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call_v or_o assemble_v the_o senate_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o if_o these_o word_n be_v sometime_o otherwise_o take_v what_o word_n be_v there_o in_o any_o language_n that_o be_v not_o often_o use_v improper_o but_o that_o understand_v political_o they_o must_v of_o necessity_n be_v understand_v as_o i_o have_v show_v or_o will_v so_o entangle_v and_o disorder_v government_n that_o no_o man_n shall_v either_o make_v head_n or_o foot_n of_o it_o be_v that_o which_o i_o make_v little_a question_n to_o evince_v in_o the_o sure_a way_n that_o be_v by_o open_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n whence_o they_o derive_v and_o whereof_o they_o be_v speak_v by_o the_o best_a author_n and_o because_o the_o word_n though_o the_o thing_n they_o signify_v be_v much_o more_o ancient_a derive_v all_o from_o athens_n i_o shall_v begin_v by_o this_o constitution_n to_o show_v the_o proper_a use_n of_o they_o chirotonia_n in_o athens_n as_o have_v be_v show_v out_o of_o suidas_n who_o speak_v 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chirotonia_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o it_o be_v nevertheless_o show_v by_o pollux_n to_o have_v be_v the_o peculiar_a office_n of_o the_o thesmothetae_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o chirotonize_v the_o mágistrate_n for_o as_o the_o proedri_n be_v precedent_n of_o the_o people_n in_o their_o legislative_a capacity_n so_o be_v the_o 8._o thesmothetae_n upon_o occasion_n of_o election_n thus_o the_o chirotonia_n of_o the_o proedri_n or_o of_o the_o thesmothetae_n signify_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o chirotonia_n of_o the_o people_n by_o which_o they_o enact_v all_o their_o law_n and_o elect_v all_o their_o civil_a or_o ecclesiastical_a magistrate_n or_o priest_n as_o the_o rex_fw-la sacrificus_fw-la and_o the_o orgeones_n except_o some_o by_o the_o lot_n which_o ordination_n as_o be_v observe_v by_o aristoile_n be_v equal_o popular_a this_o whether_o ignorant_o or_o wilful_o unregarded_a have_v be_v as_o will_v be_v see_v hereafter_o the_o cause_n of_o great_a 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follow_v halicarnassaeus_n i_o shall_v exemplify_v 2._o in_o rome_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d romulus_n when_o he_o have_v distribute_v the_o people_n into_o tribe_n and_o into_o parish_n proceed_v to_o ordain_v the_o senate_n in_o this_o manner_n the_o tribe_n be_v three_o and_o the_o parish_n thirty_o out_o of_o every_o tribe_n he_o elect_v three_o senator_n and_o out_o of_o every_o parish_n three_o more_o all_o by_o the_o suffrage_n of_o the_o people_n these_o therefore_o come_v to_o ninety_o nine_o choose_v by_o the_o chirotonia_n unto_o which_o he_o add_v one_o more_o not_o choose_v by_o the_o chirotonia_n but_o by_o himself_o only_o which_o election_n we_o may_v therefore_o say_v be_v make_v by_o the_o chirothesia_n for_o as_o in_o this_o chapter_n i_o be_o show_v that_o the_o chirotonia_n be_v election_n by_o the_o many_o so_o in_o the_o next_o i_o shall_v show_v that_o the_o chirothesia_n be_v election_n by_o one_o or_o by_o the_o few_o but_o to_o keep_v unto_o the_o matter_n in_o hand_n the_o magistrate_n thus_o choose_v by_o romulus_n be_v praefectus_fw-la urbi_fw-la the_o protector_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n or_o he_o who_o when_o the_o king_n be_v out_o of_o the_o nation_n or_o the_o city_n as_o upon_o occasion_n of_o war_n have_v the_o exercise_n of_o royal_a power_n at_o home_n in_o like_a manner_n with_o the_o civil_a magistracy_n be_v the_o priest_n create_v though_o some_o of_o they_o not_o so_o ancient_o for_o the_o pontifex_fw-la maximus_fw-la the_o rex_fw-la sacrificus_fw-la and_o the_o flamen_fw-la be_v all_o ordain_v by_o the_o suffrage_n of_o the_o people_n pontifex_fw-la tributis_fw-la rex_fw-la centuriâ—â—tis_fw-la flamen_fw-la curiatis_fw-la the_o latter_a of_o which_o be_v no_o more_o than_o parish_n priest_n have_v no_o other_o ordination_n than_o by_o their_o parish_n all_o the_o law_n and_o all_o the_o magistrate_n in_o rome_n even_o the_o king_n themselves_o be_v according_a unto_o the_o order_n of_o this_o commonwealth_n to_o be_v create_v by_o the_o chirotonia_n of_o the_o people_n which_o nevertheless_o be_v by_o appian_n sometime_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o chirotonia_n of_o the_o tribune_n whether_o that_o these_o magistrate_n be_v precedent_n of_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o people_n or_o elect_v by_o they_o sic_fw-la romani_fw-la historici_fw-la non_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d untur_fw-la 15._o conâ—ulem_fw-la qui_fw-la comitia_fw-la habuerit_fw-la creasse_n â—â—vos_fw-la magistratu_fw-la non_fw-la aliam_fw-la ob_fw-la causam_fw-la nisi_fw-la quia_fw-la suffragia_fw-la receperit_fw-la &_o populum_fw-la moderatus_fw-la est_fw-la in_o eligendo_fw-la what_o pass_v the_o chirotonia_n of_o the_o people_n by_o the_o greek_n be_v call_v psephisma_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 8._o when_o the_o congregation_n of_o the_o people_n be_v to_o be_v dismiss_v marcus_n stand_v up_o say_v your_o psephisma_n that_o be_v your_o act_n be_v exceed_o good_a etc._n etc._n this_o policy_n for_o the_o great_a 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a_o proportion_n as_o over_o ballance_v the_o people_n in_o like_a manner_n they_o may_v make_v who_o they_o please_v king_n or_o if_o they_o be_v not_o please_v with_o their_o king_n down_o with_o he_o and_o set_v up_o who_o they_o like_v better_o an_z henry_n the_o four_o or_o the_o seven_o a_o guise_n a_o montforth_n a_o nevil_n or_o a_o porter_n shall_v they_o find_v that_o best_a for_o their_o own_o end_n and_o purpose_n for_o as_o not_o the_o balance_n of_o the_o king_n but_o that_o of_o the_o nobility_n in_o this_o case_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o government_n so_o not_o the_o estate_n or_o riches_n of_o the_o prince_n or_o captain_n but_o his_o virtue_n or_o ability_n or_o fitness_n for_o the_o end_n of_o the_o nobility_n acquire_v
able_a to_o give_v law_n without_o they_o for_o to_o think_v that_o he_o succeed_v unto_o the_o senate_n or_o that_o the_o power_n of_o the_o senate_n may_v serve_v his_o turn_n be_v a_o presumption_n will_v fail_v he_o the_o senate_n as_o such_o have_v no_o power_n at_o all_o but_o mere_a authority_n of_o propose_v unto_o the_o people_n who_o be_v the_o maker_n of_o their_o own_o law_n whence_o the_o decree_n of_o the_o senate_n of_o rome_n be_v never_o law_n nor_o so_o call_v but_o senatusconsulta_fw-la it_o be_v true_a that_o a_o king_n come_v in_o the_o senate_n as_o there_o it_o do_v to_o his_o aid_n and_o advantage_n may_v remain_v so_o they_o propose_v not_o as_o former_o unto_o the_o people_n but_o now_o unto_o he_o who_o come_v not_o in_o upon_o the_o right_n of_o the_o senate_n but_o upon_o that_o of_o the_o people_n whence_o say_v justinian_n quod_fw-la principi_fw-la placuit_fw-la legis_fw-la habet_fw-la vigorem_fw-la quum_fw-la lege_fw-la regius_fw-la quae_fw-la de_fw-la ejus_fw-la imperio_fw-la lata_fw-la est_fw-la populus_fw-la ei_fw-la &_o in_o eum_fw-la omnes_fw-la imperium_fw-la 31._o suum_fw-la &_o potestatem_fw-la concedat_fw-la thus_o the_o senatusconsultum_fw-la macedonicum_fw-la with_o the_o rest_n that_o have_v place_n allow_v by_o justinian_n in_o the_o compilement_n of_o the_o roman_a law_n be_v not_o law_n in_o that_o they_o be_v senatusconsulta_fw-la or_o propose_v by_o the_o senate_n but_o in_o that_o they_o be_v allow_v by_o justiman_n or_o the_o prince_n in_o who_o be_v now_o the_o right_n of_o the_o people_n wherefore_o the_o zealot_n for_o monarchy_n have_v make_v a_o pas_fw-fr de_fw-fr clerc_n or_o foul_a step_n in_o his_o procession_n where_o he_o argue_v thus_o out_o of_o cujacius_n it_o be_v soon_o agree_v that_o the_o distinct_a decree_n of_o the_o senate_n and_o people_n shall_v be_v extend_v to_o the_o nature_n of_o law_n therefore_o the_o distinct_a decree_n of_o the_o senate_n be_v law_n whether_o it_o be_v so_o a_o greed_n 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satisfy_v no_o he_o will_v now_o throw_v the_o house_n out_o of_o the_o window_n the_o principal_a stone_n be_v already_o take_v 35._o from_o the_o foundation_n he_o have_v a_o bag_n of_o certain_a wind_n wherewithal_o to_o reverse_v the_o supper_n structure_n the_o first_o wind_n he_o let_v go_v be_v but_o a_o puff_n where_o he_o tell_v i_o that_o i_o bring_v switz_n and_o holland_n into_o the_o enumeration_n of_o the_o heathen_a commonwealth_n which_o if_o i_o have_v do_v their_o liberty_n in_o many_o part_n and_o place_n be_v more_o ancient_a than_o the_o christian_a religion_n in_o those_o country_n as_o be_v plain_a by_o tacitus_n where_o he_o speak_v of_o civilis_n and_o of_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o german_n i_o have_v neither_o wrong_v they_o nor_o myself_o but_o i_o do_v no_o such_o matter_n for_o have_v enumerate_v the_o heathen_a commonwealth_n i_o add_v that_o the_o proceed_n of_o holland_n and_o switz_n though_o after_o a_o more_o obscure_a manner_n be_v of_o the_o like_a 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