A help to discourse: or, More merriment mixt with serious matters : Consisting of witty, philosophical, grammatical, physical, astronomical questions and answers. As also epigrams, epitaphs, riddles, jests, posies, love-toys, &c. are 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. As also the art of cookery, and sundry experiments, and their extractions of oyl, waters, &c.
| Uniform Title: | Helpe to discourse. |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
printed by J.R. for R. Scot, T. Basset, J. Wright, and R. Chiswell,
1682.
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| Edition: | The seventeenth edition. |
| Series: | Early English books online.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | Often attributed to William Basse or Edward Pond; this attribution, however, is doubtful. Also attributed to Edward Phillips; this attribution is impossible as Phillips born after the first edition. "The country-man's counsellor" has caption title on p. 127, and "Sphinx and Oedipus" has caption title on pages 174; register and pagination are continuous. Page 243 is misnumbered 229; text is continuous despite pagination. Pages stained, torn and faded, with some loss of printing. Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([6], 42, 41-229 [i.e, 243], [1] pages) |