| √ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | | |
| 1600-1699 | "In 1617 the Countess [of Dorset, Pembroke, and Montgomery] noted recreational books that she was reading:
"'Began ... | Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset, Pembroke, and Montgomery | George Sandys | A Relation of a Journey begun Anno Dom. 1610 | Print: Book |
| 1600-1699 | "In 1617 the Countess [of Dorset, Pembroke, and Montgomery] noted recreational books that she was reading:
"'Began ... | Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset, Pembroke, and Montgomery | Geoffrey Chaucer | | Print: Book |