Precepts, or, Directions for the well ordering and carriage of a mans life, through the whole course thereof: left by William, Lord Burghly, to his sonne, at his death, who was sometimes Lord Treasurer of this kingdome. Also some other precepts and advertisements added, which sometimes was the iewell and delight of the right Honourable Lord and father to his country Francis, Earl of Bedford, deceased. In two bookes

Abstract

An expanded version of: Certaine precepts. Printer's name from colophon. In two parts; pagination and register are continuous. "A glasse wherein those enormities and foule abuses may most evidently bee seen, which are the destruction and overthrow of every Christian common-wealth", a translation of "De duodecim abusionum gradibus", sometimes attributed to St. Augustine and to St. Cyprian, has separate dated title page; reprinted from STC 84.5. Imperfect: tightly bound, with considerable loss of text; pp. 8-47 from Folger Shakespeare Library copy filmed at end. Reproduction of the original in the Folger Shakespeare Library.