02567nam 2200469 n 450 99639250730331620200824121431.0(CKB)4940000000103713(EEBO)2264206233(UnM)99848091e(UnM)99848091(EXLCZ)99494000000010371319911220d1631 uy |engurbn||||a|bb|A Helpe to discourse: or, A miscelany of seriousnesse with merriment[electronic resource] 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.Now the eighth time published, and much inlarged by the former authors, W.B. and E.P..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.[12], 370, [2] pDoubtfully 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 I', I-œ-; copy at reel 1702:1 severely mutilated with considerable loss of text, and lacking A'œ', A'', G'', H', H', M', N'œ'', O'œ''. Both copies tightly bound, and with print show-through, resulting in loss of print.eebo-0216Epigrams, EnglishEarly works to 1800Epigrams, EnglishBasse Williamd. ca. 1653.1003905Phillips Edward1630-1696?,1003988Pond Edwardd. 1629.792753Cu-RivESCu-RivESCStRLINWaOLNBOOK996392507303316A Helpe to discourse: or, A miscelany of seriousnesse with merriment2372584UNISA