The epistles of Phalaris translated into English from the original Greek by S. Whately ... ; to which is added Sir W. Temple's Character of the epistles of Phalaris ; together with an appendix of some other epistles lately discovered in a French ms.
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The epistles of Phalaris translated into English from the original Greek by S. Whately ... ; to which is added Sir W. Temple's Character of the epistles of Phalaris ; together with an appendix of some other epistles lately discovered in a French ms.
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Phalaris, Tyrant of Agrigentum, 6th cent. B.C.
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London :: Printed by Fr. Leach ... for the author,
1699.
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Ep. 49. To Epistratus.
YOu seem to congratulate me for an
happy man. I shall give you
therefore in few words, the History of
my self. An Orphan almost as soon as
born; scarce a man, when by an unlucky
Adventure forced to fly my Country;
despoiled of my Fortunes; the best of my
years spent amongst Uncultivated Barba∣rians;
persecuted from Nation to Nati∣on,
and no where secure; betray'd not
only by my Enemies, but by my Friends,
that is, if kindness could have made 'em
such; at last a Tyrant, and at the same
time an* 1.1 Abhorrer of Tyranny, and wish∣ing
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that I could be any thing else than a
Tyrant; if this be to be an Happy man,
then am I an Happy man.
Notes
* 1.1
These Epistles all along make the best of Phalaris, and therefore I take him here in the best sense the words will bear, and that which I believe they intend.