Record Number: 27459

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Transcribed (not entirely accurately) in Reading Notes of Edward Pordage (c.1710): Notes from a later edition of the grammar by Edward Leedes, headmaster of King Edward VI's School at Bury St Edmunds, originally published in 1676: extracts from the preface; seven 'Examples of Exercises preparatory to Themes' ('Of the Spring', 'Of The Summer', 'Of Autumn', 'Of Winter', 'Of Laziness', 'Of Drunkenness', and 'Of Covetousness'); two 'Examples of Themes according to the method usually prescribed' ('Trust, but know whom' and 'We all desire Peace'); three 'Examples of Themes in a more loose and free method' ('Fortune helps the daring', 'All things obey Money', and 'Rest doth much delight the wearied man'); three 'Examples of the Concords' (unheaded); and thirteen 'Examples in English, fitted to the Grammar Rules' (also unheaded).

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1710 and 31 Dec 1710

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

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Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Edward Pordage

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Fellow of King's College. Cambridge

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Edward Leedes

Title:

English Examples. To be Turned into Latin

Genre:

Textbook / self-education

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Possibly in seventh edition of 1685

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27459

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Edward Pordage

Title:

Reading Notes

Location:

King's College, Cambridge

Call No:

MS 840.5

Page/Folio:

1-11

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Edward Pordage, Reading Notes, King's College, Cambridge, MS 840.5, 1-11, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27459, accessed: 23 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

Page images from MS accessed at Scriptorium: Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Online, where they appear by permission of the Provost and Fellows of King's College, Cambridge.