UNIVERSAL BIOGRAPHY,

CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED;

CONTAINING

INTERESTING ACCOUNTS,,

CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL,

OF THE

LIVES AND CHARACTERS, LABOURS AND ACTIONS,

OF

EMINENT PERSONS,

IN ALL AGES AND COUNTRIES, CONDITIONS AND PROFESSIONS,

CLASSED

ACCORDING TO THEIR VARIOUS TALENTS AND PURSUITS:

SHOWING

THE PROGRESS OF MEN AND THINGS, FROM THE BEGINNING OF

THE WORLD TO THE PRESENT TIME.

TO WHICH IS ADDED

AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX FOR REFERENCE.

BY THE

REV. JOHN PLATTS,
AUTHOR OF THE NEW SELF-INTERPRETING TESTAMENT,

&c. &c.

LONDON:
PRINTED FOR SHERWOOD, GILBERT, AND PIPER ;

PATERNOSTER-ROW.