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The Gouernans of vertue, teachyng a Christe[n] man, howe he oughte dayely to lede his life, and fruitfully to spend his tyme vnto the glory of God. : Wherin are contayned also many godly prayers, & other necessary instruccio[n]s, for the auoyding of all wicked temptacions. : With a table in thende.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.
- Series:
- Early English books online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian life--Early works to 1800.
- Christian life.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (112 unnumbered leaves)
- Place of Publication:
- [London : James Nicholson, 1544?]
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Attributed to Thomas Becon.
- Publication information suggested by ESTC.
- "STC suggests a publication date of 1538, based on the date in the title page border. However, Becon's 1543 recantation, which denounced all of his other works then in print, makes no mention of this work. In 'The iewel of ioye' [London, 1550] sig. E2v he claims that the 'The gouernans of vertue' was written during his northern exile after the recantation. In a later edition of 'The gouernans of vertue' London, [1560?] (STC 1726) sig. A8r he claims that it was first written and published in the early 1540s, and during 'the bloudy boistrous burning time, when the reading of the holye Bible ... was forbidden the poore laye people' apparently meaning after the 1543 Act for the Advancement of True Religion. A date of 1544 or possibly 1545 for the first edition therefore seems likely."--ESTC.
- Imperfect; wanting following 2, 3, 6, 7, 106, and the blank last leaf. Mutilated.
- Reproduction of original in: British Library.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English Books, 1475-1640 ; 2439:4) s1999 miun s
- Cited in:
- Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd edition), 1724.5
- English short title catalogue, S126007
- McKerrow, R.B. Title-page borders used in England and Scotland 1485-1640, 33
- OCLC:
- 938016341
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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