| Author |
Whetstone, George, 1544?-1587?
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| Title |
An heptameron of ciuill discourses : Containing: the Christmasse exercise of sundrie well courted gentlemen and gentlewomen. In whose behauiours, the better sort, may see, a represe[n]tation of thier own vertues: and the inferiour, may learne such rules of ciuil gouernme[n]t, as wil rase out the blemish of their basenesse: wherin, is renowned, the vertues, of a most honourable and braue mynded gentleman. And herein, also, as it were in a mirrour the vnmaried may see the defectes whiche eclipse the glorie of mariage: and the wel maried, as in a table of housholde lawes, may cull out needefull preceptes to establysh their good fortune. A worke, intercoursed with ciuyll pleasure, to reaue tediousnesse from the reader: and garnished with morall noates to make it profitable, to the regarder. The reporte, of George Whetstone. Gent. |
| Alternative Title |
Heptameron of civill discourses |
| Publication Info |
At London : Printed by Richard Iones, at the signe of the Rose and the Crowne, neare Holburne Bridge, 3. Feb. 1582. |
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