the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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√	Century of Experience	Evidence	Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group	Author of Text	Title of Text	Form of Text

	1600-1699	'and then home without strangers to dinner, and then my wife to read, and then I to the office'	Elizabeth Pepys	[unknown]	[unknown]	Print: Book
	1600-1699	'and then home, and my wife and I to read in Fullers "Church History", and so to supper and to bed.'	Samuel Pepys	Thomas Fuller	The church-history of Britain	Print: Book
	1600-1699	'and then home, and my wife and I to read in Fullers "Church History", and so to supper and to bed.'	Elizabeth Pepys	Thomas Fuller	The church-history of Britain	Print: Book
	1600-1699	'and then home, and there my wife to read to me, my eyes being sensibly hurt by the too great lights of the playhouse.'	Elizabeth Pepys	[unknown]	[unknown]	Print: Book
	1600-1699	'and then home, where my wife to read to me; and so to supper and to bed.'	Elizabeth Pepys	[unknown]	[unknown]	Print: Book
	1600-1699	'and then I begin to read to my wife upon the globes, with great pleasure and to good purpose, for it will be pleasant to her and to me to have her understand those thing...	Samuel Pepys	[unknown]	[on the globes]	Print: Book
	1500-1599	'and then I hard Margaret Rhodes reed of Mr Grenhm'	Margaret Rhodes	Richard Greenham	[unknown]	Print: Book
	1600-1699	'and then I hard Mr Ardington read a sarmon and talked with hime tell allmost night'	Mr Ardington	[unknown]	[sermon]	Unknown
	1600-1699	'and then I home to supper, and to read a little and to bed.'	Samuel Pepys	[unknown]	[unknown]	Print: Book
	1500-1599	'and then I read of the book of marters and so went to bed'	Margaret Hoby	John Foxe	Book of Martyrs (the title by which Foxe's Acts an...	Print: Book
	1600-1699	'and then I reed a sarmon, and so, hauinge praied, went to supper'	Margaret Hoby	[unknown]	[sermon]	Print: Book
	1600-1699	'and then I reed of the Testemente and so to supper, then to publeck praers, and so to bed'	Margaret Hoby	[n/a]	Bible	Print: Book
	1600-1699	'and then I to my office and read my vowes seriously and with content; and so home to supper, to prayers, and to bed.'	Samuel Pepys	[unknown]	[vowes]	Print: BookUnknown
	1600-1699	'And then I up to my chamber to read.'	Samuel Pepys	[unknown]	[unknown]	Print: Book
	1600-1699	'and then I walked awhill, and after reed of Mr Broughtons booke'	Margaret Hoby	Hugh Broughton	Master Broughtons letters, especially his lastv pa...	Print: Book
	1600-1699	'and then I went againe to the church, and, after, I reed of the testement'	Margaret Hoby	[n/a]	Bible	Print: Book
	1600-1699	'and then I went to work and hard Mr Rhodes read'	Richard Rhodes	[unknown]	[unknown]	Print: Book
	1600-1699	'and then made the boy to read to me out of Dr Wilkins his "Real Character", and perticularly about Noah's arke, wherein he doth give a very good account thereof, showing...		John Wilkins	An essay towards a real character, and a philosoph...	Print: Book
	1600-1699	'And then met my uncle Thomas by appointment, and he and I to the Prearogative Office in Paternoster Row and there searched and found my Uncle Day's will and read it over...	Samuel Pepys	John Day	[Will]	Manuscript: Sheet
	1600-1699	'And then met my uncle Thomas by appointment, and he and I to the Prearogative Office in Paternoster Row and there searched and found my Uncle Day's will and read it over...	Samuel Pepys	Beatrice Day	[Will]	Manuscript: Sheet

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