The diary of Henry Teonge, chaplain on board H.M.'s ships Assistance, Bristol, and Royal Oak, 1675-1679 / transcribed from the original manuscript and edited with an introduction and notes by G.E. Manwaring.

  • Henry Teonge
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[1927]
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Credit: The diary of Henry Teonge, chaplain on board H.M.'s ships Assistance, Bristol, and Royal Oak, 1675-1679 / transcribed from the original manuscript and edited with an introduction and notes by G.E. Manwaring. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Teonge’s Diary is now printed in full for the firft time from the original manuscript. The edition of 1825, besides omitting several passages, contained many faulty transcriptions, and frequent interpolations, which were not recorded as such. A few words regarding the editorial method employed in this edition are necessary. Throughout the Diary, Teonge invariably wrote “ on ” for “ one ”, and his spelling, which was often erratic and inconsistent, has been modernised, and the contractions extended. Any word which possesses a philological value on account of its early use or quaint spelling has been preserved in a note. In cases where it has been considered necessary to insert a word in order to complete the sense, such insertions have been indicated by square brackets [ ]. In preparing this edition my sincere thanks are due to many friends. Among others, I am specially in¬ debted to Mr W. Asheton Tonge, for kindly placing the original manuscript at my disposal, and for his courtesy in allowing me to transcribe it in full; Mrs Narbrough Hughes D’Aeth, for granting me per¬ mission to photograph the unique and beautiful painting of Admiral Sir John Narbrough in her possession, which has never been reproduced before;