Historical dream account · English · old published translation
The loose lower tooth
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. 200
Dreamer identified by the source: William Laud
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Friday, The following night I dreamed that I was troubled with the scurvy, and that on the sudden all my teeth became loose; that one of them especially, in the lower jaw, I could scarce hold in with my finger, till I called out for help, &c.
February 9, printed source year 1626 (Old Style 1626/27); normalized date not supplied
Source & context
A firsthand diary report in the old published English translation. Source date February 9 in printed Old Style year 1626, commonly distinguished as 1626/27; the entry says the following night. No exact modern date is assigned. The original ending &c. is retained without supplying omitted details. Illness in the dream is not a waking diagnosis.
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. 200. 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.
February 9, printed source year 1626 (Old Style 1626/27); normalized date not supplied; exact modern date not assigned.
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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.
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Diary, printed p. 200
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Content notes
- Historical illness reference
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