| Evidence: | Transcribed (not entirely accurately) in Reading Notes of Edward Pordage (c.1710):
Notes from a later edition of the grammar by Edward Leedes, headmaster of King Edward VI's
School at Bury St Edmunds, originally published in 1676: extracts from the preface; seven
'Examples of Exercises preparatory to Themes' ('Of the Spring', 'Of The Summer', 'Of Autumn',
'Of Winter', 'Of Laziness', 'Of Drunkenness', and 'Of Covetousness'); two 'Examples of Themes
according to the method usually prescribed' ('Trust, but know whom' and 'We all desire
Peace'); three 'Examples of Themes in a more loose and free method' ('Fortune helps the
daring', 'All things obey Money', and 'Rest doth much delight the wearied man'); three
'Examples of the Concords' (unheaded); and thirteen 'Examples in English, fitted to the
Grammar Rules' (also unheaded).
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1710 and 31 Dec 1710 | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Edward Pordage |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Fellow of King's College. Cambridge |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Edward Leedes |
| Title: | English Examples. To be Turned into Latin |
| Genre: | Textbook / self-education |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Possibly in seventh edition of 1685 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 27459 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | |
| Author: | Edward Pordage | |
| Title: | Reading Notes | |
| Location: | King's College, Cambridge | |
| Call no: | MS 840.5 | |
| Page/folio: | 1-11 |
| Citation: | Edward Pordage, Reading Notes King's College, Cambridge, p. MS 840.5, p. 1-11, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27459, accessed: 23 September 2023 | |
| Page images from MS accessed at Scriptorium: Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Online, where they appear by permission of the Provost and Fellows of King's College, Cambridge. |
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