the_o sovereignty_n by_o make_v tribune_n by_o which_o machiavelli_n say_v their_o government_n be_v the_o more_o firm_a and_o secure_a and_o afterward_o by_o introduce_v other_o magistrate_n into_o the_o sovereignty_n nor_o be_v the_o admission_n and_o covenant_n the_o senate_n make_v in_o those_o case_n ever_o declare_v void_a but_o observe_v with_o all_o punctuality_n which_o be_v argument_n enough_o that_o the_o sovereign_a power_n may_v admit_v limitation_n without_o any_o danger_n to_o itself_o or_o the_o people_n which_o be_v all_o that_o be_v contend_v for_o as_o there_o never_o be_v any_o such_o person_n pag._n 88_o of_o who_o act_n a_o great_a multitude_n by_o mutual_a covenant_n one_o with_o another_o have_v make_v themselves_o every_o one_o the_o author_n to_o the_o end_n he_o may_v use_v the_o strength_n and_o mean_n of_o they_o all_o as_o he_o shall_v think_v expedient_a for_o their_o peace_n and_o common_a defence_n which_o be_v the_o definition_n he_o give_v of_o his_o 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incommunicable_a and_o inseparable_a i_o say_v he_o confess_v the_o power_n to_o coin_v money_n to_o dispose_v of_o the_o estate_n and_o person_n of_o infant_n heir_n and_o all_o other_o statute_n prerogatives_n may_v be_v transfer_v by_o the_o sovereign_n whereas_o he_o may_v have_v be_v inform_v if_o he_o have_v be_v so_o modest_a as_o to_o think_v he_o have_v need_n of_o any_o information_n that_o those_o be_v no_o statute_n prerogatives_n but_o as_o inherent_a and_o inseparable_a from_o the_o crown_n as_o many_o of_o those_o which_o he_o declare_v to_o be_v of_o the_o essence_n of_o the_o sovereignty_n but_o both_o those_o be_v already_o enter_v upon_o and_o he_o be_v to_o support_v all_o their_o action_n which_o be_v pass_v as_o well_o as_o to_o provide_v for_o their_o future_a proceed_n if_o mr._n hobbes_n have_v know_v any_o thing_n of_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o monarchy_n of_o england_n support_v by_o as_o firm_a principle_n of_o government_n as_o any_o monarchy_n in_o 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they_o suppress_v the_o strength_n of_o the_o law_n and_o wrest_v the_o power_n out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o king_n against_o which_o violence_n his_o sovereign_n be_v no_o otherwise_o secure_a then_o by_o declare_v that_o his_o subject_n proceed_v unjust_o of_o which_o no_o body_n doubt_v but_o that_o all_o they_o who_o take_v up_o arm_n against_o the_o king_n be_v guilty_a in_o the_o high_a degree_n and_o there_o be_v too_o much_o cause_n to_o fear_v that_o the_o unhappy_a publication_n of_o this_o doctrine_n against_o the_o liberty_n and_o propriety_n of_o the_o subject_a which_o other_o have_v the_o honour_n to_o declare_v before_o mr._n hobbes_n though_o they_o have_v not_o the_o good_a fortune_n to_o escape_v punishment_n as_o he_o have_v do_v i_o mean_v dr._n manwaring_n and_o dr._n sibthorpe_n contribute_v too_o much_o thereunto_o for_o let_v he_o take_v what_o pain_n he_o will_v to_o render_v those_o
which_o be_v never_o hear_v of_o before_o this_o institution_n and_o the_o consequence_n of_o it_o will_v best_o appear_v by_o a_o instance_n to_o be_v very_o ridiculous_a let_v we_o suppose_v that_o a_o information_n be_v prefer_v in_o the_o king_n bench_n as_o it_o may_v well_o be_v against_o mr._n hobbes_n for_o write_v and_o publish_v such_o a_o seditious_a book_n against_o the_o establish_a government_n of_o church_n and_o state_n as_o his_o leviathan_n be_v because_o the_o sovereign_a judge_n will_v not_o hear_v &_o determine_v this_o himself_n but_o refer_v it_o those_o judge_n who_o be_v appoint_v and_o commission_v by_o he_o to_o examine_v and_o punish_v crime_n of_o such_o a_o nature_n will_v it_o be_v reasonable_a that_o mr._n hobbes_n shall_v except_v against_o his_o judge_n because_o by_o their_o know_v the_o law_n he_o may_v suspect_v they_o and_o refuse_v to_o be_v try_v before_o any_o but_o those_o who_o he_o shall_v agree_v upon_o and_o pag._n 125_o can_v those_o be_v the_o property_n of_o just_a and_o rational_a judicature_n he_o have_v forget_v that_o before_o he_o erect_v his_o sovereignty_n when_o there_o can_v be_v no_o judicature_n he_o say_v pag._n 78._o it_o be_v of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n that_o they_o who_o be_v at_o controversy_n submit_v their_o right_n to_o the_o judgement_n of_o a_o arbitrator_n there_o indeed_o for_o want_v of_o judicature_n there_o be_v a_o necessity_n of_o a_o mutual_a consent_n without_o which_o no_o man_n can_v take_v upon_o he_o to_o be_v a_o arbitrator_n if_o a_o man_n have_v a_o suit_n upon_o matter_n of_o title_n or_o interest_n with_o a_o judge_n notwithstanding_o that_o he_o be_v swear_v to_o do_v right_a he_o be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v bind_v to_o bring_v his_o action_n before_o that_o judge_n that_o he_o may_v choose_v whether_o it_o shall_v depend_v in_o that_o court_n of_o which_o that_o judge_n be_v a_o member_n though_o the_o major_a part_n be_v unconcern_v but_o may_v have_v his_o right_n try_v 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with_o any_o part_n of_o the_o administration_n of_o justice_n in_o his_o own_o country_n which_o he_o will_v hardly_o like_v if_o he_o be_v expose_v to_o it_o and_o he_o may_v have_v observe_v that_o great_a privilege_n of_o the_o lord_n in_o england_n of_o be_v try_v in_o all_o capital_a crime_n by_o their_o peer_n by_o man_n of_o their_o own_o quality_n and_o condition_n to_o be_v a_o great_a privilege_n than_o the_o nobility_n of_o any_o nation_n in_o europe_n enjoy_v the_o grandee_n of_o spain_n and_o the_o duke_n and_o peer_n and_o mareschal_n of_o france_n in_o those_o transgression_n undergo_v the_o same_o form_n of_o justice_n and_o be_v try_v before_o the_o same_o judge_n as_o the_o mean_a peasant_n be_v for_o the_o like_a or_o the_o same_o crime_n and_o though_o he_o call_v it_o and_o say_v it_o have_v be_v ever_o acknowledge_v as_o a_o privilege_n of_o favor_n yet_o they_o look_v upon_o it_o as_o a_o privilege_n of_o right_n of_o which_o they_o can_v be_v deprive_v by_o the_o word_n and_o authority_n of_o the_o king_n and_o it_o may_v be_v he_o will_v be_v hardly_o able_a to_o bring_v this_o privilege_n under_o his_o original_a institution_n of_o government_n since_o probable_o man_n be_v then_o all_o equal_a they_o will_v never_o have_v consent_v to_o such_o a_o difference_n rather_o than_o equality_n in_o the_o form_n of_o justice_n that_o be_v to_o be_v exercise_v towards_o they_o and_o he_o value_v it_o too_o light_o who_o think_v it_o can_v be_v take_v from_o they_o by_o any_o arbitrary_a power_n i_o can_v comprehend_v what_o mr._n hobbes_n meaning_n be_v in_o make_v a_o ambassador_n send_v from_o his_o prince_n to_o congratulate_v or_o condole_v or_o to_o assist_v at_o a_o solemnity_n to_o be_v but_o a_o private_a person_n because_o he_o say_v pag._n 126._o the_o business_n be_v private_a and_o belong_v to_o he_o in_o his_o natural_a capacity_n whereas_o his_o be_v send_v ambassador_n and_o have_v in_o the_o performance_n of_o his_o office_n 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under_o his_o disquisition_n since_o they_o can_v depend_v upon_o his_o institution_n for_o they_o neither_o do_v nor_o can_v proceed_v from_o the_o covenant_n or_o contract_n or_o teansfer_v of_o right_n between_o private_a person_n but_o he_o must_v make_v a_o new_a institution_n for_o sovereign_n in_o which_o he_o will_v hardly_o be_v able_a to_o preserve_v they_o without_o some_o covenant_n which_o he_o hitherto_o so_o much_o abhor_v the_o survey_n of_o chapter_n 24._o it_o be_v the_o custom_n and_o delight_n that_o mr._n hobbes_n take_v in_o the_o frequent_a repeting_n almost_o in_o every_o chapter_n the_o lewd_a principle_n in_o his_o institution_n with_o some_o variety_n of_o pleasant_a expression_n and_o instance_n which_o he_o will_v have_v understand_v to_o add_v new_a vigour_n to_o his_o former_a argument_n that_o oblige_v i_o by_o tautology_n to_o put_v the_o reader_n in_o mind_n of_o what_o i_o have_v say_v before_o and_o to_o repete_fw-la the_o same_o that_o have_v be_v 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to_o pay_v five_o hundred_o pound_n nor_o by_o his_o rule_n be_v his_o adore_a law_n of_o nature_n of_o any_o force_n which_o he_o say_v pag._n 144_o be_v the_o law_n of_o god_n immutable_a and_o eternal_a nay_o heaven_n and_o earth_n shall_v pass_v away_o but_o not_o one_o title_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n shall_v pass_v for_o it_o be_v the_o eternal_a law_n of_o god_n he_o i_o say_v have_v as_o much_o subject_v that_o to_o the_o arbitrary_a power_n and_o discretion_n of_o his_o sovereign_n as_o he_o have_v do_v the_o liberty_n and_o property_n of_o the_o subject_a for_o he_o say_v pag._n 138._o the_o law_n of_o nature_n be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n in_o all_o commonwealth_n in_o the_o world_n and_o that_o though_o it_o be_v natural_o reasonable_a yet_o it_o be_v by_o the_o sovereign_a powâ—r_n that_o it_o be_v law_n and_o he_o say_v likewise_o that_o all_o law_n write_v and_o unwritten_a and_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n it_o seâ—f_n have_v need_n of_o interpretation_n 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