A pleasant and compendious history of the first inventers and instituters of the most famous arts, misteries, laws, customs and manners in the whole world, together, with many other rarities and remarkable things rarely known, and never before made publick. To which is added several curious inventions, peculierly [sic] attributed to England and English-men. The whole work alphabetically digested, and very helpful to the readers of history / Licensed October 29th, 1685. R.L.S. [Anon].

  • Vergil, Polydore, 1470?-1555.
Date:
1686
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Credit: A pleasant and compendious history of the first inventers and instituters of the most famous arts, misteries, laws, customs and manners in the whole world, together, with many other rarities and remarkable things rarely known, and never before made publick. To which is added several curious inventions, peculierly [sic] attributed to England and English-men. The whole work alphabetically digested, and very helpful to the readers of history / Licensed October 29th, 1685. R.L.S. [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Preface to the Reader. | gree as far as Times Record will let them See into the number of their Ancéftors,and are apt to give bim great aplaufe whofe Prudence and Induftrey, layd the F ounda- | tion of .an Eftate y. and- why not-the fame | i this cafe? forcertain it is that every | Judicial Inventor in the very moment. be | br fought that Invention to. Light, laud the | Faundation-efpecially of Earthly Felicity, | mberog AMlions bave builded Eftateswmnd Competencies, nor as J have binted, have | they in their ig i been unwilling to. | 09z it,nor as great as they, declined to im- | prove what has by fuch means. been. commue | nicated. ot them; wherefore hoping this Book | will meet with as ready acceptance, as with | willingnefs it was Written ‘to accemmo- | date tbe Togenions of what Art, Science iW or Pr ofeffion Soever. I Remain , Reader,”