The monument of matrones : conteining seuen seuerall lamps of virginitie, or distinct treatises; whereof the first fiue concerne praier and meditation: the other two last, precepts and examples, as the woorthie works partlie of men, partlie of women; compiled for the necessarie vse of both sexes out of the sacred Scriptures, and other approoued authors, by Thomas Bentley of Graies Inne student.

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Publication Info[London] : Printed by H. Denham, [1582]
Description[24], 49, [3], 36, [4], 37-252; [4], 253-362, [8], 363-862, [2], 863-999, [11] p. : ill.
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Other author/creatorBentley, Thomas, student of Gray's Inn.
Other author/creatorAbergavenny, Frances Nevill, Lady, d. 1576.
Other author/creatorMarguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549. Miroir de l'âme pécheresse. English & French.
Other author/creatorCatharine Parr, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1512-1548. Lamentacion of a sinner.
Other author/creatorTyrwhit, Elizabeth, Morning and evening prayers.
Other author/creatorCatharine Parr, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1512-1548. Prayers or meditacions.
Uniform titleMonument of matrones. Part 1-4.
Variant title Second lampe of virginitie.
Variant title Third lampe of virginitie.
Variant title Fourth lampe of virginitie.
SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
General noteCompiled from the writings of Frances Abergavenny, Anne Askew, Théodore de Bèze, Lady Jane Dudley, and others.
General noteLamp 2 reprints "A godly medytacyon of the Christen sowle", a translation of: Marguerite, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre. Le miroir de l'âme pécheresse; "The lamentacion of a sinner" and "Prayers or meditacions" by Catharine Parr; and "Morning and evening prayers" by Elizabeth Tyrwhit.
General noteThe first leaf is blank except for signature-mark "A.1.".
General noteThe second through fourth parts ("lamps") each have separate title pages dated 1582. Lamp 1 has separate pagination; lamp 3 begins a new register; otherwise pagination and register are continuous.
General noteWith five final contents leaves.
General note"As 1st Hh4 contains the table and errata for lamps 1-3, copies without lamp 4 may represent a purchaser's or binder's option"--STC.
General noteReproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
References STC (2nd ed.) 1892.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 174:01)
Other title Godly medytacyon of the Christen sowle.
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