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The English hermite, or, Wonder of this age. [electronic resource] : Being a relation of the life of...

The English hermite, or, Wonder of this age. [electronic resource] : Being a relation of the life of...

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The English hermite, or, Wonder of this age. [electronic resource] : Being a relation of the life of Roger Crab, living neer Uxbridg, taken from his own mouth, shewing his strange reserved and unparallel'd kind of life, who counteth it a sin against his body and soule to eate any sort of flesh, fish, or living creature, or to drinke any wine, ale, or beere. He can live with three farthings a week. His constant food is roots and hearbs, as cabbage, turneps, carrets, dock-leaves, and grasse; also bread and bran, without butter or cheese: his cloathing is sack-cloath. He left the Army, and kept a shop at Chesham, and hath now left off that, and sold a considerable estate to give to the poore, shewing his reasons from the Scripture, Mark. 10. 21. Jer. 35.

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The English hermite, or, Wonder of this age. [electronic resource] : Being a relation of the life of Roger Crab, living neer Uxbridg, taken from his own mouth, shewing his strange reserved and unparallel'd kind of life, who counteth it a sin against his body and soule to eate any sort of flesh, fish, or living creature, or to drinke any wine, ale, or beere. He can live with three farthings a week. His constant food is roots and hearbs, as cabbage, turneps, carrets, dock-leaves, and grasse; also bread and bran, without butter or cheese: his cloathing is sack-cloath. He left the Army, and kept a shop at Chesham, and hath now left off that, and sold a considerable estate to give to the poore, shewing his reasons from the Scripture, Mark. 10. 21. Jer. 35.

Publisher

London, : Printed, and are to be sold in Popes-head Alley, and at the Exchange, 1655.

Alternative title

English hermite.
Wonder of this age.

Date

1655.

Record Identifier

74VvKZa5Z56y

MMS ID

991007688499702626

Language

English

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Physical content

[8], 15, [1] p. : port. (woodcut)

Publication information

Publisher

London, : Printed, and are to be sold in Popes-head Alley, and at the Exchange, 1655.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1655.

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Full title

The English hermite, or, Wonder of this age. [electronic resource] : Being a relation of the life of Roger Crab, living neer Uxbridg, taken from his own mouth, shewing his strange reserved and unparallel'd kind of life, who counteth it a sin against his body and soule to eate any sort of flesh, fish, or living creature, or to drinke any wine, ale,...

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Notes

General note

The last leaf bears verse.

Annotation on Thomason copy: "Jan: 23 1654"; the final 5 in imprint date crossed out.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Citation / References Note

Wing (2nd ed.) E3089.

Thomason E.826[1].

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/117.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Thomason Tracts ; 125:E826[1])

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Record Identifier

74VvKZa5Z56y

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvKZa5Z56y

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MMS ID

991007688499702626