02119nam 2200385 n 450 99639153210331620200818224750.0(CKB)4940000000103434(EEBO)2248515618(UnM)99846963e(UnM)99846963(EXLCZ)99494000000010343419911114d1582 uy |engurbn||||a|bb|An heptameron of ciuill discourses[electronic resource] 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. GentAt London Printed by Richard Iones, at the signe of the Rose and the Crowne, neare Holburne Bridge3. Feb. 1582[188] pThe words "as it were in a mirrour" are enclosed in square brackets on the title page.Signatures: A⁴ [par.]² B-Z⁴.Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.eebo-0113Manners and customsEarly works to 1800MarriageEarly works to 1800Manners and customsMarriageWhetstone George1544?-1587?1003432Cu-RivESCu-RivESCStRLINWaOLNBOOK996391532103316An heptameron of ciuill discourses2334914UNISA