On the other hand Dee, still in severe financial problems, returned to Mortlake in December 1589 to discover that much of his library had been stolen, as were his scientific instruments.
Sa ibang kamay Dee, pa rin sa mga malubhang problema sa pananalapi, ibabalik sa Mortlake sa Disyembre 1589 upang matuklasan na marami sa kanyang library had been ninakaw, tulad ng kanyang pang-agham ay instrumento.