Precepts, or, directions for the well ordering and carriage of a mans life, through the whole course thereof: left by William, Lord Burghly, to his sonne, at his death, who was sometimes Lord Treasurer of this kingdome. Also some other precepts and advertiseme[n]ts added, which sometimes was the iewell and delight of the right Honourable Lord and father to his country Francis, Earl of Bedford, deceased. In two bookes
| Author/creator | Burghley, William Cecil |
| Other author | Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, attributed name. |
| Other author | Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage attributed name. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Printed [by Thomas Harper] for Thomas Iones, and are to be sold at his shop in the Strand, neare Yorke House, 1637. |
| Description | [16], 62, [4], 63-138, [2] p., plate : port. |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240902826 |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Certaine precepts |
| Variant title | Certaine precepts. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | An expanded version of: Certaine precepts. |
| General note | Printer's name from STC. |
| General note | In two parts; pagination and register are continuous. |
| General note | "A glasse wherein those enormities and foule abuses may most evidently bee seen, which are the destruction and overthrow of every Christian common-wealth", a translation of "De duodecim abusionum gradibus", sometimes attributed to St. Augustine and to St. Cyprian, has separate dated title page; reprinted from STC 84.5. |
| General note | The first leaf and the last leaf are blank. |
| General note | Reproduction of the original in the Cambridge University Library. |
| References | STC (2nd ed.) 4900. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1442:06) |
| Other title | De duodecim abusionum gradibus. English. |
| Stock number | CL0036000040 ProQuest. 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3218 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |