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DR. RICHARD HOLSWORTH AND THOS. FULLER

By A. B. R.

Can any of your readers inform me who was the author of *The Valley of Vision*, published in 1651 as the work of Dr. Richard Holsworth, the Master of Emmanuel College, and Dean of Worcester. In a preface to the reader, Fuller laments "that so worthy a man should dye issulesse without leaving any books behind him for the benefit of learning and religion." He adds that the private notes which he had left behind him were dark and obscure; his hand being legible only to himself, and almost useless for any other. The sermon published as *The Valley of Vision* appears to have been prepared for publi…

Topics: Literature, Historical Customs, Genealogy

Locations: Emmanuel College, Worcester, England