Roger Crab

Roger Crab, as pictured in an 1813 edition of [[James Caulfield]]'s ''Portraits, memoirs, and characters of remarkable persons, from the reign of King Edward the Third, to the Revolution, etc.'' Roger Crab (1621 – 11 September 1680) was an English soldier, haberdasher, herbal doctor and writer who is best known for his ascetic lifestyle which included Christian vegetarianism. Crab fought in the Parliamentary Army in the English Civil War before becoming a haberdasher in Chesham. He later became a hermit and worked as a herbal doctor. He then joined the Philadelphians and began promoting asceticism through his writings. Provided by Wikipedia
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    A tender salutation, or, The substance of a letter given forth by the Rationals, to the despised remnant and seed of God, in the people called Quakers

    A tender salutation, or, The substance of a letter given forth by the Rationals, to the despised remnant and seed of God, in the people called Quakers by Crab, Roger

    Published 1659
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    The English hermite, or, Wonder of this age Being a relation of the life of Roger Crab, living neer Uxbridg, taken from his own mouth, shewing his strange reserved and unparallel'd kind of life, who counteth it a sin against his body and soule to eate any sort of flesh, fish, or living creature, or to drinke any wine, ale, or beere. He can live with three farthings a week. His constant food is roots and hearbs, as cabbage, turneps, carrets, dock-leaves, and grasse; also bread and bran, without butter or cheese: his cloathing is sack-cloath. He left the Army, and kept a shop at Chesham, and hath now left off that, and sold a considerable estate to give to the poore, shewing his reasons from the Scripture, Mark. 10. 21. Jer. 35

    The English hermite, or, Wonder of this age Being a relation of the life of Roger Crab, living neer Uxbridg, taken from his own mouth, shewing his strange reserved and unparallel'd... by Crab, Roger

    Published 1655
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    The English hermite

    The English hermite by Crab, Roger

    Published 1655
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    The English hermite, or, Wonder of this age being a relation of the life of Roger Crab, living near Uxbridg, taken from his own mouth, shewing his strange, reserved, and unparallel'd kind of life, who counteth it a sin against his body and soule to eate any sort of flesh...or to drink any wine...he left the army and kept a shop at Chesham, and hath now left off that, and sold a considerable estate to give to the poore, shewing his reasons from the Scripture

    The English hermite, or, Wonder of this age being a relation of the life of Roger Crab, living near Uxbridg, taken from his own mouth, shewing his strange, reserved, and unparallel... by Crab, Roger

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    Gentle correction for the high flown backslider, or, A soft answer to turn away strife being a general answer (in few words) to some queries, and defamations thrown out by the furious spirit in some of the people called Quakers against the rationalls

    Gentle correction for the high flown backslider, or, A soft answer to turn away strife being a general answer (in few words) to some queries, and defamations thrown out by the furi... by Crab, Roger

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    Dagon's-downfall; or The great idol digged up root and branch

    Dagon's-downfall; or The great idol digged up root and branch by Crab, Roger

    Published 1657
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