LEADER 00000nam 2200361 4500 001 99849252e 003 UnM 005 19960925152906.0 006 m g d 007 cr bn |||a|bb| 008 920129s1636 enk s 00| | eng d 040 Cu-RivES|cCu-RivES|dCStRLIN|edcrb|dWaOLN 245 12 A helpe to discourse: Or, More merriment mixt with serious matters :|bConsisting of witty philosophicall, grammaticall, physicall, astronomicall questions and answers. As also, epigrams, epitaphs, riddles, iests, posies, love-toyes, &c. are added and plentifully dispersed. Together with The countrey-mans counsellor, and his yearely oracle and prognostication, with additions, or a help to preserve his health, never before printed. 246 2 More merriment mixt with serious matters. 246 2 Countrey-mans councellor. 250 [twelfth edition]. 260 London :|bPrinted by N. and I[ohn] O[kes] for Nicolas Vavasour, and are to be sold at his shop in the inner Temple, neere the Church,|c1636. 300 [6], 274 [i.e, 284] p. 500 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. This edition does not include "Sphinx and Oedipus". 500 Page 203 [i.e. 213] is a separate dated title page, reading: The country-mans councellor. Or a necessary addition to this yeerely oracle, or prognostication. Calculated by art, as a tutor for their helpe, that otherwise buy more than they understand. Beginning with this yeere of our Lord God, 1636. .. By E.P. Philomathem. 500 Printers' names and edition statement from STC. 500 Many pages misnumbered. 500 Reproduction of the original in the British Library. 650 0 Epigrams|ys17th century. 650 0 Anecdotes and apothegms|vEarly works to 1800. 700 1 Basse, William,|d-approximately 1653. 700 1 Phillips, Edward,|d1630-1696? 700 1 Pond, Edward,|d-1629. 830 0 Early English books online. 856 40 |uhttp://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003& res_id=xri:eebo&rft_val_fmt=&rft_id=xri:eebo:image:14390 936 EEBO-STC