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Record Number: 14872


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'and so home and there to read and my wife to read to me out of Sir Rob Cotton's book about Warr; which is very fine, showing how the Kings of England have raised money heretofore upon the people, and how they have played upon the kings also.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

25 Nov 1667

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: London
location in dwelling: at home

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

passive in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Elizabeth Pepys

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

23 Oct 1640

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

wife of Clerk of the Acts, Admiralty

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Samuel Pepys


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Sir Robert Cotton

Title:

An answer to such motives as were offer'd by certain military-men to Prince Henry, inciting him to affect arms more than peace

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

probably version published in "Cottoni Posthuma", 1657

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

14872

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

8

Page:

547

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 8, p. 547, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=14872, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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