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Eliot's work is a witty satire of contemporary conversation manuals such as Florio's First Frutes. Eliot's introduction to the reader contains some commentary which draws on the apodemic educational tradition in describing the motivations of English gentlemen wishing to learn French (see sigs B1r-B2r). It also contains three dialogues, the third of which is titled 'The Traveller' (pp 41-60). This dialogue, in parallel columns of English and French, gives an account of travels in France and Italy. This is followed by a description of England, which draws on apodemic heads of description and thus discusses the climate, character of the people, their trade and merchandise, universities, laws, court and rulers, etc.
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