Publication details

Id: 3242
Ref: Wing: S5079
Title: A Modest Plea, For An Equal Common-wealth, Against Monarchy. In which the genuine Nature, and true Interest of a Free-State, is briefly stated; Its Consistency with a National Clergie, Hereditary Nobility, and Mercenary Lawyers, is examined; Together with the Expediency of an Agrarian and Rotation of Offices Asserted.
Year: 1659
Author: William Sprigg
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Publisher: Giles Calvert
Categories: Charles II
Treatise
Oliver Cromwell
Richard Cromwell
Notes: Thomason copy dated 'Sept:'. Anonymous; for the attribution to Sprigg see ODNB. Republican treatise that argues against hereditary forms of authority. Epigraph on title page: 'In the multitude of Counsellors there is Safety' [Proverbs 11:14]. Another edition appeared in 1659 (see Wing S5078).
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