From his home in Mortlake, now in the London borough of Richmond upon Thames, John Dee gazed up through the still untainted night as his certainties slipped away.

约翰迪伊过去住在摩特雷克，现在住在泰晤士河畔里士满区，无论他住在哪里，都会举首凝望那仍然纯净无暇的夜空，而他所确信的观点也渐渐有所动摇。