A Helpe to discourse: or, A miscelany of seriousnesse with merriment: : consisting of witty philosophicall, grammaticall, and astronomicall questions and answers: as also, of epigrams, epitaphs, riddles, and iests: together with The countrey-mans counsellour, next his yeerely oracle or prognostication to consult with: containing diuers necessary rules and obseruations, of much vse and consequence being knowne..

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Other Authors: Basse, William, d. ca. 1653, Phillips, Edward, 1630-1696?, Pond, Edward, d. 1629
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London, : Printed by I[ohn] B[eale] for Leonard Becket, and are to be sold at his shop in the Temple, neere the church., 1631..
Edition:Now the eighth time published, and much inlarged by the former authors, W.B. and E.P..
Series:Early English books online.
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Description
Item Description:Doubtfully attributed to William Basse and Edward Phillips, or to Edward Pond.
Printer's name from STC.
Signatures: A-Q12 (last leaf blank).
"The country-mans councellor" and "Sphinx and Oedipus" each have separate dated title page; pagination and register are continuous.
Identified as STC 1551b at reel 562:1.
Headpiece, initial.
Errors in paging: pages 144 and 276 are numbered 154 and 274 respectively.
Reproductions of the originals in the Folger Shakespeare Library (reel 562:1) and Harvard University Library (reel 1702:1).
Imperfect: copy at reel 562:1 lacking I', I-œ-; copy at reel 1702:1 severely mutilated with considerable loss of text, and lacking A'œ', A'', G'', H', H', M', N'œ'', O'œ''. Both copies tightly bound, and with print show-through, resulting in loss of print.
Physical Description:1 online resource ([12], 370, [2] p.)