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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1600-1699'This night Tom came to show me a civil letter sent him from his mistress.'Samuel Pepys [unknown][letter]Manuscript: Letter
1600-1699'To church again; and so home to my wife and with her read "Iter boreale", a poem made just at the King's coming home but I never read it before, and now like it pretty w...Samuel Pepys [Robert] [Wild]Iter borealePrint: Book
1600-1699'To church in the afternoon. And after sermon took Tom. Fuller's "Church History" and read over Henry the 8ths life - in it. And so to supper and to bed.'Samuel Pepys Thomas FullerThe church-history of BritainPrint: Book
1600-1699'To church; where after sermon, home and to my office before dinner, reading my vowes;'Samuel Pepys [unknown][vowes]Unknown
1600-1699'to my office and there made an end of reading my book that I have had of Mr Barlows, of the Journall of the Comissioners of the Navy who begun to act in the year 1618 an...Samuel Pepys [unknown][Report of the proceedings of the commission of 16...Print: Book
1600-1699'to Sir W. Coventry, and there read over my yesterday's work; being a collection of the perticulars of the excess in charge created by a war - with good content.'Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys[manuscript on naval expenses]Manuscript: Unknown
1600-1699'To the hall, and there find the boy's verses "De peste"; it being their custom to make verses at Shrovetide. I read several, and very good they were, and better I think ...Samuel Pepys [boys in the upper forms at Eaton] De pests [Bacchus verses]Manuscript: Unknown
1600-1699'To their church in the afternoon, and in Mrs Turner's pew my wife took up a good black hood and kept it. A stranger preached a poor sermon, and so I read over the whole ...Samuel Pepys [n/a]Book of TobitPrint: Book
1600-1699'To Westminster-hall and bought, among other books, one of the Life of our Queene. Which I read at home to my wife; but it was so sillily writ that we did nothing but lau...Samuel Pepys John DaunceyThe history of the thrice illustrious Princess Hen...Print: Book
1600-1699'Towards noon there comes a man in, as if upon ordinary business, and shows me a Writt from the Exchequer, called a Comission of Rebellion, and tells me that I am his pri...Samuel Pepys [unknown][Writ]Unknown
1600-1699'Up and by water with Mr Tooker (to Woolwich first, to do several businesses of the King's); and then on board Captain Fisher's ship, which we hire to carry goods to Tang...Samuel Pepys [Captain] [Fisher?][papers]Manuscript: Sheet
1600-1699'Up and spent the morning till the Barber came in reading in my chamber part of Osborne's "Advice to his Son" (which I shall not ever enough admire for sense and language...Samuel Pepys Francis OsborneAdvice to his sonPrint: Book
1600-1699'Up and to Deptford by water, reading "Othello, Moore of Venice", which I ever heretofore esteemed a mighty good play; but having so lately read "The Adventures of five h...Samuel Pepys William ShakespeareOthelloPrint: Book
1600-1699'Up and to my office; and then walked to Woolwich, reading Bacon's "faber Fortune", which the oftener I read the more I admire.'Samuel Pepys Francis BaconFaber FortunePrint: Book
1600-1699'Up and to read a little;'Samuel Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'Up betimes and fell to reading my Latin grammer, which I perceive I have great need of, having lately found it by my calling Will to the reading of a Chapter in Latin an...Samuel Pepys William LilyA short introduction of grammar... of the Latine t...Print: Book
1600-1699'Up betimes and to my office, where I first ruled with red Inke my English "Mare clausum"; which, with the new Orthodox title, makes it now very handsome.'Samuel Pepys John SeldenMare ClausumPrint: Book
1600-1699'Up earely; and after reading a little in Cicero, I made me ready and to my office - where all the morning busy.'Samuel Pepys Cicero[unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'Up to my chamber to read a little, and write my Diary for three or four days past.'Samuel Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1600-1699'Up, and after being trimmed, I alone by water to Erith, all the way with my song-book singing of Mr Laws's long recitative Song in the beginning of his book.'Samuel Pepys Henry LawesAyres and dialoguesPrint: Book


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