Record Number: 9498
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Two days after being elected to his fellowship at Trinity Hall, Harvey [...] received from [Spenser] the copy of "Howleglas" now in the Bodleian, in which he wrote the following note, now partly obliterated: '"This Howletglasse, with Skoggin, Skelton, and L[a]zarillo, giuen me at London, of Mr. Spensar xx Decembris [15]78 on condition [that I] shoold bestowe ye reading of them oue[r] before ye first of January [imme]diatly ensuing: otherwise to forfeit unto him my Lucian jn fower uolumes. Whereupon I was ye rather jnduced to trifle away so many howers, as were jdely ouerpassed in running thorowgh ye [foresai]d foolish bookes: wherein methoug[ht] not all fower togither seemed comparable for s[utt]le and crafty feates with Jon Miller, whose witty shiftes, & practises ar reported amongst Skeltons Tales.'
Century:1500-1599
Date:Between 20 Dec 1578 and 1 Jan 1579
Country:England
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Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:1545
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer/Academic
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:9498
Source:Gabriel Harvey
Editor:G. C. Moore Smith
Title:Gabriel Harvey's Marginalia
Place of Publication:Stratford-Upon-Avon
Date of Publication:1913
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Page:23
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Gabriel Harvey, G. C. Moore Smith (ed.), Gabriel Harvey's Marginalia, (Stratford-Upon-Avon, 1913), p. 23, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9498, accessed: 21 March 2025
Additional Comments:
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