Historical dream account · English · original diary entry
A welcome from L.M.St.
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. 227
Dreamer identified by the source: William Laud
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Wednesday night, Towards the morning, I dreamed, that L. M. St. came to me the next day, and showed me all the kindness I could ask. And that Thursday he did come, and was very kind towards me. Somniis tamen haud multum fido.
The night of 3–4 August, printed year 1636, followed by the Thursday visit.
Source & context
Laud records a dream on the night spanning August 3/4, 1636, and says the visitor came kindly on Thursday. The closing Latin qualification states that he nevertheless puts little trust in dreams. That caution remains in the original wording, not removed or replaced by a claim of verified precognition. The initials L. M. St. are not expanded.
William Laud (1573–1645), own original English 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, Diary, printed p. 227. Original-edition witness: Internet Archive. Printed dates and author qualifications retained; descriptive title and navigation themes added by Synastry.
The night of 3–4 August, printed year 1636, followed by the Thursday visit.
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Original English diary entry published in the 1853 edition of Laud’s seventeenth-century diary. The printed title page verifies 1853; Internet Archive metadata marks US NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT. The underlying 1853 text has an expired-US-publication basis. Laud and the historic editor are long deceased, beyond ordinary life-plus-70 terms. No modern edition or translation is copied; no new licence or blanket worldwide clearance is asserted.
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Diary, printed p. 227
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Remove inline marginal Aug.4 date and correct OCR hand to scan haud; physical whitespace only otherwise. Preserve Latin qualification exactly.
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