| Evidence: | 'He gone, I down by water to Woolwich and Deptford to look after the despatch of the ships, all the way reading Mr Spencer's book of Prodigys, which is most ingeniously writ, both for matter and style.' |
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| Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 1 Jun 1664 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning daytime |
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| Place: | city: London other location: on a boat (water taxi) between London and Woolwich and Deptford |
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| Reader: | Samuel Pepys |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 26 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, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | John Spencer |
| Title: | A discourse containing prodigies; wherein the vanity of presages by them is reprehended, and their true and proper ends asserted and vindicated |
| Genre: | Other religious, Philosophy |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 2nd edn, 1665 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 12109 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Samuel Pepys | |
| Editor: | Robert Latham | |
| Title: | The diary of Samuel Pepys | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1971 | |
| Vol: | 5 | |
| Page: | 165 | |
| Additional comments: | co-editor William Matthews |
| Citation: | Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1971), 5, p. 165, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12109, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
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