Record Number: 14234
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I left them there and walked to Deptford, reading in Wallsinghams "manuall", a very good book.'
Century:1600-1699
Date:11 Jun 1666
Country:England
Timedaytime
Place:city: London
other location: walking to 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:23 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:Arcana aulica, or, Walsingham's manual of prudential maxims for the states-man and courtier : to which is added Fragmenta regalia, or, Observations on Queen Elizabeth, her times and favorites
Genre:Biography, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1652
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:14234
Source:Samuel Pepys
Editor:Robert Latham
Title:The diary of Samuel Pepys
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1972
Vol:7
Page:161
Additional Comments:
Co-editor William Matthews
Citation:
Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1972), 7, p. 161, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=14234, accessed: 20 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Originally attributed as an original work to Sir Francis Walsingham, the treatise is in fact a translation by his distant cousin Edward Walsingham of part two of Eustache de Refuge's "Trait? des Cours" (1617) which first appeared in English in 1652.