Cotton 's son gave these writings to the scholar MÃ ric Casaubon , who published them in 1659 as A True & Faithful Relation of What passed for many Yeers between Dr. John Dee ( A Mathematician of Great Fame in Q. Eliz . Cotton 's son gave these manuscripts to the scholar MÃ ric Casaubon , who published them in 1659 , together with a long introduction critical of their author , as A True & Faithful Relation of What passed for many Yeers between Dr. John Dee ( A Mathematician of Great Fame in Q. Eliz .