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Show Cap. S. X L I I. Of Empire over the Conquered. · HE that can fubject unto himfelf par· ticular men by perfonal (crvitude, no wonder if he can fubjctt unto himfe\f a community, whether it be a Common· wealth , or part thereof, by a fubjrtl:ion either meerly Civil , or meerly herile ,or Apologer. mix c. Therefore TertttJlian laid, Empires arc got by arms , and propagated by vi· 8 ories. v"/le.\·ander in { strtuu; Laws are giveu by Conquerors,recciv' d by the Conquered t· Arioviflus in Clf far * iaitb, It t Mini0 in o- is the Law of War , that they who have rat. ~d RdoLn~ a- overcome fhould !! J vern thofe whom they nos,:~pu 1v. l v . J ft 1. 3 5• Cltr sy. 1avc overcom , as they ple ale. r~ in • racrtf :ts .tcq; in out of Trog uJ rehtcs , that the Warrion ~tlias Sitili~t before Nrn z-u iouoh:: not Rule for thernGr~ cas ttrbcs fel vcs but Glory, ~nd being content with Pr.etorem qr~o- h b . f . . b tam11.5 cum rm- onom a flemed rom donumon ; ut perio& v irgi! 1{inus was the firH: that enlargedthe & (t cttriv•(.j bou nds of his empire and fubdued other ;r, jctitu? Nibll N:ttions · .whereupon' it went intoa. Cu· a 'irtd ' ; ofe[lo 11 ' • ' , a. · h H .1, tl icath, q"o~ m nom. B.~cchus 1? Sa!lt-t1., fatt , e to"'i. •l·mr~Iuf!uati6 arms to defend hu Kwgdom; for, p.trt of ·v3s ii! /J.u L~gcs N ttmidia , whence he had ex pelld Jugur· im~tJfii:if{e. t hl n1 a.s become !-lis by the Law of rVar. " De De bell. N ' E · b · d tl.le Ga:I. ow , mptre m:ty e :~q~tre t? * Lib. 1 • Conqueror,cither only as mtn a .Ktng t t A lcx:1nd ·~ r afrer the B,:ttdl at Gaugamd was falutcd Kingrl Ali2. TheRa· nPns fa·d, what Syphax had was theirs by!tbe Law of War. Ap Pia:l. Bur, when the Hunni faid)thc Gc:pida: were theirs, bwu(e they ' 573 theY ~ad taken their Ki~g, the Rom~n' denyed that, bc:c:aufe the Gcpld:E had rather a Pnnce th:m ~Kmg,Mr were they in his Patrimony. Menander Protector. or other Governout , and then He fuccceds only mto his right , and no far· thet ; or alio as 'tis in the pec_:>ple; irt ~ hich cafe, the Conqueror hath Empire fo, that he may alio alienate it , as the people mizht. Aud to it came to pafs,that feme Kmgdoms were in patrimony ,as we have iaid afore t. Fanh.er,it maybe, that t Pare. r. n. the Commonwealth that was , may ceafe 41· to be a Commonwealth; dther fo, that it may be an accdfton of another Com-monwealth , as the 'R..Bm~tn Provinces ; or, that it may adhere to no Common-wealth, as, if a King waging War at his own charge , fo iubjcet a people to him- . felf, tha ~ he will ha vc it governd, not for . the profit of the people chiefly but of Ltb. 1· de rep. b G h. h . · ' f * Alcxandrides t t overnour ,· w tc ts a property o .. ...•. , 1-,. -. -_· Heril Empire , not of Civil. Government, _.)49' ishlp.~ l'l't· faith eArift~rle, u either for the ut;Jity ~u. of the Governo11r , or-for the utility oft he Tac!~s_; 11011. Governed· thu hath place amontT f:ru dormn41 • 8 nt111 ' · 6 J ' & [trvos (etl J men, that amtmg Mafters and fervantJ. reElortm& ti· The people then , tho.t is kept und<:r fuch vts &og,itartt. command, vvill be for the future , not a X~nophon Commonwealth , but a great Fa mil u". 1 f:anh eh· f Ag~~- .... .J au5,t 3tWu~n And hertce may be underftood, whatkmd he conquerd of empire is d1at wh1ch is mixt of Civil &: Cit ies. he go·· Heti1, to wit, wh·ete fervitude is minolcd yernd them as with fome perfonalliberty. So we r::ld free ' and did 1 h b d . f ' not enilarc peop e ave . een epnved o arms , and them. · commanded |
