Publications of John Wodroephe

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• Wodroephe, John. The spared houres of a souldier in his travels. Or The true marrowe of the French tongue, where in is truely treated (by ordre) the nine parts of speech. Together, with two rare, and excellent bookes of dialogues ... Added yet an excellent worke, very profitable for all the ages of man, called The springwell of honour and vertue ... With many other godly songs, sonets, theames, letters missiues, and sentences proverbiales ... By Iohn VVodroephe. Gent. = Les heures de relasche d'un soldat, voyageant. Ou La vraie mo'lle de la langue franoise, en laquelle est naïfuement traité (par ordre) des neuf parties d'icelle. Ensemble, deux excellens, & rares livres de dialogues ... Iouxte encore vne excellente oeuvre, fort profitable pour tous les aages de l'homme, appellée la Fontaine de vertu, & d'honneur ... Auecques beaucoup d'autres chansons pieuses, sonets themes, lettres, missiues, & sentences proverbiales ... Imprime a Dort: Par Nicolas Vincentz. Pour George Waters, marchant libraire, demeurant pres le marché aux poissons, a l’enseigne des Mouchettes dorées, Ano. 1623. ESTC No. S118592. Grub Street ID 138244.
• Wodroephe, John. The marrow of the French tongue. Containing 1. Rules for the true pronunciation of euery letter as it is written or spoken. 2. An exact grammar, containing the nine parts of speech of the French tongue. 3. Dialogues in French and English, fitted to all kind of discourse for courtiers, citizens, or countrymen, in their affaires at home, or trauelling abroad. With variety of other helpes to the learner, as phrases, letters missiue, sentences, prouerbs, theames, &c. in both languages. So exactly collected and compiled by the great paines and industry of M. Iohn Wodroephe, that the meanest capacity either French or Englishman, that can but reade, may in a short time by his owne industry without the helpe of any teacher attaine to the perfection of both languages. Ce livre est aussi utile pour le François d'apprendre l'anglois, que pour l'Anglois d'apprendre le franois. London: Printed [by Miles Flesher] for Richard Meighen, at the signe of the Leg in the Strand, and in Saint Dunstans Churchyard in Fleetstreet, 1625. ESTC No. S118595. Grub Street ID 138247.