| Evidence: | 'When I was past the worst of my sicknes I would be almost continually reading the Bible or other books . . . I [would] studye hard to gett up what I had lost in the reading the Bible, stinting [i.e. limiting] my selfe to many chapters a day according to Mr Bifield's book [i.e. Nicholas Byfield, Directions for the Private Reading of the Scriptures (1618)], or in other studyes, that I might be equall to the rest of my yeare; though I thinke it was not very good for my eyesight.' |
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| Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 1657 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Cambridge county: Cambridgeshire specific address: Trinity College |
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| Reader: | Isaac Archer |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 23 Dec 1641 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
| Occupation: | Minister in Church of England |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | The Bible |
| Genre: | Bible |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned Almost certainly his own copy |
| Record ID: | 22124 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Matthew Storey | |
| Title: | Two East Anglian Diaries 1641-1729: Isaac Archer and William Coe | |
| Place of Publication: | Woodbridge, Suffolk | |
| Date of Publication: | 1994 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 55 | |
| Additional comments: | The orginal source is a manuscript journal, Cambridge University Library, Additional Manuscript 8499 |
| Citation: | Matthew Storey (ed.), Two East Anglian Diaries 1641-1729: Isaac Archer and William Coe (Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1994), p. 55, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22124, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
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