The History of the Seven Wise Masters of Rome. Containing Many Ingenious and Entertaining Stories; Wherein the Treachery of Evil Counselours is discovered, Innocence cleared, and the Wisdom of the Seven Wise Masters displayed

Published by Printed by J. Byrne and Son, Windham, [CT], 1811

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Unadorned brown leather spine, scuffed blue marbled paper over card, joints fine, 12.5 x 7.5 cm, (4 7/8 x 3 inches). Lacks the front free end papers (blanks). 84 pages, counted and complete. A rather ancient tale that has appeared in various forms since the ninth century AD, known across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa, as the Book of Sinbad, or as the Seven Sages of Rome. "It is one of the most widely transmitted tales of premodernity, translated and adapted into at least 32 languages, with each version considerably different from the others." - wikipedia.The version we present to you here is Christianized, as one can see from the Preface:"I here present you with a History most pleasant and delightful; which, if well understood, will turn greatly to your advantage; for under the similies of human affairs many mysteries lie hid.consider briefly the Emperour signifies a natural man, the Empress sin, the Son conscience, and the Wise Masters such as give sacred counsel, to save us from destruction: for as the emperour hearkening to the false accusations of the empress, designed the death of his son, and was prevented by the masters, so when men hearken to the sweet allurements of enticing sin, Conscience that does reprove them is struck dumb, and still they labour to stifle and destroy it, yet are prevented by the hearing of God's sacred word, the sacred impulse of the Holy Spirit, or the sad examples of those that turned rebels against the King of Kings, which giving conscience time to breathe, at last.it recovers strength, and speaking in a dialect of Heaven, discovers all the delusions that sin lays to ensnare the soul, and render men for ever miserable, insulting over her destructive wiles, till she's destroyed." - Preface.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The History of the Seven Wise Masters of Rome. Containing Many Ingenious and Entertaining Stories; Wherein the Treachery of Evil Counselours is discovered, Innocence cleared, and the Wisdom of the Seven Wise Masters displayed
• Publisher: Printed by J. Byrne and Son, Windham, [CT]
• Publication Date: 1811
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
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  • Philosophy