 226: 224: 222: 220: 218: 216: 214: 209: 201: 199: 195: 191: 187: 186:Thomas Tanner 183: 179: 175: 171: 161: 159: 155: 150: 148: 143: 141: 137: 126: 124: 120: 114: 112: 108: 104: 100: 96: 86: 84: 80: 76: 72: 68: 64: 59: 57: 53: 49: 45: 41: 37: 27: 25: 21: 382: 362: 332: 325: 305:|title= 277: 271: 262: 253: 242: 193: 173: 169: 167: 151: 144: 132: 118: 115: 92: 67:Thomas Becon 60: 33: 23: 19: 18: 401:1574 deaths 359:Attribution 395:Categories 319:required.) 44:Westphalia 30:Early life 147:tsarevich 129:In Russia 48:John Bale 73:praised 63:elegiacs 372::  344:  313: 176:(i.e. 154:racked 36:Bommel 24:Licius 22:(also 204:Notes 164:Works 134:When 40:Wesel 342:ISBN 309:help 381:". 284:doi 192:'s 42:in 397:: 336:. 300:: 298:}} 294:{{ 261:. 241:. 212:^ 160:. 142:. 85:. 58:. 350:. 311:) 307:( 290:. 286::

Index

Bommel
Wesel
Westphalia
John Bale
University of Cambridge
doctor of medicine
elegiacs
Thomas Becon
Henry Bennet of Calais
James Blount, 6th Baron Mountjoy
Philip Melanchthon
John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley
Sir William Cecil
Thomas Francis
London College of Physicians
King's Bench prison
Matthew Parker
Norman conquest
Sir Jerome Horsey
Ivan the Terrible
tsarevich
racked
Sir Jerome Bowes
Edmund Grindal
Stationers' register
Thomas Tanner
Gervase Markham
Burchard Kranich

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