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The Garden of Wisdom Book 2

Published: 1542
Length: 12,366 words
Reading: 50 min
Divisions: 28

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The second booke of the Garden of wysedome wherin are conteyned wytty, pleasaunt, and nette sayenges of renowmed personages collected by Rycharde Tauerner anno. M.D.XXXIX. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum.

[Prynted at London By [E. Whitchurch for] Richard Bankes [1542?]]

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Front matter
Title page
Author to the reader¶ Rycharde Tauerner to the gentle readers.
Text
Part¶ Of Achilles.
Part¶ Alfonsus kynge of Aragon.
Part¶ Of Athanasius.
Part¶ Sigismund Themperour.
PartPlotinus.

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Part¶ Artoxerxes.
Part¶ Orontes.
Part¶ Duke Memnon.
Part¶ The Egyptians.
Part¶ Of Cambyses.
Part¶ Of Darius kynge of the Persians.
Part¶ Of quene Semiramis.
Part¶ Of kynge Xerxes.
Part¶ Of Kyng Artoxerxes wyth the longe hand.
Part¶ Cyrus the yonger.
Part¶ Of Cresus.
Part¶ Of Amyntas and Alexander hys sone.
Part¶ Of kynge Scilurus.
PartGelo.
Part¶ Of Hieron.
Part¶ Demetrius the sonne of Antigonus.
Part¶ Demosthenes.
Part¶ Of Cato the sage.
Back matter
Table of contents¶ The Table of the fyrst boke of the gardeyn of wisedome.
Colophon

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Author: Richard Taverner (1505–1575)
Imprint: [Prynted at London By [E. Whitchurch for] Richard Bankes [1542?]]
Extent: 47, [1] leaves
Language: English
Catalogue: STC 23713 · ESTC S111350
Source: TCP A13401
Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (Text Creation Partnership)

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