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lecherous_a soft_a and_o effeminate_a the_o athenian_n do_v abrogate_v king_n from_o among_o they_o and_o change_v their_o king_n into_o prince_n which_o bear_v we_o this_o much_o in_o hand_n that_o the_o athenian_n do_v retain_v a_o power_n in_o themselves_o whereby_o they_o may_v either_o keepin_a or_o shutout_a their_o king_n and_o it_o be_v remarkable_a that_o it_o be_v not_o say_v they_o do_v abrogate_v their_o king_n because_o of_o the_o tyranny_n of_o the_o codrid_n heracl_n de_fw-fr pol._n ath._n which_o insinuate_v that_o notwithstanding_o their_o personal_a escape_n and_o out-breaking_n they_o act_v nothing_o for_o diminish_v the_o people_n power_n three_o after_o the_o codrid_n have_v become_v effeminate_a and_o have_v abuse_v their_o power_n the_o people_n took-away_a king_n from_o among_o they_o and_o in_o their_o room_n set_v up_o prince_n now_o the_o question_n may_v be_v move_v whether_o or_o not_o have_v these_o prince_n as_o great_a power_n as_o have_v theseus_n and_o codrus_n for_o remove_v of_o this_o difficulty_n observe_v that_o there_o be_v some_o who_o do_v govern_v only_o as_o prince_n and_o some_o do_v rule_n as_o king_n those_o who_o govern_v as_o prince_n be_v of_o a_o threefold_a kind_n 1._o some_o of_o they_o be_v appoint_v to_o govern_v for_o their_o whole_a life-time_n who_o be_v thirteen_o in_o number_n each_o of_o they_o reign_v after_o another_o 2._o some_o of_o they_o be_v decennal_a prince_n seven_o in_o number_n who_o govern_v every_o one_o of_o they_o for_o the_o space_n of_o ten_o year_n the_o last_o of_o the_o decennall_a prince_n be_v erixias_n who_o government_n left-off_a a_o mun_n 3282_o before_o the_o reign_n of_o pisistratus_n about_o 128._o year_n 3._o some_o of_o they_o be_v annual_a and_o yearly_a magistrate_n some_o will_v think_v it_o strange_a to_o say_v that_o these_o three_o kind_n of_o prince_n have_v that_o same_o power_n and_o authority_n which_o theseus_n and_o codrus_n or_o any_o other_o of_o the_o athenian_a king_n have_v but_o if_o you_o take_v along_o with_o you_o this_o distinction_n you_o shall_v find_v the_o matter_n clear_a there_o be_v a_o twofold_a nonabsolute_a and_o circumscribe_v power_n 1._o intensive_a and_o substantial_a 2._o extensive_a and_o circumstantial_a it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o these_o prince_n in_o all_o the_o three_o kind_n have_v one_o and_o the_o same_o power_n intensive_o and_o essential_o which_o theseus_n and_o the_o codrid_n have_v the_o reason_n of_o this_o be_v because_o the_o power_n of_o the_o athenian_a king_n in_o itself_o and_o at_o the_o utmost_a be_v but_o a_o regulate_v power_n subject_v to_o the_o law_n of_o the_o people_n as_o be_v prove_v already_o therefore_o say_v euripides_n bringing-in_a theseus_n speak_v of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o athenian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o english_a athens_n a_o
machaeus_n his_o father_n they_o clothe_v he_o in_o purple_a and_o put_v a_o crown_n of_o gold_n upon_o his_o head_n this_o signify_v that_o machaeus_n be_v of_o a_o kingly_a power_n though_o not_o boundless_a and_o arbitrary_a just_a ibid._n 2_o because_o the_o lacedaemonian_a king_n have_v no_o power_n but_o of_o the_o battle_n and_o yet_o they_o be_v proper_o king_n but_o machaeus_n have_v such_o a_o power_n as_o that_o 3_o because_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o machaeus_n have_v as_o great_a power_n as_o hannibal_n mago_n succeed_v to_o machaeus_n asdrubal_n to_o mago_n and_o hannibal_n to_o asdrubal_n just_a ibid._n but_o it_o be_v know_v that_o hannibal_n be_v of_o a_o kingly_a power_n for_o he_o be_v one_o of_o the_o two_o carthaginian_a king_n aemyl_n prob_fw-la in_o han._n it_o be_v remarkable_a that_o hannibal_n for_o fear_n of_o the_o carthaginian_a senate_n flee_v into_o syria_n wherefore_o the_o senate_n forfeit_v his_o estate_n do_v cast_v down_o his_o house_n and_o declare_v he_o a_o banish_a man_n prob._n ib._n plut._n in_o han._n howsoever_o aristotle_n in_o even-down_a term_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o carthaginian_a king_n be_v subject_v to_o law_n for_o compare_v the_o carthaginian_a and_o lacedaemonian_a commonwealth_n together_o he_o say_v that_o the_o carthaginian_a king_n and_o senat_n be_v just_a so_o as_o the_o lacedaemonian_a king_n and_o senator_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pol._n 2._o cap._n 9_o and_o so_o he_o subjoin_v that_o the_o people_n both_o among_o the_o carthaginian_n and_o lacedaemonian_n do_v command_v both_o king_n and_o senate_n have_v a_o power_n of_o judge_v they_o and_o of_o contradict_v their_o ordinance_n that_o same_o also_o he_o say_v of_o the_o cretian_a commonwealth_n and_o cap_n 7._o he_o say_v that_o cosmi_n among_o the_o cretan_n have_v the_o same_o power_n which_o ephori_fw-la have_v among_o the_o lacedaemonian_n i_o confess_v in_o that_o chap._n he_o say_v that_o in_o the_o begin_n the_o cretan_n be_v govern_v by_o king_n who_o be_v at_o last_o take_v away_o and_o the_o power_n of_o the_o battle_n devolve_v upon_o the_o cosmi_n this_o make_v nothing_o against_o we_o for_o so_o he_o insinuate_v that_o the_o cretian_a king_n have_v but_o the_o power_n of_o the_o battle_n see_v in_o putting-out_a their_o king_n he_o speak_v of_o no_o more_o power_n that_o be_v add_v to_o the_o cosmi_n but_o that_o they_o be_v entrust_v with_o the_o manage_n of_o the_o war_n and_o cap._n 9_o in_o plain_a term_n he_o say_v compare_v the_o cretian_a and_o lacedaemonian_a commonwealth_n together_o that_o the_o cretian_a king_n and_o senate_n be_v of_o the_o same_o stamp_n and_o condition_n of_o which_o be_v the_o lacedaemonian_a king_n and_o senator_n and_o say_v he_o in_o the_o carthaginian_a lacedaemonian_a and_o cretian_a commonwealth_n the_o people_n have_v power_n both_o over_o king_n and_o senate_n to_o judge_v and_o withstand_v they_o as_o for_o the_o lacedaemonian_a king_n it_o be_v beyond_o all_o controversy_n that_o in_o after-age_n they_o be_v subject_v to_o law_n no_o less_o than_o the_o people_n therefore_o say_v xenophon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr repub._n lace_v lib._n i_o e._n lycurgus_n do_v not_o suffer_v a_o lord_v and_o tyrannic_a power_n to_o be_v give_v to_o the_o king_n nor_o do_v he_o put_v such_o power_n in_o the_o people_n hand_n as_o to_o beget_v jealousy_n and_o envy_n against_o the_o kingly_a power_n and_o aristotle_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d polit._n 3._o cap._n 10._o i._n e._n the_o kingly_a power_n in_o the_o laconic_a commonwealth_n be_v most_o restricted_a to_o law_n for_o it_o have_v not_o a_o vast_a and_o arbitrary_a power_n this_o make_v he_o say_v pol._n 2._o cap._n 7_o &_o 9_o that_o the_o kingly_a power_n be_v subject_v to_o the_o people_n and_o the_o ephori_fw-la have_v the_o great_a power_n in_o the_o commonwealth_n which_o come_v just_a to_o that_o which_o heraclid_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr pol._n lace_v i_o e._n the_o lacedaemonian_a ephori_fw-la have_v the_o great_a power_n in_o the_o commonwealth_n xenophon_n likewise_o say_v that_o the_o king_n do_v swear_v monthly_o to_o the_o people_n to_o govern_v according_a to_o law_n de_fw-fr rep._n lac._n lib._n and_o nicolaus_n damascenus_n that_o he_o do_v swear_v to_o govern_v according_a to_o law_n before_o he_o get_v the_o crown_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr mor._n gent._n lace_v and_o how_o great_a the_o power_n of_o the_o ephori_fw-la the_o representative_a of_o the_o people_n be_v over_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o magistrate_n in_o the_o commonwealth_n you_o may_v learn_v it_o from_o plat._n de_fw-fr leg._n lib._n 4._o isoc_n pan._n &_o plut._n the_o civil_a instit_fw-la whereupon_o say_v xenophon_n they_o have_v power_n of_o depose_v imprison_a and_o judge_v even_o to_o the_o sentence_n of_o death_n the_o rest_n of_o the_o magistrate_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr rep_n lace_a lib._n and_o because_o of_o the_o vastness_n of_o their_o power_n over_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o magistrate_n they_o do_v at_o their_o own_o hand_n imprison_v and_o condemn_v agis_n their_o king_n plut._n in_o ag._n in_o this_o they_o go_v against_o the_o law_n of_o the_o nation_n because_o according_a to_o it_o they_o have_v only_a power_n to_o judge_v and_o sentence_v their_o king_n whileas_o the_o king_n of_o the_o other_o family_n do_v sit_v upon_o the_o bench_n with_o they_o pausan_n lacon_n but_o they_o without_o the_o concurrence_n of_o any_o at_o their_o own_o hand_n do_v imprison_v and_o sentence_n agis_n the_o power_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_a king_n be_v taken-up_a in_o these_o notion_n 1._o at_o home_n he_o have_v charge_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n arist_n pol._n 3._o cap._n 10._o herod_n lib._n 6._o xenoph._n de_fw-fr rep_n lac._n lib._n of_o ordain_v magistrate_n and_o priest_n and_o of_o dismiss_v message_n whether_o friendly_a or_o hostile_a see_v herod_n &_o xenoph._n ibid._n but_o xenophon_n say_v that_o at_o home_o he_o have_v but_o the_o honour_n of_o a_o private_a man_n 2._o from_o home_n and_o in_o the_o battle_n he_o be_v first_o and_o have_v the_o chief_a hand_n in_o manage_v the_o matter_n of_o the_o war_n so_o say_v the_o forecited_a author_n inst_z 1._o the_o lacedaemonian_a monarchy_n say_v salmasius_n be_v peculiar_a all_o other_o monarchy_n beside_o be_v absolute_a and_o of_o a_o uncircumscribed_a power_n though_o some_o be_v more_z intense_a and_o some_o more_o remiss_a and_o say_v he_o the_o lacedaemonian_a king_n be_v rather_o general_a captain_n than_o king_n therefore_o aristotle_n define_v their_o power_n to_o be_v a_o power_n of_o command_v the_o battle_n from_o a_o perpetual_a title_n of_o birthright_n pol._n 3._o cap._n 10.14_o yea_o and_o though_o the_o lacedaemonian_a ephori_fw-la do_v cutoff_a agis_n yet_o notwithstanding_o the_o people_n do_v abominate_a and_o detest_v that_o fact_n def._n reg._n cap._n 8._o wherefore_o the_o man_n do_v esteem_v the_o annual_a carthaginian_a king_n proper_o not_o to_o have_v be_v king_n otherwise_o say_v he_o the_o judge_n of_o israel_n may_v also_o proper_o be_v call_v king_n for_o they_o have_v that_o same_o power_n which_o the_o carthaginian_a king_n have_v the_o one_o be_v call_v sophetim_o and_o the_o other_o sufetes_fw-la both_o which_o come_v to_o one_o purpose_n and_o yet_o say_v he_o the_o scripture_n call_v the_o judge_n of_o israel_n king_n judg._n 18._o but_o this_o must_v be_v take_v in_o a_o improper_a sense_n and_o so_o he_o conclude_v that_o probus_n do_v call_v the_o carthaginian_a sufetes_fw-la king_n improper_o def._n reg._n cap._n 7._o ans_fw-fr we_o do_v much_o wonder_n at_o the_o man_n who_o be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o say_v that_o all_o monarchy_n beside_o the_o lacedaemonian_a be_v absolute_a and_o unsubject_v to_o law_n we_o have_v evince_v the_o contrary_a of_o that_o already_o have_v show_v from_o the_o example_n of_o many_o commonwealth_n that_o king_n be_v no_o less_o subject_v to_o law_n then_o any_o of_o the_o people_n and_o in_o this_o the_o manner_n of_o royal_a power_n among_o the_o roman_n be_v not_o want_v the_o power_n of_o the_o king_n be_v subject_v to_o the_o senate_n rex_fw-la ad_fw-la senatum_fw-la referebat_fw-la pomp._n laet._n de_fw-mi make_fw-mi rom._n i_o e._n the_o king_n have_v he_o refer_v to_o the_o senate_n penes_fw-la hoc_fw-la quidem_fw-la senatores_fw-la adeo_fw-la semper_fw-la totius_fw-la reipublicae_fw-la summa_fw-la innixa_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la ne_fw-la reges_fw-la quidem_fw-la consules_a aut_fw-la dictatores_fw-la aut_fw-la alius_fw-la quispiam_fw-la magistratus_fw-la inconsulto_fw-la senatu_fw-la quippiam_fw-la moliretur_fw-la fenest_n de_fw-mi make_fw-mi rom._n i_o e._n the_o sum_n and_o head_n of_o the_o whole_a commonwealth_n do_v ever_o so_o depend_v from_o these_o senator_n that_o even_o king_n consul_n or_o dictator_n or_o any_o other_o magistrate_n do_v not_o enterprise_v any_o thing_n without_o
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