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Seventeenth-Century Mother’s Advice Books This page intentionally left blank Seventeenth-Century Mother’s Advice Books Marsha Urban SEVENTEENTH-CENTURYMOTHER’SADVICEBOOKS © Marsha Urban,2006. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2006 978-1-4039-7066-4 All rights reserved.No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published in 2006 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™ 175 Fifth Avenue,New York,N.Y.10010 and Houndmills,Basingstoke,Hampshire,England RG21 6XS Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St.Martin’s Press,LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States,United Kingdom and other countries.Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-53236-0 ISBN 978-1-4039-7706-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781403977069 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd.,Chennai,India. First edition:February 2006 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Millie Lawson This page intentionally left blank Contents Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. Mothers, Wives, Widows, and Mother’s Advice Books of the Seventeenth Century 9 2. The Author and the Text 61 3. Age Rectified—The Edition 79 Appendix 153 Notes 185 Bibliography 199 Index 205 This page intentionally left blank Illustrations 1.1 Life Expectancy of Peers, 1558–1641 11 2.1 The Brockman family crest in the late seventeenth century 61 3.1 Illustration of a gathering, drawn by Marsha Urban 82 3.2 Anne Brockman’s signature 82 3.3 A12 signature 83 3.4 B-gathering signature 83 3.5 B14 signature 83 3.6 C signature 84 3.7 Jealousy page break 84 3.8 Brockman correction in her own hand 85 3.9 Corrections by another hand in the Brockman holograph 86 3.10 Age Rectified. Holograph 86 3.11 Title page, Brockman holograph of Age Rectified 88 3.12 Age Rectified, printed title page 88 3.13 Age Made Happy, title page, 1742 88 3.14 Age Rectifiedfirst page of manuscript and printed text 89 Appendix Brockman Poem, 1711 154 Brockman Poem, 1712 156 Glydd, Anne. Letter to William Brockman, 1699 158 Brockman, Anne. Letter to William Brockman, 1706 160 Brockman, Anne. Letter to Cousin Brockman, 1717 162 Brockman, Anne. Letter to William Brockman, 1718 164 Brockman, Anne. Letter to William Brockman, 1718 166 Brockman, Anne. Letter to James (Jem) Brockman, 1724 170 Glydd, Anne. Her Common Book 173
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