The English school-master. Teaching all his schollers of what age soever, the most easie, short, and perfect order of distinct reading, and true writing our English tongue, that hath ever yet beene known or published by any. And further also, teacheth a direct course, ho any unskilfull person may easily both understand any hard English words, which they shall in the Scriptures, sermons, or else-where heare or reade: and also be made able to use the same aptly themselves; and generally, whatsoever is necessary to be known for the English speech: so that he which hath this book only, needeth to buy no other to make him fit from his letters unto the grammar-school, for an apprentice, or any other his private use, so far as concerneth English. And therefore is made not only for children, though the first [b]ook be meer childish for them, but also for all other[s], especially for those that are ignorant in the Latine tongue. In the next page the school-master hangeth forth his table to the

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• The English school-master. Teaching all his schollers of what age soever, the most easie, short, and perfect order of distinct reading, and true writing our English tongue, that hath ever yet beene known or published by any. And further also, teacheth a direct course, ho any unskilfull person may easily both understand any hard English words, which they shall in the Scriptures, sermons, or else-where heare or reade: and also be made able to use the same aptly themselves; and generally, whatsoever is necessary to be known for the English speech: so that he which hath this book only, needeth to buy no other to make him fit from his letters unto the grammar-school, for an apprentice, or any other his private use, so far as concerneth English. And therefore is made not only for children, though the first [b]ook be meer childish for them, but also for all other[s], especially for those that are ignorant in the Latine tongue. In the next page the school-master hangeth forth his table to the
• English schoole-maister
• English schoolmaster

People / Organizations

• Edmund Coote (Author)
• Bernard Alsop ("printed by")

Imprint

London: printed by B. Alsop, for the Company of Stationers, 1651.

Publication year

1651-1651

ESTC No.

R174246

Grub Street ID

67478

Description

[8], 45 [i.e. 85], [3] p. ; 4⁰

Note

Edward Cook = Edmund Coote.

First published in 1596 as "The English schoole-maister".

Page 85 misnumbered 45.

With marginal notes

Uncontrolled note

Catalogued from a photocopy (British Library) of the original (Uppsala University); verify format and some letters which have failed to print in title