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..
| Other author | Basse, William, d. ca. 1653. |
| Other author | Phillips, Edward, 1630-1696?, |
| Other author | Pond, Edward, d. 1629. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Now the eighth time published, and much inlarged by the former authors, W.B. and E.P.. |
| Publication Info | 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.. |
| Description | [12], 370, [2] p. |
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| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Miscelany of seriousnesse with merriment |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | Doubtfully attributed to William Basse and Edward Phillips, or to Edward Pond. |
| General note | Printer's name from STC. |
| General note | Signatures: A-Q12 (last leaf blank). |
| General note | "The country-mans councellor" and "Sphinx and Oedipus" each have separate dated title page; pagination and register are continuous. |
| General note | Identified as STC 1551b at reel 562:1. |
| General note | Headpiece, initial. |
| General note | Errors in paging: pages 144 and 276 are numbered 154 and 274 respectively. |
| General note | Reproductions of the originals in the Folger Shakespeare Library (reel 562:1) and Harvard University Library (reel 1702:1). |
| General note | Imperfect: copy at reel 562:1 lacking I, I; copy at reel 1702:1 severely mutilated with considerable loss of text, and lacking A, A, G, H, H, M, N, O. Both copies tightly bound, and with print show-through, resulting in loss of print. |
| References | STC (2nd ed.) 1551.7. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 562:1, 1702:1) |
| Other title | Country-mans councellor. |
| Other title | Sphinx and Oedipus. |
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