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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.
London: printed for N.P., 1686
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
THE CONTENTS 1. Upon the Ten Commandments. 2. The awakened Child's Lamentation. 3. Meditations upon an Egg. 4. Upon the Lord's Prayer. 5. Meditation upon Peep of day. 6. Upon the Flint in the Water. 7. Upon the Fish in the Water. 8. Upon the Swallow. 9. Upon the Bee. 10. Upon the Creed. 11. Upon a lowering Morning. 12. Upon over-much Niceness. 13. Meditations upon the Candle. 14. Upon the Sacraments. 15. Upon the Suns Reflections upon the Clouds in a fair Morning. 16. Upon Apparel. 17. The Sinner and the Spider. 18. Meditation upon day before Sun-rising. 19. Of the Mole in the Ground. 20. Of the Cuckoo. 21. Of the Boy and Butter-Fly. ⟨p. 78⟩22. Of the Fly at the Candle. 23. Upon the Lark and the Fowler. 24. Of the fatted Swine. 25. On the rising of the Sun. 26. Upon the promising Fruitfulness of a Tree. 27. On the Post-boy. 28. Upon the Horse in the Mill. 29. Upon a Ring of Bells. 30. Upon the Thief. 31. Of the Child with the Bird at the Bush. 32. Of Moses and his Wife. 33. Upon the barren Fig-tree in God's Vineyard. 34. Of the Rose-bush. 35. Of the going down of the Sun. 36. Upon the Frog. 37. Upon the whipping of a Top. 38. Upon the Pismire. 39. Upon the Beggar. 40. Upon an Instrument of Music in an unskilful Hand. 41. Upon the Horse and his Rider. 42. Upon the Sight of a Pound of Candles falling to the Ground. 43. Of Fowls flying in the Air▪ 44. Upon a Penny Loaf. 45. Upon the Vine-tree. 46. The Boy and Watch-maker. 47. Upon the Boy and his Paper of Plumbs. 48. Upon a Looking-glass. 49. Upon a Lantern. 50. Of the Love of Christ. ⟨p. 79⟩51. Of the Horse and Drum. 52. On the Cackling of a Hen. 53. Upon an Hour Glass. 54. Upon the Chalk-stone. 55. Upon a Stinking Breath. 56. Upon Death, 57. Upon the Snail. 58. Of the Spouse of Christ. 59. Upon a Skilful Player on an Instrument. 60. Upon Fly-blows. 61. Of Man by Nature. 62. Of Physic. 63. Upon a Pair of Spectacles. 64. Upon our being afraid of small Creatures. 65. Upon our being afraid of the Apparition of Evil Spirits. 66. Upon the Disobedient Child. 67. Upon the Boy on his Hobby-horse▪ 68. Upon the Image in the Eye. 69. Upon the Weather-cock. 70. Upon a Sheet of white Paper. 71. Upon the Boy dull at his Book. 72. Upon Time and Eternity. 73. Upon Fire. 74. Of Beauty.
THE CONTENTS 1. UPon the Ten Commandments. 2. The awakened Childs Lamentation. 3. Meditations upon an Egg. 4. Upon the Lord's Prayer. 5. Meditation upon Peep of day. 6. Upon the Flint in the Water. 7. Upon the Fish in the Water. 8. Upon the Swallow. 9. Upon the Bee. 10. Upon the Creed. 11. Upon a low'ring Morning. 12. Upon over-much Niceness. 13. Meditations upon the Candle. 14. Upon the Sacraments. 15. Upon the Suns Reflections upon the Clouds in a fair Morning. 16. Upon Apparel. 17. The Sinner and the Spider. 18. Meditation upon day before Sun-rising. 19. Of the Mole in the Ground. 20. Of the Cuckow. 21. Of the Boy and Butter-Fly.