An heptameron of ciuill discourses. : Containing: the Christmasse exercise of sundrie well courted gentlemen and gentlewomen. In whose behauiours, the better sort, may see, a represe[n]tation of their own vertues: and the inferiour, may learne such rules of ciuil gouernme[n]t, as wil rase out the blemish of their basenesse: wherin, is renowned, the vertues, of a most honourable and braue mynded gentleman. And herein, also, as it were in a mirrour the vnmaried may see the defectes whiche eclipse the glorie of mariage: and the wel maried, as in a table of housholde lawes, may cull out needefull preceptes to establysh their good fortune. A worke, intercoursed with ciuyll pleasure, to reaue tediousnesse from the reader: and garnished with morall noates to make it profitable, to the regarder. /
Whetstone, George,1544?-1587?
At London : Printed by Richard Iones, at the signe of the Rose and the Crowne, neare Holburne Bridge,
3. Feb. 1582.
The words "as it were in a mirrour" are enclosed in square brackets on the title page.
Signatures: A⁴ [par.]² B-Z⁴.
Entered 11 January [1582]
ESTC
STC (2nd ed.)
Manners and customs
Marriage
Great Britain England London.