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.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Helpe to discourse.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : printed by J.R. for R. Scot, T. Basset, J. Wright, and R. Chiswell, 1682.
Edition:The seventeenth edition.
Series:Early English books online.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
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.
Physical Description:1 online resource ([6], 42, 41-229 [i.e, 243], [1] pages)