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A96737
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Elizabeth Fools warning being a true and most perfect relation of all that has happened to her since her marriage. Being a caveat for all young women to marry with old men. / By Elizabeth With of Woodbridge.
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1659
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Wing W3139; Thomason E2122_1; ESTC R210157
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4,504
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15
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A11206
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The ymage of loue Here foloweth a goostly pamphlete or mater co[m]pendyously extract of holy scrypture, and doctours of ye chyrche, called ye ymage of loue, very necessary for all vertuous persones to loke vpon.; Ymage of love.
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Ryckes, John.; Gough, John, fl. 1528-1556.
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1525
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STC 21471.5; ESTC S110770
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28,460
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53
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A59541
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Several discourses and characters address'd to the ladies of the age wherein the vanities of the modish women are discovered / written at the request of a lady, by a person of honour.
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Shannon, Francis Boyle, Viscount, 1623-1699.
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1689
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Wing S2965A; ESTC R38898
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101,219
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214
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A06590
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Euphues. The anatomy of vvyt Very pleasant for all gentlemen to reade, and most necessary to remember: wherin are contained the delights that wyt followeth in his youth, by the pleasauntnesse of loue, and the happynesse he reapeth in age, by the perfectnesse of wisedome. By Iohn Lylly Master of Arte. Oxon.
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Lyly, John, 1554?-1606.
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1578
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STC 17051; ESTC S105598
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115,224
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186
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A59539
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Discourses useful for the vain modish ladies and their gallants under these following heads, viz. I. Of some of the common ways many vertuous women take to lose their reputation, &c. II. Of meer beauty-love, &c. III. Of young mens folly in adoring young handsom ladies, &c. IV. Of the power womens beauty exercises over most young men. V. Of the inconstancy of most ladies, especially such as are cry'd-up beauties, &c. VI. Of marriage, and of wives who usurp a governing power over their husbands. VII. Of the inequality of many marriages, with the sad end that usually attend such matches. VIII. Against maids marrying for meer love, &c. IX. Against widows marrying. X. Against keeping of misses. XI. Of the folly of such women as think to shew their wit by censuring of their neighbours. XII. Of the French fashions and dresses, &c. XIII. Of worldly praises which all ladies love to receive, but few strive to deserve. XIV. Useful advices to the vain and modish ladies, for the well regulating their beauty and lives. By the right honourable Francis Lord Viscou
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Shannon, Francis Boyle, Viscount, 1623-1699.
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1696
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Wing S2963A; ESTC R222490
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137,565
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280
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A51901
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The seventh volume of letters writ by a Turkish spy who lived five and forty years undiscover'd at Paris : giving an impartial account to the Divan at Constantinople of the most remarkable transactions of Europe, and discovering several intrigues and secrets of the Christian courts (especially of that of France) continued from the year 1642 to the year 1682 / written originally in Arabick, translated into Italian, and from thence into English, by the translator of the first volume.
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Marana, Giovanni Paolo, 1642-1693.; Bradshaw, William, fl. 1700.; Midgley, Robert, 1655?-1723.
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1694
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Wing M565DC; ESTC R35023
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159,469
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386
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B00841
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A very frutefull and pleasant boke called the Instructio[n] of a Christen woma[n]/ made fyrst in Laten/ and dedicated vnto the quenes good grace/ by the right famous clerke mayster Lewes Uiues/ ; and turned out of Laten into Englysshe by Rycharde Hyrd. Whiche boke who so redeth diligently shall haue knowlege [sic] of many thynges/ wherin he shal take great pleasure/ and specially women shal take great co[m]modyte and frute towarde the[n]crease of vertue & good maners..; De institutione foeminae Christianae. English. 1529
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Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540.; Hyrd, Richard.
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1529
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STC 24856.5; ESTC S95706
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181,174
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327
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A14448
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Here begynneth the lyf of saint katherin of senis the blessid virgin; Vita di S. Catarina da Siena. English
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Raymond, of Capua, 1330-1399.; Elizabeth, of Hungary, Saint, 1207-1231, attributed name.; Elizabeth, of Toess, Saint, 1297-1338, attributed name.
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1500
(1500)
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STC 24766.3; ESTC S109658
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218,906
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188
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B09731
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The beau's academy, or, The modern and genteel way of wooing and complementing after the most courtly manner in which is drawn to the life, the deportment of most accomplished lovers, the mode of their courtly entertainments, the charms of their persuasive language in their addresses or more secret dispatches, to which are added poems, songs, letters of love and others : proverbs, riddles, jests, posies, devices, with variety of pastimes and diversions as cross-purposes, the lovers alphabet &c. also a dictionary for making rhimes, four hundred and fifty delightful questions with their several answers together with a new invented art of logick : so plain and easie that the meanest capacity may in a short time attain to a perfection of arguing and disputing.
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Phillips, Edward, 1630-1696?
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1699
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Wing P2064; ESTC R181771
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227,423
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431
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A54745
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The mysteries of love & eloquence, or, The arts of wooing and complementing as they are manag'd in the Spring Garden, Hide Park, the New Exchange, and other eminent places : a work in which is drawn to the life the deportments of the most accomplisht persons, the mode of their courtly entertainments, treatments of their ladies at balls, their accustom'd sports, drolls and fancies, the witchcrafts of their perswasive language in their approaches, or other more secret dispatches ...
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Phillips, Edward, 1630-1696?
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1685
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Wing P2067; ESTC R25584
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236,029
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441
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A52804
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A compleat and compendious church-history shewing how it hath been from the beginning of the world to this present day : being an historical-narrative how the power and providence of God, according to his promise, hath hitherto confounded all the damnable plots of the Devil : to which is annexed a Scripture-prophecy fore-shewing how it shall be hence to the end of the world : to whole containing the quintessence of sacred, civil and ecclesiastick-writers, and serving as a short comment upon all the books in the Bible, both historical and prophetical / published for publick good by Christopher Ness ...
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Ness, Christopher, 1621-1705.
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1680
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Wing N446; ESTC R37720
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248,071
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530
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A01997
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tHis book is intituled confessio amantis, that is to saye in englysshe the confessyon of the louer maad and compyled by Iohan Gower squyer ...; Confessio amantis
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Gower, John, 1325?-1408.
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1483
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STC 12142; ESTC S106556
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469,727
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442
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A01998
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Io. Gower de confessione amantis; Confessio amantis
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Gower, John, 1325?-1408.
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1532
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STC 12143; ESTC S106702
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476,859
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402
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