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to_o have_v any_o regard_n to_o his_o letter_n or_o personal_a command_n if_o a_o man_n be_v sue_v he_o must_v appear_v and_o a_o deliquent_a be_v to_o be_v try_v coram_fw-la rege_fw-la but_o no_o otherwise_o than_o secundum_fw-la legem_fw-la terrae_fw-la according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n not_o his_o personal_a will_n or_o opinion_n and_o the_o judgement_n give_v must_v be_v execute_v whether_o they_o please_v he_o or_o not_o it_o be_v always_o understand_v that_o he_o can_v speak_v no_o otherwise_o than_o the_o law_n speak_v and_o be_v always_o present_a as_o far_o as_o the_o law_n require_v for_o this_o reason_n a_o noble_a lord_n who_o be_v irregular_o detain_v in_o prison_n in_o 1681_o be_v by_o habeas_fw-la corpus_fw-la bring_v to_o the_o bar_n of_o the_o king_n bench_n where_o he_o sue_v to_o be_v release_v upon_o bail_n and_o a_o ignorant_a judge_n tell_v he_o he_o must_v apply_v himself_o to_o the_o king_n he_o reply_v that_o he_o come_v thither_o for_o that_o end_n that_o the_o king_n may_v eat_v drink_v or_o sleep_v where_o he_o please_v but_o when_o he_o render_v justice_n he_o be_v always_o in_o that_o place_n the_o king_n that_o render_v justice_n be_v indeed_o always_o there_o he_o never_o sleep_v he_o be_v subject_a to_o no_o infirmity_n he_o never_o die_v unless_o the_o nation_n be_v extinguish_v or_o so_o dissipate_v as_o to_o have_v no_o government_n no_o nation_n that_o have_v a_o sovereign_a power_n within_o itself_o do_v ever_o want_v this_o king_n he_o be_v in_o athens_n and_o rome_n as_o well_o as_o at_o babylon_n and_o sufa_n and_o be_v as_o proper_o say_v to_o be_v now_o in_o venice_n switserland_n or_o holland_n as_o in_o france_n morocco_z or_o turkey_n this_o be_v he_o to_o who_o we_o all_o owe_v a_o simple_a and_o unconditional_a obedience_n
of_o parliament_n and_o to_o pick_v out_o what_o may_v serve_v her_o turn_n but_o frequent_o pass_v forty_o or_o fifty_o in_o a_o session_n without_o read_v one_o of_o they_o she_o know_v that_o she_o do_v not_o reign_v for_o herself_o but_o for_o her_o people_n that_o what_o be_v good_a for_o they_o be_v either_o good_a for_o she_o or_o that_o her_o good_a ought_v not_o to_o come_v into_o competition_n with_o that_o of_o the_o whole_a nation_n and_o that_o she_o be_v by_o oath_n oblige_v to_o pass_v such_o law_n as_o be_v present_v to_o she_o on_o their_o behalf_n this_n not_o only_o show_v that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o a_o legislative_a power_n place_v in_o king_n by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o nature_n but_o that_o nation_n have_v it_o in_o themselves_o it_o be_v not_o by_o law_n nor_o by_o right_a but_o by_o usurpation_n fraud_n and_o perjury_n that_o some_o king_n take_v upon_o they_o to_o pick_v what_o they_o please_v out_o of_o the_o public_a acts._n henry_n the_o five_o do_v not_o grant_v we_o the_o right_a of_o make_v our_o own_o law_n but_o with_o his_o approbation_n we_o abolish_v a_o detestable_a abuse_n that_o may_v have_v prove_v fatal_a to_o we_o and_o if_o we_o examine_v our_o history_n we_o shall_v find_v that_o every_o good_a and_o generous_a prince_n have_v seek_v to_o establish_v our_o liberty_n as_o much_o as_o the_o most_o base_a and_o wicked_a to_o infringe_v they_o the_o end_n the_o table_n chap._n i._n section_n 1._o the_o introduction_n page_n 1_o sect._n 2._o the_o common_a notion_n of_o liberty_n be_v not_o from_o school-divines_a but_o from_o nature_n p._n 5._o sect._n 3_o implicit_a faith_n belong_v to_o fool_n and_o truth_n be_v comprehend_v by_o examine_v principle_n p._n 8._o sect._n 4._o the_o right_n of_o particular_a nation_n can_v subsist_v if_o general_a principle_n contrary_a to_o they_o be_v receive_v as_o true_a p._n 11._o sect._n 5._o to_o depend_v upon_o the_o will_n of_o a_o man_n be_v slavery_n p._n 12._o sect._n 6._o god_n leave_v to_o man_n the_o choice_n of_o form_n in_o government_n and_o those_o who_o constitute_v one_o form_n may_v abrogate_v it_o p._n 14._o sect._n 7._o abraham_n and_o the_o patriarch_n be_v not_o king_n p._n 17._o sect._n 8._o nimrod_n be_v the_o first_o king_n during_o the_o life_n of_o chusn_a cham_n shem_fw-mi and_o noah_n p._n 19_o sect._n 9_o the_o power_n of_o a_o father_n belong_v only_o to_o a_o father_n p._n 22._o sect._n 10._o such_o as_o enter_v into_o society_n must_v in_o some_o degree_n diminish_v their_o liberty_n p._n 23._o sect._n 11._o no_o man_n come_v to_o command_v many_o unless_o by_o consent_n or_o by_o force_n p._n 24._o sect._n 12._o the_o pretend_a paternal_a right_n be_v divisible_a or_o indivisible_a if_o divisible_a it_o be_v extinguish_v if_o indivisible_a universal_a p._n 25._o sect._n 13._o there_o be_v no_o shadow_n of_o a_o paternal_a kingdom_n among_o the_o hebrew_n nor_o precept_n for_o it_o p._n 27._o sect._n 14._o if_o the_o paternal_a right_n have_v include_v dominion_n and_o be_v to_o be_v transfer_v to_o a_o single_a heir_n it_o must_v perish_v if_o he_o be_v not_o know_v and_o can_v be_v apply_v to_o no_o other_o person_n p._n 30._o sect._n 16._o the_o ancient_n choose_v those_o to_o be_v king_n who_o excel_v in_o the_o virtue_n that_o be_v most_o beneficial_a to_o civil_a society_n p._n 36._o sect._n 17._o god_n have_v give_v the_o government_n of_o the_o world_n to_o no_o one_o man_n nor_o declare_v how_o it_o shall_v be_v divide_v leave_v it_o to_o the_o will_n of_o man_n p._n 41._o sect._n 18._o if_o a_o right_a of_o dominion_n be_v esteem_v hereditary_a according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n a_o multitude_n of_o destructive_a and_o inextricable_a controversy_n will_v thereupon_o arise_v p._n 45._o sect._n 19_o king_n can_v confer_v the_o right_n of_o father_n upon_o prince_n nor_o prince_n upon_o king_n p._n 48._o sect._n 20._o all_o just_a magistratical_a power_n be_v from_o the_o people_n p._n 54._o chap._n ii_o sect_n 1._o that_o it_o be_v natural_a for_o nation_n to_o govern_v or_o to_o choose_v governor_n and_o that_o virtue_n only_o give_v a_o natural_a preference_n of_o one_o man_n above_o another_o or_o reason_n why_o one_o shall_v be_v choose_v rather_o than_o another_o p._n 59_o sect._n 2._o every_o man_n that_o have_v child_n have_v the_o right_a of_o a_o father_n and_o be_v capable_a of_o preferment_n in_o a_o society_n compose_v of_o many_o p._n 67._o sect._n 3_o government_n be_v not_o institute_v for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o governor_n but_o of_o the_o govern_v and_o power_n be_v not_o a_o advantage_n but_o a_o burden_n p._n 70._o sect._n 4._o the_o paternal_a right_n devolve_v to_o and_o be_v inherit_v by_o all_o the_o child_n p._n 71._o sect._n 5._o free_a man_n join_v together_o and_o frame_v great_a or_o lesser_a society_n and_o give_v such_o form_n to_o they_o as_o best_o please_v themselves_o p._n 75._o sect._n 6._o they_o who_o have_v a_o right_n of_o choose_v a_o king_n have_v the_o right_n of_o make_v a_o king_n p._n 83._o sect._n 7._o the_o law_n of_o every_o nation_n be_v the_o measure_n of_o magistratical_a power_n p._n 87._o sect._n 8._o there_o be_v no_o natural_a propensity_n in_o man_n or_o beast_n to_o monarchy_n p._n 94._o sect._n 9_o the_o government_n institute_v by_o god_n over_o the_o israelite_n be_v aristocratical_a p._n 96._o sect._n 10._o aristotle_n be_v not_o simple_o for_o monarchy_n or_o against_o popular_a government_n but_o approve_v or_o disapprove_v of_o either_o according_a to_o circumstance_n p._n 102._o sect._n 11._o liberty_n produce_v virtue_n order_n and_o stability_n slavery_n be_v accompany_v with_o vice_n weakness_n and_o misery_n p._n 104._o sect._n 12._o the_o glory_n virtue_n and_o power_n of_o the_o roman_n begin_v and_o end_v with_o their_o liberty_n p._n 112._o sect._n 13._o there_o be_v no_o disorder_n or_o prejudice_n in_o change_v the_o name_n or_o number_n of_o magistrate_n whilst_o the_o root_n and_o principle_n of_o their_o power_n continue_v entire_a p._n 117._o sect._n 14._o no_o sedition_n be_v hurtful_a to_o rome_n till_o through_o their_o prosperity_n some_o man_n gain_v a_o power_n above_o the_o law_n p._n 120._o sect._n 15._o the_o empire_n of_o rome_n perpetual_o decay_v when_o it_o fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o one_o man_n p._n 123._o sect._n 16._o the_o best_a government_n of_o the_o world_n have_v be_v compose_v of_o monarchy_n aristocracy_n and_o democracy_n p._n 130._o sect._n 17._o good_a government_n admit_v of_o change_n in_o the_o superstructure_n whilst_o the_o foundation_n remain_v unchangeable_a p._n 134._o sect._n 18._o xenophon_n in_o blame_v the_o disorder_n of_o democracy_n favour_n aristocracy_n not_o monarchy_n p._n 138._o sect._n 19_o that_o corruption_n and_o venality_n which_o be_v natural_a to_o court_n be_v seldom_o find_v in_o popular_a government_n p._n 145._o sect._n 20._o man_n natural_a love_n to_o liberty_n be_v temper_v by_o reason_n which_o original_o be_v his_o nature_n p._n 151._o sect._n 21._o mix_v and_o popular_a government_n preserve_v peace_n and_o manage_v war_n better_o than_o absolute_a monarchy_n p._n 154._o sect._n 22._o commonwealth_n seek_v peace_n or_o war_n according_a to_o the_o variety_n of_o their_o constitution_n p._n 159._o sect._n 23._o that_o be_v the_o best_a government_n which_o provide_v best_a for_o war_n p._n 165._o sect._n 24._o popular_a government_n be_v less_o subject_a to_o civil_a disorder_n than_o monarchy_n manage_v they_o more_o able_o and_o more_o easy_o recover_v out_o of_o they_o p._n 172._o sect._n 25._o court_n be_v more_o subject_a to_o venality_n and_o corruption_n than_o popular_a government_n p._n 200._o sect._n 26._o civil_a tumult_n and_o war_n be_v not_o the_o great_a evil_n that_o befall_z nation_n p._n 206._o sect._n 27._o the_o mischief_n and_o cruelty_n proceed_v from_o tyranny_n be_v great_a than_o any_o that_o can_v come_v from_o popular_a or_o mix_v government_n p._n 210._o sect._n 28._o man_n live_v under_o popular_a or_o mix_v government_n be_v more_o careful_a of_o the_o public_a good_a than_o in_o absolute_a monarchy_n p._n 215._o sect._n 29._o there_o be_v no_o assurance_n that_o the_o distemper_n of_o a_o state_n shall_v be_v cure_v by_o the_o wisdom_n of_o a_o prince_n p._n 223._o sect._n 30._o a_o monarchy_n can_v be_v well_o regulate_v unless_o the_o power_n of_o the_o monarch_n be_v limit_v by_o law_n p._n 229._o sect._n 31._o the_o liberty_n of_o nation_n be_v from_o god_n and_o nature_n not_o from_o king_n p._n 242._o sect._n 32._o the_o contract_v make_v between_o magistrate_n and_o the_o nation_n that_o create_v they_o be_v real_a solemn_a and_o obligatory_a p._n 247._o chap._n iii_o sect_n 1._o king_n not_o be_v father_n of_o their_o people_n nor_o
and_o people_n come_v to_o be_v master_n of_o so_o much_o of_o the_o country_n as_o procure_v he_o the_o name_n of_o king_n of_o france_n kill_v his_o elder_a son_n on_o suspicion_n that_o he_o be_v excite_v against_o he_o by_o brunehaud_v and_o his_o second_o lest_o he_o shall_v revenge_v the_o death_n of_o his_o brother_n he_o marry_v fredegonde_n and_o be_v soon_o after_o kill_v by_o her_o adulterer_n landry_n the_o kingdom_n continue_v in_o the_o same_o misery_n through_o the_o rage_n of_o the_o survive_a prince_n and_o find_v no_o relief_n though_o most_o of_o they_o fall_v by_o the_o sword_n and_o that_o brunehaud_v who_o have_v be_v a_o principal_a cause_n of_o those_o tragedy_n be_v tie_v to_o the_o tail_n of_o four_o wild_a horse_n and_o suffer_v a_o death_n as_o foul_a as_o her_o life_n these_o be_v lion_n and_o leopard_n they_o involve_v the_o kingdom_n in_o desperate_a trouble_n but_o be_v man_n of_o valour_n and_o industry_n they_o keep_v up_o in_o some_o measure_n the_o reputation_n and_o power_n of_o the_o nation_n and_o he_o who_o attain_v to_o the_o crown_n defend_v it_o but_o they_o be_v fall_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o each_o other_o the_o poisonous_a root_n put_v forth_o another_o plague_n more_o mortal_a than_o their_o fury_n the_o vigour_n be_v spend_v and_o the_o succession_n become_v more_o settle_v ten_o base_a and_o slothful_a king_n by_o the_o french_a call_v les_fw-fr roys_n fainean_n succeed_v some_o may_v say_v they_o who_o do_v nothing_o do_v no_o hurt_n but_o the_o rule_n be_v false_a in_o relation_n to_o king_n he_o that_o take_v upon_o he_o the_o government_n of_o a_o people_n can_v do_v no_o great_a evil_n than_o by_o do_v nothing_o nor_o be_v guilty_a of_o a_o more_o unpardonable_a crime_n than_o by_o negligence_n cowardice_n voluptuousness_n and_o sloth_n to_o desert_v his_o charge_n virtue_n and_o manhood_n perish_v under_o he_o good_a discipline_n be_v forget_v justice_n slight_v the_o law_n pervert_v or_o render_v useless_a the_o people_n corrupt_v the_o public_a treasure_n exhaust_v and_o the_o power_n of_o the_o government_n always_o fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o flatterer_n whore_n favourite_n bawd_n and_o such_o base_a wretch_n as_o render_v it_o contemptible_a a_o way_n be_v lay_v open_a for_o all_o manner_n of_o disorder_n the_o great_a cruelty_n that_o have_v be_v know_v in_o the_o world_n if_o accompany_v with_o wit_n and_o courage_n never_o do_v so_o much_o hurt_v as_o this_o slothful_a bestiality_n or_o rather_o these_o slothful_a beast_n have_v ever_o be_v most_o cruel_a the_o reign_v of_o septimius_n severus_n mahomet_n the_o second_o or_o selim_n the_o second_o be_v cruel_a and_o bloody_a but_o their_o fury_n be_v turn_v against_o foreigner_n and_o some_o of_o their_o near_a relation_n or_o against_o such_o as_o fall_v under_o the_o suspicion_n of_o make_v attempt_n against_o they_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o people_n be_v tolerable_a those_o who_o will_v be_v quiet_a may_v be_v safe_a the_o law_n keep_v their_o right_a course_n the_o reputation_n of_o the_o empire_n be_v maintain_v the_o limit_n defend_v and_o the_o public_a peace_n preserve_v but_o when_o the_o sword_n pass_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o lewd_a slothful_a foolish_a and_o cowardly_a prince_n it_o be_v of_o no_o power_n against_o foreign_a enemy_n or_o the_o disturber_n of_o domestic_a peace_n though_o always_o sharp_a against_o the_o best_a of_o their_o own_o subject_n no_o man_n know_v how_o to_o secure_v himself_o against_o they_o unless_o by_o raise_v civil_a war_n which_o will_v always_o be_v frequent_a when_o a_o crown_n defend_v by_o a_o weak_a hand_n be_v propose_v as_o a_o prize_n to_o any_o that_o dare_v invade_v it_o this_o be_v a_o perpetual_a spring_n of_o disorder_n and_o no_o nation_n be_v ever_o quiet_a when_o the_o most_o eminent_a man_n find_v less_o danger_n in_o the_o most_o violent_a attempt_n than_o in_o submit_v patient_o to_o the_o will_n of_o a_o prince_n that_o suffer_v his_o power_n to_o be_v manage_v by_o vile_a person_n who_o get_v credit_n by_o flatter_v he_o in_o his_o vice_n but_o this_o be_v not_o all_o such_o prince_n natural_o hate_v and_o fear_v those_o who_o excel_v they_o in_o virtue_n and_o reputation_n as_o much_o as_o they_o be_v inferior_a to_o they_o in_o fortune_n and_o think_v their_o person_n can_v be_v secure_v nor_o their_o authority_n enlarge_v except_o by_o their_o destruction_n it_o be_v ordinary_a for_o they_o inter_fw-la scorta_fw-la &_o ganeas_fw-la principibus_fw-la viris_fw-la perniciem_fw-la tacit._n machinare_fw-la and_o to_o make_v cruelty_n a_o cover_n to_o ignorance_n and_o cowardice_n beside_o the_o mischief_n bring_v upon_o the_o public_a by_o the_o loss_n of_o eminent_a man_n who_o be_v the_o pillar_n of_o every_o state_n such_o reign_n be_v always_o accompany_v with_o tumult_n and_o civil_a war_n the_o great_a man_n strive_v with_o no_o less_o violence_n who_o shall_v get_v the_o weak_a prince_n into_o his_o power_n when_o such_o regard_n be_v have_v to_o succession_n that_o they_o think_v it_o not_o fit_a to_o divest_v he_o of_o the_o title_n than_o when_o with_o less_o respect_n they_o contend_v for_o the_o sovereignty_n itself_o and_o whilst_o this_o sort_n of_o prince_n reign_v france_n be_v not_o less_o afflict_v with_o the_o contest_v between_o grimbauld_n ebroin_n grimoald_n and_o other_o for_o the_o mayoralty_n of_o the_o palace_n than_o they_o have_v be_v before_o by_o the_o rage_n of_o those_o prince_n who_o have_v contest_v for_o the_o crown_n the_o issue_n also_o be_v the_o same_o after_o many_o revolution_n charles_n martel_n gain_v the_o power_n of_o the_o kingdom_n which_o he_o have_v so_o brave_o defend_v against_o the_o saracen_n and_o have_v transmit_v it_o to_o his_o son_n pepin_n the_o general_n assembly_n of_o estate_n with_o the_o approbation_n of_o mankind_n confer_v the_o title_n also_o upon_o he_o this_o give_v the_o nation_n ease_n for_o the_o present_a but_o the_o 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gascony_n italy_n or_o germany_n till_o he_o be_v kill_v but_o all_o the_o advantage_n which_o charles_n by_o a_o extraordinary_a virtue_n and_o fortune_n have_v purchase_v for_o his_o country_n end_v with_o his_o life_n he_o leave_v his_o son_n lewis_n the_o gentle_a in_o possession_n of_o the_o empire_n and_o kingdom_n of_o france_n and_o his_o grandson_n bernard_n king_n of_o italy_n but_o these_o two_o can_v not_o agree_v and_o bernard_n fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o lewis_n be_v deprive_v of_o his_o eye_n and_o some_o time_n after_o kill_v this_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o preserve_v the_o peace_n lothair_n lewis_n and_o pepin_n all_o three_o son_n to_o lewis_n rebel_v against_o he_o call_v a_o council_n at_o lion_n depose_v he_o and_o divide_v the_o empire_n among_o themselves_o after_o five_o year_n he_o escape_v from_o the_o monastery_n where_o he_o have_v be_v keep_v renew_v the_o war_n and_o be_v again_o take_v prisoner_n by_o lothair_n when_o he_o be_v dead_a the_o war_n 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crown_n till_o after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o two_o bastard_n lewis_n and_o carloman_n charles_n le_fw-fr gros_n and_o eude_v duke_n of_o anjou_n charles_n le_fw-fr gros_n be_v depose_v from_o the_o empire_n and_o kingdom_n stripe_v of_o his_o good_n and_o left_a to_o perish_v through_o poverty_n in_o a_o obscure_a village_n charles_n the_o simple_n and_o the_o nation_n under_o he_o thrive_v no_o better_a robert_n duke_n of_o anjou_n raise_v war_n against_o he_o and_o be_v crown_v at_o rheims_n but_o be_v himself_o slay_v soon_o after_o in_o a_o bloody_a battle_n near_o soissons_fw-fr his_o son-in-law_n hebert_n earl_n of_o vermandois_n gather_v up_o the_o remain_v of_o his_o scatter_a party_n get_v charles_n into_o his_o power_n and_o call_v a_o general_n assembly_n of_o estate_n who_o depose_v he_o and_o give_v the_o crown_n to_o raoul_n duke_n of_o burgundy_n though_o he_o be_v no_o otherwise_o relate_v to_o the_o royal_a blood_n than_o by_o his_o mother_n which_o in_o france_n be_v nothing_o at_o all_o he_o be_v dead_a lewis_z son_n to_o the_o depose_a charles_n be_v make_v king_n but_o his_o reign_n be_v as_o inglorious_a to_o he_o as_o miserable_a to_o his_o subject_n this_o be_v the_o peace_n which_o the_o french_a enjoy_v for_o the_o space_n of_o five_o or_o six_o age_n under_o their_o monarchy_n and_o it_o be_v hard_a to_o determine_v whether_o they_o suffer_v most_o by_o the_o violence_n of_o those_o who_o possess_v or_o the_o ambition_n of_o other_o who_o aspire_v to_o the_o crown_n and_o whether_o the_o fury_n of_o active_a or_o the_o baseness_n of_o slothful_a prince_n be_v most_o pernicious_a to_o they_o but_o upon_o the_o whole_a matter_n through_o the_o defect_n of_o those_o of_o the_o latter_a sort_n they_o lose_v all_o that_o they_o have_v gain_v by_o sweat_n and_o blood_n under_o the_o conduct_n of_o the_o former_a henry_n and_o otho_n of_o saxony_n by_o a_o virtue_n like_o that_o of_o charlemain_n deprive_v they_o of_o the_o empire_n and_o 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