| OCR Text |
Show .,2 fW4r 41Jd Pt4ee pie are they_ whom we ought to foar;fomt .. tim II ;f the D1f~tpline of the Common• "Wettlrh ~~ Jo, that mo.ft things be t'Tanf· ~tUed hy the Smate, the graciom men fhertin •e fearetl ; fometimes Jing/4 pfons to whom the fower of the people 1111,j MJtr thl people u g·iven. Such are they who as Plutt~rih faith, have a command 'net only according to the Laws but over the Laws alfo ; and, in Herodstm, Oumes thus defcribes a fingle Empire : to do what one pleafetb, ' fo M not.to be ~ecomptable t~ any other; 3'~ Pol. I~· and Dio '1'rt~[unfts defines a Kingdom; to have eommana witbtJUt COIItYdU}, Paillanill4 • ~pofes a /tingtiom to fueh ~ Mdfcnicis. a poJw' tr -r r. M muft give ttccount to a Jupt• riour. .Ariftotle faith, there are fomc Kings with {ucha right, ~s tlfevvhere the Nation itk:lf hath o"V"er tt felf, and that I A' d which is its own. So, after that the Ro-nnltur. e . L k th • re nu. fcta. 111an Pnn·ces t~egan to ta e upon e~ f:d-a 91od. an Authority truly regal, the people 1s faid to have conferred upon them all their Authority an,d power, a~d that o· ver themfelves, as Theophilm tnterprets. Hence is that faying of M . .Antonius the ~pb • M Philofopher : None hut Goa alone can ht Ant. i~~~ • judgt 1{ the Prince. Ditm. of fuch a Prince : He u frtt, ha't!ing_ power O'Ver Lib.U• himfelf anJ tht Laws, ihat he Jnay J.0 what him p/ea{eth, and what l!~;s him not kavt undone. Such a kuv dom ~a~ of old that of the lnacbidte at .Art,os; 7'he Pirfl _fJ Argos*; far different from the Athenl• • In t.r,iva an Common-wealth, where The[u11t,as t:{ag. 6 Sllppli· PIHtarGh tdls us, aeled only the part ~~g~~ 1~£~~ of a General, and Guardian of the apua SchrLaws, in other rcfpccts not iupcriour lvm: "." ru *to the reft. Wherefore, Kin2s fubj'e6l poputz, tuq~~e b I b · '-' Nibs lOIII tS ' to t e pcop e are ut 1rnpropcrly cal .. 'l(on JUdicU: led Kmgs :as after LJGHrgm, and more,JMbditus II/J'1~ af~er the Ephori were cH~bliihed, t~e Rtglli fouo [J .. Kings of the Lacedemontans are fa1d tMut tans, y,_ t to hav~ been Kings in name and tide, '111"'~'!"1• &MIJ .. not rea 11 y an d m. de ~ d• Wh"1 c h exam· tll llfl cAxrb ujn_pof.e plc was alfo followed by other States Thefcus apu~ m GrttGt. P~ufaniM Corinth, Tht Ar• f.uripid •.• ~~=s r.i.n /(Jve of equalitJ a:a l~erhtl have {ai P!~: ~:f. n&~'""' v,ery much AriAtea t 1 regal 710 ,;v1144 IIIIi P''!'" ,fo tba~ the1 h~tve k(t the Sons of ,Cf.llt: Rtz ilfi Ctfus,andhu pofterity, not'hing heftde the p•pNIUI ll#tiNAI name of " Kingdom • Such Kingdoms ~iwl4t 11it!s .Ariftotle faith, do not make any proper ~~s hu~e k"m d of G ~vemment, be caufe they only ',.' •T1"hecf.ci- iJius are a part m an Optimacy or PopuJacy. Dcmophoa a· Moreover~in Nations that are notperpe- p~dcund. N" tulca lly fub· je.ft unto Kinos, vve fee exam- ~pott{l~ t> u•IJ•rum ,. P s as lt were of a Kingdom tempo-mmiiJ m·b· rary •, which is DJt fubjeet to the pco .. Std fu!la ',J;. ple. Such -was the po~c! of the AmJ- !"f~~~~~ du• m~nes among the Cmd1ans, an'd of the ~~~{It ~~~'Pb•. > D,ff.atDrs among the Romans in thefirll ~~Pel~b.l _.. n .. - uc · 1n Clc- Ncp V b • fi ifc , • • em. Cornet AgeiDa~· ~~~ ua :u.:u quu •seA ~ui vit~s illuR~cs fc~iptit,' ia Ltactdir• • • u" A trtt ~tl lll/f111ft lflagu q•MII ,.lfrw. Alibi • c~tttri s :;:',7"' ~:tt"! fl1,tQlA~f4 n•mi~t '""' p'ttft•tt[M;t «u, ~ *"~ _,-~;,1 s-.iu L~vJ~: Sa~~~tor ~~ cm(ura ,.,ts rrjbu1 ex,e,rl I" s II& siC Ds•tndlt }liS pbup, /IJ11lj111J Qlll11t11J. . times~ |
