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Show of War •nd Peace authority; which things yet, either are exorbitant from the: rule of right ; whe· ther .t~at rule be placed in ri~ht !hicHy io call d , or 111 the precept ot other ver· tues ; or els at leafl: may be omitted be1• ter and with more commendation among oood men. In Se»ec~t's Troades, when PyrrhH4 taith, No law [pares a ·taptive, or hinders h u punifhment, Agammenon re~ plies, what Law forbiddeth not, Pudor for. jids to be done. \Vhere Pudor (or, ModeHy) fignifies not fo much refpe& of men and reputation , as of Right and Good, or at leafl:, of that which is righter and better. And in that fenfe ypu may often . • fee J ufl:ice joyn' d with Pudor, P/~to; Ju- Lzb. u. de leg. ftice u cal/' d the· companion of PuJor, And that de[erveJ/y. And in another plac~; ,--Atljntruditum .God fearing the deftrHEtion of mankjnd, 'r~tfidem. gave unto men Juftice and Pud!Jr , the or· nament 1 of Cit'.ies, t~tnd bonds of friendfoip. Offic.r. Cicero fo dillinguifheth between Ju!lice and Modefiy, that he makes it the part of • 0 · J ufHce , not ,to violate meri; of modcfiy, • 6 . not to offend them. With that which we ~!p: !/e ""· ~roug!1t ou_t of Seneca ~ell agre~s ~fa~· "Cjc.dc Offic. mg of the fame Author 111 his Phlloloph1c 3· Aliter leges, writings; How narrow u that lnnoance, •liter Philofophi to be good according to Law*? How m11ch tollu1tt a(iutw. larger is the r11le ot dutiCJ than of Law 1 Leges quaten:u h . 'J • h . maTiu ttnereres How m111ny t mg s doth puty, umttmt!, 110Unt; I? hilt~- liberalitr ,Juftice, faith require? a!lwh,ch [ophfquattnt/4 are without the Statute-book,; Whereyou r~tiln~ & iratel- fee Law is difHnouHhed from ]Hfoi(e; l1gent~~t. ~ becauJc becaufe .Law contcins that which is of force in excernall judfments. The t~une difference ~riftot/e intimates, difputing AJ·i~.pH.t.e.q, wh~ther t~e fervicude be to be called jult, • whl€~ anl~th from War. Some re[peCling on~k.!nd~f1uft (forthe L.:lwisactrtain jNjf thing) fay, Jervitude arifng from w~tr is juft : yet not perfeCtly; becaufe it may • h4ppen. that, the caufe ff Warring was un- ' jNft. So alfo the Roman Lawyers , what L , .R1• • , ft . h ll h . h f . . .,o,. llll.l7JIJf o entlmes t ey c:t. t. eng to ca ptrvlty, D. tk cap. r • they elf where call tn Jury ,and oppofe it to natural ~quity; and Seneca faith , the F.pijl. 3s. name of iervam came from in jury , refpe-aing that which oft happens. And the Lib. o~B~ lta/wts in Livy ,retaining the things they had taken from the SyracujiaJtu in War , are called pertinacious to confirm chcir in-jury. 7Jion Prufunjis, when he had iaid, Orat. If. Captives in war, if they returned to their own, receiv' d their liberty , addes , as * Au~in in his men that were inJ·uriou(ly l.ept in rervi- 4·h~phtlUe' d .. ~ J' W IC S tO tit t, Laftantiu& * fpeaking of the Phi- M:'l cellinus :~' lofop~~rs; when they difcourfe of offices faith ' If this pertetmng to war, they accommodate their earthly com· .,.... ,rd s neu· he r to J·U f t t·c e nor to true vertue monJwd e:ktl th bu t to t hu . I fi d h ' wou eep t e an t e cuftom of (om- Chr;fts pre-monwealths. And a little after he faith, ceprs ,even the Romans did injury by Law. Firll,then wars w·~uld we fay, If the caufe of war be unJ'uH al- n~thbe wak~edd h h b ' w 1t out m • t oug war e unde~taken aftsr a tolemn nefs. Apud ve. manner,all a6h that have. their rife thence ros Dei cult~res are unjufl: by internal injufiice: fo tha~ eti11m ip{a b:ll~ they, who k.!zowingly do fuch a6h, or do ~~':a:futll. P p tooperatc |