The British Plutarch

THE

BRITISH PLUTARCH,

CONTAINING

THE LIVES

OF THE MOST EMINENT
DIVINES, . || PHILOSOPHERS,
PATRIOTS,

POETS,
STATESMEN,
WARRIORS,

ARTISTS,

AND

OF

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND,

FROM
THE ACCESSION OF HENRY VIII. TO THE PRESENT TIME.

2 Rew Edition,

RE-ARRANGED AND EN RICHED WITH SEVERAL

ADDITIONAL LIVES,

BY THE
, REV. FRANCIS WRANGHAM, M.A. F.R.S.

OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

IN SIX VOLUMES.

VOL. IV.

Triumph, my Britain! Thou hast those to show,
To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. (JONSON.)
- TOS ŽUSYTETAI;

(Æsch. ‘E77. ©n6. 431.)

LONDON:
PRINTED FOR J. MAWMAN, LUDGATE STREET; AND FOR

BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY, PATERNOSTER ROW.

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