the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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[unknown] : [unknown]

'then I Came home and did studie my lector, and read a whill'

Century: 1500-1599     Reader/Listener/Group: Margaret Hoby      Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'I walked and kept Mr Hoby Compenie almost tel dinner time: then I reed a litle, and praied, and so to dinner: after which I hilped to read of the book for the placing of the people in the church to Mr Hoby, and then we went to church'

Century: 1500-1599     Reader/Listener/Group: Margaret Hoby      Print: Book

[unknown] : [a book of the pews in the church]

'I walked and kept Mr Hoby Compenie almost tel dinner time: then I reed a litle, and praied, and so to dinner: after which I hilped to read of the book for the placing of the people in the church to Mr Hoby, and then we went to church'

Century: 1500-1599     Reader/Listener/Group: Margaret Hoby      Manuscript: Codex

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