Publication details
| Id: | 3243 |
|---|---|
| Ref: | Wing: S5078 |
| 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 Clergy, Mercenary Lawyers, and Hereditary Nobility examined, together with the Expediency of an Agrarian and Rotation of Offices asserted. |
| Year: | 1659 |
| Author: |
William Sprigg |
| Printer: | |
| Publisher: |
Giles Calvert |
| Categories: |
Charles II Treatise Oliver Cromwell Richard Cromwell |
| Notes: | Thomason copy dated 'Sept 28'. 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 S5079). |
| Url (EEBO): | http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A93715.0001.001 |