Note 438 — AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF PHINEAS PETT (continued 2)
Reading edition
Politician; degraded 1621. Smiles, Men of Invention and Industry, p. 43, says he was the original of 'Sir Giles Overreach' in Massinger's play, 'A New Way to Pay Old Debts.'
Reading edition
Politician; degraded 1621. Smiles, Men of Invention and Industry, p. 43, says he was the original of 'Sir Giles Overreach' in Massinger's play, 'A New Way to Pay Old Debts.'