LEADER 02567nam 2200469 n 450 001 996392507303316 005 20200824121431.0 035 $a(CKB)4940000000103713 035 $a(EEBO)2264206233 035 $a(UnM)99848091e 035 $a(UnM)99848091 035 $a(EXLCZ)994940000000103713 100 $a19911220d1631 uy | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn||||a|bb| 200 02$aA Helpe to discourse: or, A miscelany of seriousnesse with merriment$b[electronic resource] $econsisting 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. 205 $aNow the eighth time published, and much inlarged by the former authors, W.B. and E.P.. 210 $aLondon, $cPrinted by I[ohn] B[eale] for Leonard Becket, and are to be sold at his shop in the Temple, neere the church.$d1631. 215 $a[12], 370, [2] p 300 $aDoubtfully attributed to William Basse and Edward Phillips, or to Edward Pond. 300 $aPrinter's name from STC. 300 $aSignatures: A-Q12 (last leaf blank). 300 $a"The country-mans councellor" and "Sphinx and Oedipus" each have separate dated title page; pagination and register are continuous. 300 $aIdentified as STC 1551b at reel 562:1. 300 $aHeadpiece, initial. 300 $aErrors in paging: pages 144 and 276 are numbered 154 and 274 respectively. 300 $aReproductions of the originals in the Folger Shakespeare Library (reel 562:1) and Harvard University Library (reel 1702:1). 300 $aImperfect: copy at reel 562:1 lacking I', I-?-; copy at reel 1702:1 severely mutilated with considerable loss of text, and lacking A'?', A'', G'', H', H', M', N'?'', O'?''. Both copies tightly bound, and with print show-through, resulting in loss of print. 330 $aeebo-0216 606 $aEpigrams, English$vEarly works to 1800 615 0$aEpigrams, English 701 $aBasse$b William$fd. ca. 1653.$01003905 701 $aPhillips$b Edward$f1630-1696?,$01003988 701 $aPond$b Edward$fd. 1629.$0792753 801 0$bCu-RivES 801 1$bCu-RivES 801 2$bCStRLIN 801 2$bWaOLN 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996392507303316 996 $aA Helpe to discourse: or, A miscelany of seriousnesse with merriment$92372584 997 $aUNISA