The follovving of Christ Diuided into foure bookes. Written in Latin by the learned and deuout man, Thomas a Kempis, canon-regular of the order of S. Augustine. Whereunto also is added the golden Epistle of S. Bernard. And also certaine rules of a Christian life, made by Iohn Picus the elder, Earle of Mirandula. Translated into English by B.F ([Printed with licence [by the English secret press], 1615)
A translation of: Imitatio Christi. - B.F. = Anthony Hoskins. - Identification of printer from STC. - Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. - STC (2nd ed.), 23988. - The "Golden epistle" is a translation by Richard Whitford of "Epistola de perfectione vitae"; the rules are a translation by Sir Thomas Elyot of "Regulae duodecim portim excitantes portim dirigentes hominem in pugna spirituali". Both are revised and reprinted from STC 23968. - The traditional attribution to Thomas à Kempis is disputed