The perfect mans practice, November 25 1630, by Symon Jory :
Outspoken criticism of the vanity of the world and the folly of mankind's material ambitions and pleasures, illustrated by numerous stories; describing the unhappiness of old age, and urging a virtuous life leading to death and heaven. With a prefatory prose dedication to Sir Julius Caesar (imp...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Marlborough, Wiltshire :
Adam Matthew Digital,
2006.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | Outspoken criticism of the vanity of the world and the folly of mankind's material ambitions and pleasures, illustrated by numerous stories; describing the unhappiness of old age, and urging a virtuous life leading to death and heaven. With a prefatory prose dedication to Sir Julius Caesar (imperfect owing to loss of leaves), praising him and revealing that the poem was written in prison. Also contains later (18th-century?) moralising epigram on human mortality and the inevitability of death; copied twice and followed by similar prose material |
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| Item Description: | AMDigital Reference:Lt 37 35 ff. are extant, with remains of one or two ff. before fol.[1] and of one leaf after it. F.1r bears the signature "Will Lightfoot" in an 18th-century hand. The last pastedown has the signature "Joseph Parsonage" in a hand of ca.1700 |
| Physical Description: | 1 volume |
