The monument of matrones conteining seuen seuerall lamps of virginitie, or distinct treatises; whereof the first fiue concerne praier and meditation: the other two last, precepts and examples, as the woorthie works partlie of men, partlie of women; compiled for the necessarie vse of both sexes out of the sacred Scriptures, and other approoued authors, by Thomas Bentley of Graies Inne student.

Abstract

Compiled from the writings of Frances Abergavenny, Anne Askew, Théodore de Bèze, Lady Jane Dudley, and others. Lamp 2 reprints "A godly medytacyon of the Christen sowle", a translation of: Marguerite, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre. Le miroir de l'âme pécheresse; "The lamentacion of a sinner" and "Prayers or meditacions" by Catharine Parr; and "Morning and evening prayers" by Elizabeth Tyrwhit. The first leaf is blank except for signature-mark "A.1.". The second through fourth parts ("lamps") each have separate title pages dated 1582. Lamp 1 has separate pagination; lamp 3 begins a new register; otherwise pagination and register are continuous. With five final contents leaves. "As 1st Hh4 contains the table and errata for lamps 1-3, copies without lamp 4 may represent a purchaser's or binder's option"--STC. Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.