LIVES OF EMINENT

AND

ILLUSTRIOUS ENGLISHMEN,

FROM

ALFRED THE GREAT TO THE LATEST TIMES,

On an Original Plan.

EDITED BY

GEORGE GODFREY CUNNINGHAM.

ILLUSTRATED BY A SERIES OF FINELY EXECUTED PORTRAITS, SELECTED FROM THE

MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES, AND ENGRAVED BY EMINENT ARTISTS.

VOL. III.-PART I.

GLASGOW:

A. FULLARTON & CO., 34, HUTCHESON STREET;

AND 31, SOUTH BRIDGE, EDINBURGH.

MDCCCXXXVI.

John Milton

Engraved by Sam ! Freeman.

from a Miniature by Faithorne, Anno, 1667.