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england_n 4._o with_o the_o emperor_n and_o prince_n of_o germany_n 5._o with_o the_o hollander_n the_o crown_n of_o denmark_n sweden_n and_o poland_n 6._o with_o the_o turk_n and_o king_n of_o persia_n 7._o with_o the_o king_n of_o the_o coast_n of_o barbary_n and_o the_o king_n of_o morocco_n 8._o with_o all_o remote_a prince_n as_o the_o emperor_n of_o the_o negro_n prestor_n john_n the_o great_a mogul_n the_o other_o king_n of_o the_o indies_n of_o china_n and_o of_o tartary_n have_v treat_v in_o the_o precedent_a ceapter_n of_o thing_n internal_a to_o the_o state_n i_o think_v it_o reasonable_a to_o speak_v of_o external_o and_o what_o course_n be_v to_o be_v take_v in_o they_o for_o to_o promote_v the_o happiness_n of_o people_n and_o govern_v they_o
confer_v they_o as_o a_o distribution_n make_v to_o his_o creature_n and_o that_o he_o may_v cause_v they_o by_o sensible_a mean_n to_o experiment_n his_o goodness_n the_o magnificence_n of_o a_o man_n render_v he_o considerable_a if_o his_o spirit_n in_o it_o be_v great_a and_o heroick_n but_o it_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o have_v speak_v of_o that_o which_o constitute_v felicity_n we_o must_v take_v some_o account_n of_o the_o mean_n which_o conduce_v unto_o it_o nature_n constancy_n and_o reason_n do_v contribute_v to_o endue_v we_o with_o virtue_n the_o two_o former_a do_v enrich_v the_o mind_n and_o dispose_v it_o to_o receive_v virtue_n then_o reason_n be_v clear_v by_o the_o light_n of_o precept_n make_v it_o spring_v up_o and_o cultivate_v it_o of_o all_o precept_n those_o of_o great_a efficacy_n be_v the_o political_a which_o be_v indeed_o law_n do_v command_n and_o oblige_v man_n to_o obey_v in_o a_o manner_n blind_o necessitate_v and_o constrain_a we_o to_o live_v well_o whether_o we_o will_v or_o no._n it_o be_v upon_o this_o ground_n it_o have_v be_v say_v that_o there_o lie_v no_o servitude_n at_o all_o in_o submit_v to_o the_o power_n of_o the_o law_n and_o that_o it_o be_v the_o proper_a act_n of_o man_n true_o free_a to_o reduce_v their_o inclination_n and_o subject_a their_o practice_n to_o the_o same_o forasmuch_o as_o the_o conform_v of_o life_n and_o manner_n to_o the_o impulse_n of_o virtue_n which_o be_v always_o right_a always_o uncorrupt_a be_v in_o truth_n a_o set_v our_o ourselves_o at_o full_a liberty_n and_o a_o enfranchisement_n from_o the_o empire_n of_o importunate_a and_o irregular_a passion_n but_o of_o these_o general_a thesis_n enough_o it_o be_v time_n at_o length_n to_o enter_v upon_o the_o subject_n which_o occasion_v my_o take_n up_o the_o design_n of_o this_o present_a treatise_n chap._n iii_o 1._o of_o the_o french_a monarchy_n 2._o of_o the_o situation_n and_o quality_n of_o france_n 3._o of_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o french_a the_o monarchick_a government_n do_v not_o more_o excel_v other_o government_n than_o the_o french_a monarchy_n do_v all_o other_o monarchy_n on_o earth_n it_o be_v hereditary_a and_o for_o twelve_o whole_a age_n there_o have_v be_v see_v reign_v from_o male_a to_o male_n upon_o the_o throne_n of_o france_n the_o august_n posterity_n of_o merove_n of_o charlemain_n and_o of_o hugh_n capet_n for_o it_o be_v exact_o prove_v that_o these_o three_o race_n of_o our_o king_n be_v branch_n issue_v out_o of_o the_o same_o stock_n this_o very_a succession_n so_o legitimate_a as_o it_o have_v be_v and_o so_o long_o continue_v make_v at_o present_a the_o sure_a foundation_n of_o the_o welfare_n of_o the_o state_n and_o carry_v in_o it_o splendour_n reputation_n and_o majesty_n indeed_o to_o how_o many_o ill_n be_v elective_a kingdom_n expose_v how_o many_o cabal_n how_o many_o complotting_n and_o in_o truth_n war_n be_v keep_v on_o foot_n by_o so_o many_o different_a agitation_n the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o roman_a empire_n and_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o pole_n do_v administer_v sensible_a proof_n of_o this_o opinion_n if_o the_o spartan_n heretofore_o do_v draw_v so_o great_a a_o advantage_n from_o the_o honour_n they_o have_v to_o be_v command_v by_o prince_n of_o the_o blood_n of_o hercules_n the_o french_a have_v far_o great_a cause_n to_o glory_n since_o in_o the_o catalogue_n of_o his_o majesty_n triumphant_a ancestor_n there_o may_v be_v count_v a_o hundred_o hero_n great_a than_o hercules_n himself_o be_v there_o a_o monarch_n in_o the_o world_n who_o just_a power_n be_v more_o absolute_a than_o that_o of_o our_o king_n and_o by_o consequent_a be_v there_o a_o monarchy_n comparable_a to_o the_o french_a monarchy_n it_o be_v necessary_a that_o the_o power_n of_o a_o good_a king_n be_v not_o confine_v within_o other_o bound_n than_o reason_n and_o equity_n do_v prescribe_v otherwise_o there_o will_v ever_o be_v division_n between_o prince_n and_o people_n to_o the_o ruin_n of_o they_o both_o what_o a_o disorder_n will_v it_o be_v in_o man_n if_o the_o eye_n or_o hand_n shall_v fail_v of_o follow_v the_o impulse_n of_o the_o soul_n this_o disobey_v and_o rebellious_a member_n will_v prove_v dead_a or_o seize_v with_o a_o palsy_n if_o then_o the_o whole_a body_n shall_v fall_v into_o a_o universal_a revolt_n against_o the_o spirit_n of_o man_n all_o the_o symmetry_n the_o order_n and_o oeconomy_n will_v be_v utter_o deface_v thus_o the_o subject_n in_o a_o monarchy_n once_o cease_v to_o yield_v their_o king_n a_o full_a obedience_n and_o the_o king_n cease_v to_o exercise_v his_o sovereign_a authority_n over_o they_o the_o political_a ligature_n be_v break_v the_o government_n be_v dissolve_v by_o little_a and_o little_a all_o be_v reduce_v to_o extreme_a calamity_n and_o ofttimes_o to_o anarchy_n and_o a_o annihilation_n such_o be_v the_o inconvenience_n that_o occur_v in_o royalty_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_a kind_n where_o the_o prince_n have_v but_o a_o limit_a authority_n and_o if_o all_o that_o england_n suffer_v in_o the_o late_a time_n be_v portray_v here_o it_o will_v be_v easy_a to_o observe_v of_o what_o importance_n it_o be_v unto_o the_o felicity_n of_o a_o monarchy_n that_o the_o prince_n do_v in_o it_o command_v without_o restriction_n in_o fine_a the_o obedience_n of_o instrumental_a part_n as_o those_o of_o organical_a body_n and_o the_o subject_n of_o a_o state_n be_v of_o so_o indispensible_a a_o necessity_n that_o the_o common_a good_a and_o conservation_n of_o that_o whole_a which_o they_o compose_v depend_v upon_o it_o in_o democracy_n even_o the_o most_o tumultuous_a and_o disorderly_a all_o must_v bow_v under_o the_o will_n of_o the_o multitude_n though_o blind_a ignorant_a and_o seduce_v in_o like_a manner_n the_o part_n of_o the_o body_n of_o brute_n must_v act_v by_o their_o motion_n though_o they_o be_v in_o rage_n and_o madness_n and_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o necessity_n be_v 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