The gouernement of all estates, wherein is contayned the perfect way to an honest life [electronic resource] : gathered out of many learned authors, a boke right profitable for all estates, but especiallie for the trayning [and] bringing vp of the yonger sort: written in Latin by that excellent learned man Andreus Hesse, translated into Englishe.

Abstract

"Howe a man may attaine to the chiefe pointes of Christianitie, or deduction of a Christian life" by Adriaan van Baarland has caption title on M8r.

Colophon varies: undated or dated. In this copy the colophon is undated.

Last leaf blank?.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Signatures: A4 B-Q R4.

Signed at end by translator: N. Boorman.

The modern attribution to Archbishop Herman IV is erroneous; in the preface the authors of the 2 sections are identified as Hermannus Hessus (i.e H. Schottenius, called Hessus) and Adrianus (i.e H.C.) Barlandus. In the first section excerpts from Latin poets are rendered in English verse--STC.

STC (2nd ed.)

Electronic reproduction.