A help to discourse: or, More merriment mixt with serious matters
Subtitle: 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
Contributors: Basse, William, d. ca. 1653, attributed name; Phillips, Edward, 1630-1696?, attributed name; Pond, Edward, d. 1629, attributed name
Edition: The seventeenth edition
Series: Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 2026:11
Publisher: printed by J.R. for R. Scot, T. Basset, J. Wright, and R. Chiswell
Published: 1682
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Epigrams -- 17th century; Anecdotes -- Early works to 1800; Cookery -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800
Other titles: More merriment mixt with serious matters; Country-man's councellor; Sphinx and Oedipus
Work titles: Helpe to discourse
Notes: Often attributed to William Basse or Edward Pond; this attribution, however, is doubtful. Also attributed to Edward Phillips; this attribution is impossible as Phillips born after the first edition

"The country-man's counsellor" has caption title on p. 127, and "Sphinx and Oedipus" has caption title on p. 174; register and pagination are continuous

Page 243 is misnumbered 229; text is continuous despite pagination

Pages stained, torn and faded, with some loss of print

Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library

Wing (2nd ed., 1994) E25B

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1990. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2026:11).