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Title 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..
Alternative Title Miscelany of seriousnesse with merriment
Related title Country-mans councellor.
Sphinx and Oedipus.
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..
Edition Now the eighth time published, and much inlarged by the former authors, W.B. and E.P..



Descript [12], 370, [2] p.
Edition Now the eighth time published, and much inlarged by the former authors, W.B. and E.P..
Note 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 Iѫ, Iئجا; copy at reel 1702:1 severely mutilated with considerable loss of text, and lacking Aѵجѫ, Aѵѵ, Gѵѫ, Hѵ, Hѵѳ, Mѵ, Nѵجѵѵ, Oѫجѵѵ. Both copies tightly bound, and with print show-through, resulting in loss of print.
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Series Early English books online.
Subject Epigrams, English -- Early works to 1800.
Alt author Basse, William, -approximately 1653.
Phillips, Edward, 1630-1696?
Pond, Edward, -1629.
Alternative Title Miscelany of seriousnesse with merriment
Related title Country-mans councellor.
Sphinx and Oedipus.
Descript [12], 370, [2] p.
Edition Now the eighth time published, and much inlarged by the former authors, W.B. and E.P..
Note 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 Iѫ, Iئجا; copy at reel 1702:1 severely mutilated with considerable loss of text, and lacking Aѵجѫ, Aѵѵ, Gѵѫ, Hѵ, Hѵѳ, Mѵ, Nѵجѵѵ, Oѫجѵѵ. Both copies tightly bound, and with print show-through, resulting in loss of print.
Series Early English books online.
Subject Epigrams, English -- Early works to 1800.
Alt author Basse, William, -approximately 1653.
Phillips, Edward, 1630-1696?
Pond, Edward, -1629.
Alternative Title Miscelany of seriousnesse with merriment
Related title Country-mans councellor.
Sphinx and Oedipus.

Subject Epigrams, English -- Early works to 1800.
Descript [12], 370, [2] p.
Note 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 Iѫ, Iئجا; copy at reel 1702:1 severely mutilated with considerable loss of text, and lacking Aѵجѫ, Aѵѵ, Gѵѫ, Hѵ, Hѵѳ, Mѵ, Nѵجѵѵ, Oѫجѵѵ. Both copies tightly bound, and with print show-through, resulting in loss of print.
Alt author Basse, William, -approximately 1653.
Phillips, Edward, 1630-1696?
Pond, Edward, -1629.

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