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
EditionNow the eighth time published, and much inlarged by the former authors, W.B. and E.P..
Publication InfoLondon, : 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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Portion of title Miscelany of seriousnesse with merriment
SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
General noteDoubtfully attributed to William Basse and Edward Phillips, or to Edward Pond.
General notePrinter's name from STC.
General noteSignatures: 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 noteIdentified as STC 1551b at reel 562:1.
General noteHeadpiece, initial.
General noteErrors in paging: pages 144 and 276 are numbered 154 and 274 respectively.
General noteReproductions of the originals in the Folger Shakespeare Library (reel 562:1) and Harvard University Library (reel 1702:1).
General noteImperfect: 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.
References STC (2nd ed.) 1551.7.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 562:1, 1702:1)
Other titleCountry-mans councellor.
Other titleSphinx and Oedipus.
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