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Spencer's 'A discourse concerning prodigies...'

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By John Spencer. Full title: A discourse concerning prodigies; wherein the vanity of presages by them is reprehended, and their true and proper ends asserted and vindicated.

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  • Spencer, John, 1630-1693.

    A discourse concerning prodigies: wherein the vanity of presages by them is reprehended, and their true and proper ends asserted and vindicated. By John Spencer, B.D. Fellow of Corpus Christi Colledge in Cambridge.
    [London] : Printed by John Field for Will. Graves bookseller, and are to be sold at his shop over against Great S. Maries Church in Cambridge, 1663.
    [12], 105, [5] p. ; 4⁰. Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), S4947

    The Pepysian Library contains a copy of the second, expanded, edition (PL 920):-

    A discourse concerning prodigies: wherein the vanity of presages by them is reprehended, and their true and proper ends asserted and vindicated. The second edition corrected and inlarged. To which is added a short treatise concerning vulgar prophecies. By John Spencer, B.D. Fellow of Corpus Christi Colledg in Cambridge.
    London : printed by J. Field for Will. Graves over against Great S. Maries Church in Cambridge, 1665.
    [32], 408, [8], 136, [8] p. ; 8⁰.Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), S4948

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References in the diary

1664
Jun: 1