A help to discourse, or, More merriment mixt with serious matters : consisting of witty, philosophical, grammaticall, physicall, astronomicall questions and answers : as also epigrams, epitaphs, riddles, jests, poesies, love-toyes, &c. re-added and plentifully dispersed : together with The Country-mans counsellor, and his yearly oracle, and prognostication, with additions, or A Help to preserve his health never before printed : also the art of cookery, and sundry experiments, and their extractions of oyl, waters, &c.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed by E.T. for Andrew Crooke at the signe of the Green Dragon in Pauls church-yard,
1654.
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| Edition: | The fourteenth edition. |
| Series: | Early English books online.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | "The Country-mans counsellour" (p. [197]-251) and "Sphinx and Oedipvs" (pages[267]-375) have special title-pages. Often ascribed to William Basse and E. Phillips or Philips, and others. Imperfect: stained, with loss of text; pages, 91-92, 119-120, 173-176, 193-194, 203-204, 341-344, 351-354, and 357-358 lacking. Defective Bodleian Library copy spliced at end. Reproduction of original in British Library. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([6], 375 pages) |