[1][2] Bomelius was well received by English Protestant reformers, and contributed in Latin elegiacs to an edition of Thomas Becon's early works published in 1560.
Sir William Cecil is said to have consulted Bomelius as to the queen's length of life, during one of the early negotiations for her marriage.
He was lodged in the King's Bench prison, 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.
Bomelius diverted this outcome by announcing in a letter to Parker that he had knowledge of a terrible danger hanging over England.
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.
[1] 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 tsarevich.
He had amassed great wealth, which he sent to England via Wesel, and was encouraging the tsar, by astrological calculations, to persist in a project of marrying Queen Elizabeth.
[1][3] A recent editor of the work has cast doubt on the provenance, while leaving open the possibility that these recipes were traditional.