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First Book of the Introduction of Knowledge
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  • Andrew Boorde

    …before 1542 had completed his First Book of the Introduction of Knowledge, in prose and “ryme doggerel” (1548), which ranks as the earliest continental guidebook. He also published Dietary of Health (1542?) and Breviary (1547). He probably returned to England in 1542. His imprisonment toward the end of his life…

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    …before 1542 had completed his First Book of the Introduction of Knowledge, in prose and “ryme doggerel” (1548), which ranks as the earliest continental guidebook. He also published Dietary of Health (1542?) and Breviary (1547). He probably returned to England in 1542. His imprisonment toward the end of his life…

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