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A help to discourse: or, more merriment mixt with serious matters : Consisting of witty, philosophical, grammatical, physical, astronomical, questions and answers. As also epigrams, epitaphs, riddles, jests, poesies, love-toyes, &c. are added, and plentiful'y dispersed. Together with The country-mans counsellour, and his yearly oracle, and prognostication, with additions, or a help to preserve his health; never before printed. As also the art of cookery, and sundry experiments, and their extractions of oyl, waters, &c.
Date: 1667- Books
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The philosophers banquet : furnished with few dishes for health: but large discourse for pleasure. Dilating by table, conference [sic] of the natures and qualities of things, the alterations & changes of states, of the ingenious and acted conceitednes of men, both phisically, and philosophically. Translated by W.B. Esquire.
Date: 1609- Books
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A helpe to discovrse: or, More merriment mixt with serious matters : Consisting of witty philosophicall, grammaticall, physicall, astronomicall questions and answers. As also, epigrams, epitaphs, riddles, jests, posies, love-toyes, &c. re-added and plentifully dispersed. Together with The country-mans counsellor, and his yearly oracle and prognostication, with additions, or a helpe to preserve his health, never before printed.
E. PDate: 1648- Books
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A help to discourse: or, More merriment mixt with serious matters : Consisting of witty, philosophical, grammatical, physical, astronomical, questions and answers. As also epigrams, epitaphs, riddles, jests, posies, love-toyes, &c. re-added, and plentifully dispersed. Together with The country-mans counsellour, and his yearly oracle, and prognostication, with additions, or a help to preserve his health, never before printed. As also the art of cookery, and sundry experiments, and their extractions of oyl, waters, &c.
Date: 1663- Books
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A help to discourse: or, More merriment mixt with serious matters : Consisting of witty, philosophical, grammatical, physical, astronomical questions and answers. As also epigrams, epitaphs, riddles, jests, posies, love-toys, &c. are 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. As also the art of cookery, and sundry experiments, and their extractions of oyl, waters, &c.
Date: 1682- Books
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The philosophers banquet : Newly furnished and decked forth with much variety of many seuerall dishes, that in the former seruice were neglected. Where now not onely meats and drinks of all natures and kindes are serued in, but the natures and kindes of all disputed of. As further, dilated by table-conference, alteration, and changes of states, diminution of the stature of man, barrennesse of the earth, with the effectes and causes thereof, phisically and philosophically. The second edition, newly corrected and inlarged, to almost as much more. By W.B. Esquire.
Date: 1614