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Show Lib, s; 0/WI 4ml Pt4tl fon : for , to poyfon fountain5 al[o ( ana this too is not kept fecret , or not long) FlorH.s faith , is not only fontr~t mtJrem ma;flrum , aoainft the tnanner of the An· ·tie~ts , but again!l t;he right of the Gods, that i& aoainft the' Laws of Nations , which 'w~e )NOnt to bt afcribc:d to the Gods as Authors. Nor ought this to feern . firange, if to ~efi"en danget~ .. t~ere befome fuch tacit aoreemcnts of \Varnours, when Strab.lib.to. of old the Chalcidians andEretriilnJ, du· t Cadaveri~us. ring the War, conf ented together ttJ as6bc~o,quft1bus no ,_re of darts. But, the fame is not to be ucl iuonuen ob t- J' . f · · · h Aux.imi determmed o corruptmg wa·tc:rs Wit· Bclifariu.s. out poyfon t , fo · that they may not be Pracop. Got. ·potable , which Solon and the .Amphf, "· calcc:,ut . . cfvone s are read ·to have thouoht juft a· TurceadDt· '· b . d 0 :o ·1 ·bibram.Nicc:t. gamll· Bar artans , an ppum re ates • . Jib. 1. as ufual in his time. For that is efiee· 'De pifcatu4"· med all one, as if the flream . be aver· ~Vide Prifcum ~ed , or · the V ~ins of the ipring inter;· in excc:rpcis cepted * , whtch both by Nature a·nd · ·l,gatio.num. Confent is la wfull . XXXII. Whether it '/Je agllinft the LA;, ' .:.:Jr . ', v f ()f Nations; tt~ H'i cJUurtherers; "'' ':,/I I lJ I ) W. .. Hether it be lawful by the Law,. r; 'ftC ::_· ·; . of Nations,td ·kill an enemy, a *, cu;;:: 0 fC"i Murtherer being fent againll hifll, is wont · · . ;· 10 be enquired. To be)iue we muil make . < ••.. a difference between Murtherers , who ~olate their faith , either exprefs or tacir, . a~ Subjects toward a Xing , vaffalls toward their Senior , Soldie1·s toward him wbom they fer~e , men received as. iup;. · pliants , or flrangers , or fugitives towarli · . their Receivers ; and between thofe chat . .. · , are not bound with any faith; as 7'ipin':'PPJ~r ~ ~ ,..father of-Charles the Great attended wil:h .,r,-Jrti 1 • • 1/'..tlneSoldier,paffing theRhene,is related to have £lain his Enemy in his Chamber; . ~ which Po!J.hifts faith was in like manner attempted againil Ptolemy King. of Egypt by Theodotus an Eto/ian ,_and he calls it.tiv.lib •. ~.: .-.nJanly bo/dneft. Such alto was tha·r en- . . trrpriz.e · of fl.:. M~ttius Scttvo/~ • , com·:·f Q~i~l~ur:" mended by Htltori:ans , which himfelfcho.,., ."~""- thus defends : Being an tnemy , I purpo· ;;; • .trnlW•)&· fodro kjll an £nemy. PIJrfena himfdf; in · this aa 'acknowledges nothing but va- ·, . lour. Ya/erises Ma>.:''imus calls it a pious Lib. i· c.·J· and valiant defign, and Cicero p·raifeth it in hi' Oration for P: Sextius. It is indeed ~ la.ru! to kill o~es Ene~y every whc;re. ~ohlyby the LawofNa·ture burofNa .. tlons·too,. a.-s · w~ have faid ab6vc : rior i~ Nn 2 it |