Collection of severall very remarkable stories by Mr. Collett, [late 17th century].

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Collection of severall very remarkable stories by Mr. Collett, [late 17th century].

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Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of a collection of amusing or fantastical historical anecdotes about people and places in England and abroad. The text includes a survey of England, a description of the Spanish conquests in America and of giant oysters in China, and a note that "in the year 1492, Columbus discovered the West Indies." The manuscript also records that "King Richard the third was born with all his teeth and hair to his shoulders" and "Sir Thomas More being asked after his condemnation and before his execution whether hee had changed his mind, hee said, yea, for I thought to have been shaven, but now seeing I shall die so shortly, I will let my beard grow." The author relates the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin and concludes with an account of Martha Taylor of Over-Haddon in Derbyshire, who in 1651 was struck upon the small of her back, and consequently lived about sixteen months solely on the smell of spring water, herbs, and fresh flowers.

1 v. (269 p.) ; 15 x 10 cm.

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