Historical dream account · English · old published translation
A cheerful visit from my mother
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. 198
Dreamer identified by the source: William Laud
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Epiphany-eve, and Friday. In the night I dreamed that my mother, long since dead, stood by my bed, and drawing aside the clothes a little, looked pleasantly upon me; and that I was glad to see her with so merry an aspect. She then showed to me a certain old man, long since deceased, whom, while alive, I both knew and loved. He seemed to lie upon the ground, merry enough, but with a wrinkled countenance. His name was Grove. While I prepared to salute him, I awoke.
January 5, printed source year 1626 (Old Style 1626/27); leave normalized date null until independently checked
Source & context
A firsthand diary report in the old published English translation of the parallel Latin entry. The Latin column is not another account. Source date January 5 in printed Old Style year 1626, commonly distinguished as 1626/27. No ISO date or calendar conversion is silently imposed. The deceased mother and Grove are dream figures, not verified apparitions.
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. 198. 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.
January 5, printed source year 1626 (Old Style 1626/27); leave normalized date null until independently checked; 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. 198
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Content notes
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