01854nam 2200409 n 450 99639688520331620221107222538.0(CKB)4940000000064987(EEBO)2248496571(UnM)9928107400971(UnM)99828952(EXLCZ)99494000000006498719950515d1661 uy |engurbn||||a|bb|The Syracusan tyrant: or, The life of Agathocles[electronic resource] With some reflexions on the practices of our modern usurpersLondon printed for R. Royston, bookseller to the Kings most excellent Majesty, and are to be sold by S. Gape neer the Middle Temple in Fleetstreet1661[32], 263, [1] p., [1] leaf of folded platesDedication signed: R. P. = Richard Perrinchief. Cf. Wing, McAlpin.Republished in 1676 as: The Sicilian tyrant.Frontispiece = folded plate, depicting "Tyranny" as a soldier, with "Perfidia" and "Crudelitas" holding a wreath of snakes above his head.An attack on Oliver Cromwell presented as a biography of Agathocles.Caption title on p. 1: The tyrant, or The life of Agathocles.Running title: The life of Agathocles.Reproduction of the original in the Union Theological Seminary Library, New York.eebo-0160Great BritainHistoryCommonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660Early works to 1800Perrinchief Richard1623?-1673.1004247Perrinchief Richard1623?-1673.1004247Cu-RivESCu-RivESCStRLINWaOLNBOOK996396885203316The Syracusan tyrant, or, The life of Agathocles2366568UNISA