Record Number: 11851

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'This day I bought the second part of Dr Bates's "Elenchus", which reaches to the fall of Richard and no further, for which I am sorry.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

13 Feb 1663

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Samuel Pepys

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

23 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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

George Bate

Title:

Elenchi motuum nuperorum in Anglia pars secunda

Genre:

History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1663, published in Latin for the international market

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11851

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

4

Page:

42

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 4, p. 42, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11851, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Must have read or looked through the book after purchase to find out it only went up to the fall of Richard Cromwell, which disappointed him