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Believe it or not: strange accidents and reports
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Believe it or not: strange accidents and reports

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Heather Wolfe

“Strange Accidentes” and “Strange Reportes” from Folger MS E.a.6, fols. 84v-85r (click image to enlarge) Early modern jokes and curiosities have a way of making us feel like insiders and outsiders at the same time. We’ll encounter jokes such…

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