Record Number: 12109
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'He gone, I down by water to Woolwich and Deptford to look after the despatch of the ships, all the way reading Mr Spencer's book of Prodigys, which is most ingeniously writ, both for matter and style.'
Century:1600-1699
Date:1 Jun 1664
Country:England
Timemorning
daytime
city: London
other location: on a boat (water taxi) between London and Woolwich and Deptford
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:26 Feb 1633
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Admiralty, Clerk of the Acts
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:A discourse containing prodigies; wherein the vanity of presages by them is reprehended, and their true and proper ends asserted and vindicated
Genre:Other religious, Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details2nd edn, 1665
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:12109
Source:Samuel Pepys
Editor:Robert Latham
Title:The diary of Samuel Pepys
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1971
Vol:5
Page:165
Additional Comments:
co-editor William Matthews
Citation:
Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1971), 5, p. 165, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12109, accessed: 15 May 2024
Additional Comments:
None