A help to discourse, or, More merriment mixt with serious matters : consisting of witty, philosophical, grammaticall, physicall, astronomicall questions and answers : as also epigrams, epitaphs, riddles, jests, poesies, love-toyes, &c. re-added and plentifully dispersed : together with The Country-mans counsellor, and his yearly oracle, and prognostication, with additions, or A Help to preserve his health never before printed : also the art of cookery, and sundry experiments, and their extractions of oyl, waters, &c.

Other author Basse, William, d. ca. 1653.
Other author Phillips, E.
Format Electronic
EditionThe fourteenth edition.
Publication InfoLondon : Printed by E.T. for Andrew Crooke at the signe of the Green Dragon in Pauls church-yard, 1654.
Description[6], 375 p.
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SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
General note"The Country-mans counsellour" (p. [197]-251) and "Sphinx and Oedipvs" (p.[267]-375) have special title-pages.
General noteOften ascribed to William Basse and E. Phillips or Philips, and others.
General noteImperfect: stained, with loss of text; pages, 91-92, 119-120, 173-176, 193-194, 203-204, 341-344, 351-354, and 357-358 lacking. Defective Bodleian Library copy spliced at end.
General noteReproduction of original in British Library.
References Wing (2nd ed.) E24
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1715:2)
Contains title Country-mans counsellor.
Contains title Sphinx and Oedipus.
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