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Uniform Title	Helpe to discourse.
Title	A help to discourse: or, more merriment mixt with serious matters : Consisting of witty, philosophical, grammatical, physical, astronomical, questions and answers. As also epigrams, epitaphs, riddles, jests, poesies, love-toyes, &c. are added, and plentiful'y dispersed. Together with The country-mans counsellour, and his yearly oracle, and prognostication, with additions, or a help to preserve his health; never before printed. As also the art of cookery, and sundry experiments, and their extractions of oyl, waters, &c.
Alternative Title	More merriment mixt with serious matters
Related title	Country-man's counsellor.
	Sphinx and Oedipus.
Publication Info	London : printed by S[arah]. G[riffin]. for Andrew Crook, 1667.
Edition	The sixteenth edition.

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Descript	[6], 374, [2] p.
Edition	The sixteenth edition.
Note	Often attributed to William Basse or Edward Pond; this attribution, however, is doubtful. Also attributed to Edward Phillips; this attribution is impossible as Phillips born after the first edition.
	Printer's name from Wing (CD-ROM edition).
	P. 374 misnumbered 14.
	With a final advertisement leaf.
	"The country-man's counsellor ... by E.P." has a separate title page, dated 1663, on leaf I6r; pagination and register are continuous.
	"Sphinx and Oedipus" has a separate dated title page on leaf M5r, with imprint "printed for Andrew Crook, 1667"; pagination and register are continuous.
	Reproduction of original in the Folger Shakespeare Library.

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Series	Early English books online.
Subject	Epigrams, English -- Early works to 1800.
	Anecdotes -- Early works to 1800.
	Cooking -- Early works to 1800.
Alt author	Basse, William, -approximately 1653.
	Phillips, Edward, 1630-1696?
	Pond, Edward, -1629.
Alternative Title	More merriment mixt with serious matters
Related title	Country-man's counsellor.
	Sphinx and Oedipus.

Descript	[6], 374, [2] p.
Edition	The sixteenth edition.
Note	Often attributed to William Basse or Edward Pond; this attribution, however, is doubtful. Also attributed to Edward Phillips; this attribution is impossible as Phillips born after the first edition.
	Printer's name from Wing (CD-ROM edition).
	P. 374 misnumbered 14.
	With a final advertisement leaf.
	"The country-man's counsellor ... by E.P." has a separate title page, dated 1663, on leaf I6r; pagination and register are continuous.
	"Sphinx and Oedipus" has a separate dated title page on leaf M5r, with imprint "printed for Andrew Crook, 1667"; pagination and register are continuous.
	Reproduction of original in the Folger Shakespeare Library.

Series	Early English books online.
Subject	Epigrams, English -- Early works to 1800.
	Anecdotes -- Early works to 1800.
	Cooking -- Early works to 1800.
Alt author	Basse, William, -approximately 1653.
	Phillips, Edward, 1630-1696?
	Pond, Edward, -1629.
Alternative Title	More merriment mixt with serious matters
Related title	Country-man's counsellor.
	Sphinx and Oedipus.

Subject	Epigrams, English -- Early works to 1800.
	Anecdotes -- Early works to 1800.
	Cooking -- Early works to 1800.
Descript	[6], 374, [2] p.
Note	Often attributed to William Basse or Edward Pond; this attribution, however, is doubtful. Also attributed to Edward Phillips; this attribution is impossible as Phillips born after the first edition.
	Printer's name from Wing (CD-ROM edition).
	P. 374 misnumbered 14.
	With a final advertisement leaf.
	"The country-man's counsellor ... by E.P." has a separate title page, dated 1663, on leaf I6r; pagination and register are continuous.
	"Sphinx and Oedipus" has a separate dated title page on leaf M5r, with imprint "printed for Andrew Crook, 1667"; pagination and register are continuous.
	Reproduction of original in the Folger Shakespeare Library.
Alt author	Basse, William, -approximately 1653.
	Phillips, Edward, 1630-1696?
	Pond, Edward, -1629.

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