Historical dream account · English · original diary entry
The missing visitor in Westminster church
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. 217
Dreamer identified by the source: William Laud
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I came to Barwick. That night I dreamed that K. B. sent to me in Westminster church, that he was now as desirous to see me, as I him, and that he was then entering into the church. I went with joy, but met another in the middle of the church, who seemed to know the business, and laughed; but K. B. was not there.
6 June, printed year 1633; the original calendar is retained.
Source & context
Laud records being at Barwick in waking life and Westminster church in this dream. His initials K. B. remain unexpanded. A separate June 8 follow-up expresses uncertainty about the dream’s later truth rather than establishing a prediction. The date is June 6, printed year 1633, without a calendar conversion. Source follow-up (William Laud, printed p. 217): "Saturday, Whitsun-eve, I received letters from K. B. unalterable, &c. By this, if I return, I shall see how true or false my dream is, &c."
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. 217. Original-edition witness: Internet Archive. Printed dates and author qualifications retained; descriptive title and navigation themes added by Synastry.
6 June, printed year 1633; the original calendar is retained.
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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.
Source locator and text provenance
Diary, printed p. 217
The original text and redactions are preserved. The page title is an editorial navigation label.
Correct OCR riie to scan me, remove repeated K.B. marginal tag, normalize layout/punctuation spaces; narrative wording unchanged.
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Content notes
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