Historical dream account · English · old published translation
The unknown burial
William Laud (1573–1645)
The Works of the Most Reverend Father in God, William Laud, vol. III: Devotions, Diary, and History (1853) · Diary, printed p. 197
Dreamer identified by the source: William Laud
Read in your language or share a constellation ↗
I dreamed of the burial of I know not whom, and that I stood by the grave. I awaked sad.
December 21, source year 1626; no modern date conversion performed
Source & context
A complete, very short firsthand diary report. The next waking church entry is not part of this account. The original Latin and Wharton's published English translation represent the same episode, counted once. Source date December 21, printed year 1626; no Julian/Gregorian conversion or exact modern recording date is supplied.
William Laud (1573–1645), own diary, The Works of the Most Reverend Father in God, William Laud, vol. III: Devotions, Diary, and History (Oxford: John Henry Parker, 1853), edited by James Bliss (1789–1857), Diary, printed p. 197. English translation of the Latin diary entry by Henry Wharton (1664–1695). Original-edition witness: Internet Archive. Printed dates and author qualifications retained; descriptive title and navigation themes added by Synastry.
December 21, source year 1626; no modern date conversion performed; exact modern date not assigned.
Public domain in the United States (1853 edition) ↗
Original 1853 edition of seventeenth-century diary text. The printed title page gives 1853 (not the archive series date 1847). IA metadata marks US status NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT. Publication predates 1931; author, old Latin-part translator Henry Wharton (1664–1695) and editor James Bliss (1789–1857) are long deceased. Underlying old published text has an expired-US-copyright basis; ordinary life-plus-70 terms have also elapsed. No new Creative Commons licence, modern translation rights or blanket worldwide clearance is asserted.
Source locator and text provenance
Diary, printed p. 197
The original text and redactions are preserved. The page title is an editorial navigation label.
Only scan-witnessed OCR, line/page furniture and punctuation spacing repairs. Editorial title and navigation metadata added. No synthetic dream prose, modern translation, calendar conversion or omitted authored qualification.
- Account text SHA-256
- 6353a83834df7c6d0c67772c75410e7007d076a1acd0bf7ef160fcd162bdf89d
- Source file SHA-256
- 2b79f0ad06e290968e4bb704ac009b691b559d49c65903fb7b2b77296f17909c
Content notes
- Historical recollection
Connections in the Loom
Titles, theme labels, illustrations and map connections are editorial navigation aids. They are separate from the account’s words and do not establish connections between real people.