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Title page of A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhymes for children, London, 1686

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A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhymes for childrenA book for boys and girls, or, Country rhimes for children

A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhymes for children by J.B.A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhimes for children by J.B.

John Bunyan 1628–1688London: printed for N.P., 1686

[7], 79 [i.e. 80] p. · 16k words · Wing B5489 · ESTC R26565

Title page typeset from the transcription.

A BOOK FOR Boys and Girls, &c. › Poem 16: XVI. Upon Apparel.

Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.

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XVI. Upon Apparel.

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God gave us Clothes to hide our Nakedness,

GOd gave us Cloaths to hide our Nakedness,

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And we by them, do it expose to View.

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Our Pride, and unclean Minds, to an excess,

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By our Apparel we to others show.

By our Apparel we to others shew.

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Position

Cited: :187
On this page: :186–199
Section: :186–190
Whole work: 447 passages

Cite

John Bunyan, A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhimes for children (London, 1686), poem 16, p. 18. EEBO-TCP A30125.

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The book

Title as printed: A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhymes for children by J.B.A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhimes for children by J.B.
Author: John Bunyan 1628–1688
Place: London
Bookseller: N.P.
Year: 1686
Size: [7], 79 [i.e. 80] p.
Words: 15,599
Catalogue: Wing B5489 · ESTC R26565
Text: EEBO-TCP A30125

Passages: 447
Sections: 82

The author

John Bunyan 1628–1688

PuritansEngland

Baptist preacher at Bedford; author of The Pilgrim's Progress.

Transcription key

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