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Gervase Markham

English poet and writer

Born	1568?
Died	1637

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Markham's master-piece: containing all knowledge belonging to the smith, farrier, or horse-leach, touching the curing all diseases in horses. Drawn with great pains and approved experience, and the publick practice of the best horse-marshals in Christendom. Divided into two books. The I. Containing cures physical: The II. All cures chyrurgical. Together with the nature, use, and quality of every simple mentioned through the whole work. Now the nineteenth time printed, corrected and augmented, with above thirty new chapters, and forty new medicines, heretofore never published. To which is added, the exactest receipts for curing all diseases, in oxen, cows, sheep, hogs, goats, dogs, and all small cattle. Also the Compleat jockey. Containing methods for the training horses up for racing, with their heats and courses, and manner of keeping, &c. Also, instructions to avoid being cheated by horse-coursers. To which is added in this nineteenth impression, directions to preserve all sorts of cattle from all manner of diseases, and to feed cattle fat, without corn, hay, or grass. Also the way to improve St-Foin. With divers other things never before made publick.

by Gervase Markham First published in 1615 — 43 editions
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Markhams Farwell to husbandry, or, The inriching of all sorts of barren and sterile grounds in our kingdome, to be as fruitfull in all manner of graine, pulse, and grasse, as the best grounds whatsoeuer: together with the annoyances, and preseruation of all graine and seede, from one yeare to many yeares : as also a husbandly computation of men and cattels dayly labours, their expences, charges, and vttermost profits.

by Gervase Markham First published in 1625 — 11 editions
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The compleat horseman

by Gervase Markham First published in 1975 — 1 edition
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A critical edition of The true tragedy of Herod and Antipater

by Gervase Markham First published in 1979 — 1 edition
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The teares of the beloved, 1600 and Marie Magdalene's teares, 1601.: Edited with memorial-introduction and notes.

by Gervase Markham First published in 1871 — 1 edition
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The perfect horse-man. Or the experienced secrets of Mr. Markhams fifty years practise. Showing how a man may come to be a general horseman: By the knowledge of these seven offices, viz. the breeder, feeder, ambler, rider, keeper, buyer, farrier ...

by Gervase Markham First published in 1671 — 1 edition
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The English hous-wife: containing the inward and outward vertues which ought to be in a compleat woman : as her skill in physick, surgery, cookery, extraction of oyls, banquetting stuff, ordering of great feasts, preserving of all sorts of wines, conceited secrets, distillations, perfumes, ordering of wool, hemp, flax: making cloth and dying, the knowldege of dayries, office of malting, of oats, their excellent uses in a family, of brewing, baking and all other things belonging to an houshold : a work generally approved, and now the eighth time much augmented, purged, and made most profitable and necessary for all men, and the generall good of this nation

by Gervase Markham First published in 1664 — 1 edition
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Markham's master-piece. Containing all knowledge belonging to the smith, farrier, or horse-leach

by Gervase Markham First published in 1734 — 1 edition
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Markham's master-piece. Containing all knowledge belonging to the smith, farrier, or horse-leach

by Gervase Markham First published in 1734 — 1 edition
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Markham's master-piece containing all knowledge belonging to the smith, farrier, or horse-leach, touching the curing all diseases in horses. Drawn with great pains from approved experience, and the publick practice of the best horse-marshals in Christendom. Divided into two books. The I. containing cures physical: The II. all cures chirurgical. Together with the nature, use, and quality of every simple mentioned through the whole work. Now the sixteenth time printed, corrected, and augmented, with above thirty new chapters, and forty new medicines heretofore never publish'd . To which is added, the exactest receipts for curing all diseases in oxen, cows, sheep, hogs, goats, dogs, and all smaller cattle. Also the compleat jockey ; containing methods for the training horses up for racing ... To which is added ... directions to preserve all sorts of cattle, from all manner of diseases ...

by Gervase Markham First published in 1703 — 1 edition
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Markham's master-piece. Containing all knowledge belonging to the smith, farrier, or horse-leach

by Gervase Markham First published in 1710 — 1 edition
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The true tragedy of Herod and Antipater: with the death of faire Marriam, according to Iosephus the learned and famous Iew : as it hathe beene diuers times publiquely acted (with great applause) at the Red Bull by the Company of His Maiesties Revels

by Gervase Markham First published in 1622 — 1 edition
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The English hovse-wife. Containing the inward and outward vertues which ought to be in a compleate woman. As her skill in physicke, surgery, cookery, extraction of oyles, banqueting stuffe, ordering of great feasts, preserving of ... wines, conceited secrets, distillations, perfumes, ordering of wooll, hempe, flax, making cloth ... the knowledge of dayries, office of malting ... baking, and all other things belonging to an household

by Gervase Markham First published in 1637 — 1 edition
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Markham's master-piece. Containing all knowledge belonging to the smith, farrier, or horse-leach

by Gervase Markham First published in 1710 — 1 edition
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Markham's farewel to husbandry, or, The enriching of all sorts of barren and sterile grounds in our nation ...: together with the annoyances, and preservation of all grain and seed, from one year to many years : as also a husbandly computation of men and cattels daily labours, their expences, charges, and utmost profits.

by Gervase Markham First published in 1676 — 1 edition
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The dumbe knight: an historicall comedy acted sundry times by the Children of His Maiesties Revells

by Gervase Markham First published in 1633 — 1 edition
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The English hous-wife: extracted from the original work published in 1653

by Gervase Markham First published in 1908 — 1 edition
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The English house-wife. Containing the inward and outward vertues which ought to be in a compleate woman. As her skill in physicke, surgery, cookery, extraction of oyls, banqueting stuffe, ordering of great feasts, preserving of all sort of wines, conceited secrets, distillations, perfumes, ordering of wooll, hempe, flax, making cloth and dying; the knowledge of dayries, office of malting; of oates, their excellent uses in families: of brewing, baking, and all other things belonging to a household

by Gervase Markham First published in 1631 — 1 edition
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Country contentments, or The English huswife. Containing the inward and outward vertues which ought to be in a compleate woman. As her skill in physicke, surgerie, ...

by Gervase Markham First published in 1623 — 1 edition
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Cavalarice. Or the English horseman: contayning all the art of horsemanship, asmuch as is necessary for any man to vnderstand, whether hee be horse-breeder, horse-ryder, horse-hunter, horse-runner, horse-ambler, horse-farrier, horse-keeper, coachman, smith, or sadler. Together, with the discouery of the subtil trade or mystery of hors-coursers, and an explanation of the excellency of a horses vnderstanding

by Gervase Markham First published in 1616 — 1 edition
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English poet and writer

Born	1568?
Died	1637

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OLID: OL364104A
ISNI: 0000000073753856
Library of Congress Names: n50041816
Project Gutenberg: 25615
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): UFIV081111
VIAF: 69739029
Wikidata: Q456590
Inventaire.io: wd:Q456590

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