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1532 edition: The boke of wysdome folowynge the auctoryties of auncyent phylosophers, dyuydynge, and spekyng of vyces and vertues, wherby a man maye be praysed, or dyspraysed, with the maner to speke alwayes well and wysely to all folkes, of what estate so euer they be.

1565 edition: The boke of wisdome otherwise called the flower of vertue. Folowing the auctorities of auncient doctours [and] philosophers, deuiding and speaking of vices [and] vertues, wyth many goodly examples wherby a man may be praysed or dyspraysed, wyth the maner to speake well and wyselie to al folkes, of what estate so euer they bee. Translated first out of Italion into French, [and] out of french into English, by Iohn Larke. 1565

An early English translation of the Chapelet des vertus, a French version of the Fiore di virtù.

Language: English