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Show 430 of W~tr 4ntl1e4ct_ ,. Pide extm- parties * to entertain peace_ upon equal plum apud Ca/- tennes . which ufe alfo was ll)ade of the Jiodorr1m 3· 1 ?~• 'lJruids' t amon·g the Galls , as 'Diodorus l3i",m 4 · d&e pGacael - an d Straol o h ave de 1 ·t vere d . A n d we rea d; pb. ~.c. 18. the French Kings , about divi6on of the •· u. R~alm , permitted the judgment to their tT~:>the_Dru- peers. The third way is by Lot .. ; which , tds8 1.,0 atnhd1s w reitfh- 1· s tot h't s purp·o 1re , corn men de· d by 1) t·o ~ f:ner right Chryfoftom in his fecund Oration againH have ~uccee-' Forcune, and long before him by Salomon ded Btlhops: Prov. i 8. 18. Somewhat neer to Lot is' See theepiftle s· l C /. h r h fr: oflhe_Biihop" mg e omoat; t e Ule w .ereo 1eerns not to King Lew-is. altogether to be refufed, 1f two , whofc lllupituliJ ca- Controverlies otherwile would involve Mi catv~. v_ide whole multitudes ~n very great mifchiefs, :.i.~~~'· To-t be :eady to. fight ~ne with the other. ,. y;,:Je Augu{l • . For, tt feems, 1f n_ot nghtly to be done by · tled•:J. Chtifl. them; nevertheleis acceptable to the peo· lii. ':c. :.8. ple on both lides, as a lefs evil. Metius 1 Sct~IptorTra~ in Livy fpcaks to Tuilm after this man- "O!thx The- L L. r h ' · h baid·Js: 'l(!xjit ner; et tutaK..§ Jomeway,w erer;y,wtt - ew!Jbt& uw, otu much jlaughte1· and blood of hoth .~.t,mer.e ?~no parts , it may be determined, which peo100 , pl<: fha!6e fuperiour. Strabo t faith, this Oth~n~·tMul· was the old cufl:om of the Grecians; and tonum 1a ms . , . . * . . ja(!i:tfq; c(t v£-neas m f trgzl fatth, tt was meet., IQIIIi71 pro omr.i· that the matter ihould be ended on ti11S buJ,q~am muf. wife 'twixt him and Turnus.Ccrtainly,a· taJ_U'IIms caHf a mono other CtJfl:oms of the ancient Frank!, ~t ! 0 h' 1u;0 ;. * thts is at large commended by A gat tas ,.lEn. 1 r. u£- 9DIH huic Tt~rno fue-rat fo opponere morti. Upon lik7 bure ~ntoniu~ challenged OCtavius to a Duell. Plutarch. Antoma. "' Vtde Car~/~ Cilfvi Capitt4lum apted S. Arn~lpbum, & p•Elionem Aqui[grA1ttnfcm. «41Nita& eademapr~d I.angoiiardos. 'tlii.Paut. ff'arnafi·td.t.I,C, Jl- •. 4· t.l7. s. c. -to. 1n The fee~nd Part. 4lr~ in his firfl: book: whofe words are wor-thy to be ~dded; If any Controverjies happen to arife hetween the Kings,they all mufter their .forces, ·as it were to deter-mine the matter 6y hattell,and they marcli forth into the field. But, (o foon aJ the .Armies have (aced each other, they lay a-ft~ ~t~ng~r a~J emhrace concord~ perfwa• dmg t.he~r Kmg s , to put their dijfer.encet to trtall of Law; or, if they will mt do t.h~t , to enter into Jingle comhat, and hrmg the matter to an end, only with their own danger .. BecaH[e, it i.r neither agr~e-able to equtty , nor the orders of their Countrey , that they, for their proper htttreds, fhouldweak!n ·or overthrow the com-mon good. Wherefore prcfently they .di{- ~and, and the caufes of their quare Is he-mg tak.!n aw~y peace is reefta6iifhed , and mut~a/ Jecurtty aj[ured. So !'reat tare of Juft~ce and love of their Country is in the ~uh;~Cf.i: f~ gentle and yie/dinJ· a difpoji-tton u tnthe Kings. Now' although, in a doubtfull cafe, both parts ate bound to fee.k conditi~n' whereby war may be a"' votded ,-yet ts he more bound who re .. quirech .. ' than he who. poffeffeth For " r?'d n . th · • , ,. z e erre• at 1n a~ equal cafe,the condition of the ram tom.~~ ~ potfeffons the better ' is a point not only of th~ Civil but of the Natural Law. And' here u further to be noted, that War can• not lawfully be undertaken by him who kno~ethhe hath a jufl:caufe,butha;h not fuffic;tent proofs' whereby he may con- :vincc ·, |
