The English schoole-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 euer yet beene knowne or published by any. And further also, teacheth a direct course, how any vnskilfull person may easily both vnderstand auy [sic] hard Englishwords [sic], which they shall in the scriptures, sermons, or elsewhere heare or reade: and also bee made able to use the same aptly themselues; and generally, whatsoever is necessary to bee knowne for English speech: so tha he which hath this booke onely, meedeth to buy no other to make him fit, from his letters unto the grammar-schoole, for an apprentise, or any other his priuate use, so farre as concerneth English. And therefore is made not onely for children (thought the first booke be meere childish for them) but also for all other, especially that are ignorant in the Latine-tongue. ... Devised for thy sake that wantest any part of this skil

All titles

• The English schoole-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 euer yet beene knowne or published by any. And further also, teacheth a direct course, how any vnskilfull person may easily both vnderstand auy [sic] hard Englishwords [sic], which they shall in the scriptures, sermons, or elsewhere heare or reade: and also bee made able to use the same aptly themselues; and generally, whatsoever is necessary to bee knowne for English speech: so tha he which hath this booke onely, meedeth to buy no other to make him fit, from his letters unto the grammar-schoole, for an apprentise, or any other his priuate use, so farre as concerneth English. And therefore is made not onely for children (thought the first booke be meere childish for them) but also for all other, especially that are ignorant in the Latine-tongue. ... Devised for thy sake that wantest any part of this skil
• English schoole-maister
• English schoolmaster

People / Organizations

• Edmund Coote (Author)

Imprint

London: printed by T. P[urfoot]. [and. E. Purslowe] for the Company of Stationers, [1636]

Publication year

1636-1636

ESTC No.

S91508

Grub Street ID

150556

Description

[8], 88 p. ; 4⁰

Note

Edward Coote = Edmund Coote; mis-named in all known copies of his work.

Colophon imprint: London, printed for the Company of Stationers. 1636.

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

Second printer from STC; Purfoot printed quires A-F and Purslowe G-M (STC).