Officium hominis : cum stylo, tum methodo luculentissimâ expositum : opus cujusvis, at præcipuè indoctissimi lectoris, captui accomodatum, familiisque instituendis perquam necessarium : quod cum in XVII capita dividatur, eorum uno quolibet die dominico lecto, ter quotannis perlegatur : accesserunt nonnullae precum formulae, variis populi Christiani necessitatibus idoneæ : liber hic ex lingua anglicana in latinam, eo praecipue consilio traductus est, quo juvenes in ludis literariis versantes, simul & moribus instituantur, & in lingua latina proficiant
A translation of "The whole duty of man", which is now generally ascribed to Richard Allestree. It has also been attributed to Lady Dorothy Pakington, Richard Sterne, Abp. York, John Fell, Bp. of Oxford, Humphrey Henchman, Bp. of Salisbury, and others. cf. DNB.
Special t.p. on p. [311]: Preces privatae variis occasionibus ordinariis & extraordinariis accommodatae.
Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
Wing A1157
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