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publish_a from_o the_o author_n be_v own_o manuscript_n chap._n i._n of_o government_n 1._o a_o people_z be_v either_o under_o a_o state_n of_o civil_a government_n or_o in_o a_o state_n of_o civil_a war_n or_o neither_o under_o a_o state_n of_o civil_a government_n nor_o in_o a_o state_n of_o civil_a war._n 2._o civil_a government_n be_v a_o art_n whereby_o a_o people_n rule_v themselves_o or_o be_v rule_v by_o other_o 3._o the_o art_n of_o civil_a government_n in_o general_n be_v twofold_a national_a or_o provincial_a 4._o national_a government_n be_v that_o by_o which_o a_o nation_n be_v govern_v independent_o or_o within_o itself_o 5._o provincial_a government_n be_v that_o by_o which_o a_o province_n be_v govern_v dependent_o or_o by_o some_o foren_a prince_n or_o state_n 6._o a_o people_z be_v neither_o govern_v by_o themselves_o nor_o by_o other_o but_o by_o reason_n of_o some_o external_a principle_n thereto_o force_v they_o 7._o force_n be_v of_o two_o kind_n natural_a and_o unnatural_a 8._o natural_a force_n consist_v in_o the_o vigour_n of_o principle_n and_o their_o natural_a necessary_a operation_n 9_o unnatural_a force_n be_v a_o external_a or_o adventitious_a opposition_n to_o the_o vigour_n of_o principle_n and_o their_o necessary_a work_n which_o from_o a_o violation_n of_o nature_n be_v call_v violence_n 10._o national_a government_n be_v a_o effect_n of_o natural_a force_n or_o vigour_n 11._o provincial_a government_n be_v a_o effect_n of_o unnatural_a force_n or_o violence_n 12._o the_o natural_a force_n which_o work_v or_o produce_v national_a government_n of_o which_o only_o i_o shall_v speak_v hereafter_o consist_v in_o riches_n 13._o the_o man_n that_o can_v live_v upon_o his_o own_o must_v be_v a_o servant_n but_o he_o that_o can_v live_v upon_o his_o own_o may_v be_v a_o freeman_n 14._o where_o a_o people_n can_v live_v upon_o their_o own_o the_o government_n be_v either_o monarchy_n or_o aristocracy_n where_o a_o people_n can_v live_v upon_o their_o own_o the_o government_n may_v be_v democracy_n chap._n two_o 15._o a_o man_z that_o can_v live_v upon_o his_o own_o may_v yet_o to_o spare_v his_o own_o and_o live_v upon_o another_o be_v a_o servant_n but_o a_o people_n that_o can_v live_v upon_o their_o own_o can_v spare_v their_o own_o and_o live_v upon_o another_o but_o except_o they_o be_v no_o servant_n that_o be_v except_o they_o come_v to_o a_o democracy_n they_o must_v waste_v their_o own_o by_o maintain_v their_o master_n or_o by_o have_v other_o to_o live_v upon_o they_o 16._o where_o a_o people_n that_o can_v live_v upon_o their_o own_o imagine_v that_o they_o can_v be_v govern_v by_o other_o and_o not_o live_v upon_o by_o such_o governor_n it_o be_v not_o the_o genius_n of_o the_o people_n it_o be_v the_o mistake_n of_o the_o people_n 17._o where_o a_o people_n that_o can_v live_v upon_o their_o own_o will_v not_o be_v govern_v by_o other_o lest_o they_o be_v live_v upon_o by_o other_o it_o be_v not_o the_o 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the_o minister_n of_o state_n take_v his_o pastime_n 16._o the_o complaint_n that_o the_o wisdom_n of_o all_o these_o latter_a time_n in_o prince_n affair_n consist_v rather_o in_o fine_a delivery_n and_o shift_n of_o danger_n or_o mischief_n when_o they_o be_v near_o than_o in_o solid_a and_o ground_a course_n to_o keep_v they_o off_o be_v a_o complaint_n in_o the_o street_n of_o aristocratical_a monarchy_n and_o not_o to_o be_v remedy_v because_o the_o nobility_n be_v not_o break_v chap._n x_o the_o king_n be_v in_o danger_n and_o the_o nobility_n be_v break_v the_o monarchy_n be_v ruin_v 17._o a_o absurdity_n in_o the_o form_n of_o the_o government_n as_o that_o in_o a_o monarchy_n there_o may_v be_v two_o monarch_n shoot_v out_o into_o a_o mischief_n in_o the_o administration_n or_o some_o wickedness_n in_o the_o reason_n of_o state_n as_o in_o romulus_n kill_v of_o remus_n and_o the_o monstrous_a association_n of_o the_o roman_a emperor_n 18._o usurpation_n of_o government_n be_v a_o surfeit_n that_o convert_v the_o best_a art_n into_o the_o worst_a nemo_n unquam_fw-la imperium_fw-la flagitio_fw-la acquisitum_fw-la bonis_fw-la artibus_fw-la exercuit_fw-la 19_o as_o in_o the_o privation_n of_o virtue_n and_o in_o beggary_n man_n be_v shark_n or_o robber_n and_o the_o reason_n of_o their_o way_n of_o live_v be_v quite_o contrary_a to_o those_o of_o thrift_n so_o in_o the_o privation_n of_o government_n as_o in_o anarchy_n oligarchy_n or_o tyranny_n that_o which_o be_v reason_n of_o state_n with_o they_o be_v direct_o opposite_a to_o that_o which_o be_v true_o so_o whence_o be_v all_o those_o black_a maxim_n set_v down_o by_o some_o politician_n particular_o macchiavel_n in_o his_o prince_n and_o which_o be_v condemn_v to_o the_o fire_n even_o by_o they_o who_o if_o they_o live_v otherwise_o may_v blow_v their_o finger_n 20._o where_o the_o government_n from_o a_o true_a foundation_n rise_v up_o into_o proper_a superstructure_n or_o form_n the_o reason_n of_o state_n be_v right_a and_o straight_o but_o give_v our_o politician_n peace_n when_o you_o please_v if_o your_o house_n stand_v awry_o your_o prop_n do_v not_o stand_v upright_o 21._o take_v a_o juggler_n and_o commend_v his_o trick_n never_o so_o much_o yet_o if_o in_o so_o do_v you_o show_v his_o trick_n you_o spoil_v he_o which_o have_v be_v and_o be_v to_o be_v confess_v of_o macchiavel_n 22._o corruption_n in_o government_n be_v to_o be_v read_v and_o consider_v in_o macchiavel_n as_o disease_n in_o a_o man_n body_n be_v to_o be_v read_v and_o consider_v in_o hippocrates_n 23._o neither_o hippocrates_n nor_o macchiavel_n introduce_v disease_n into_o man_n body_n nor_o corruption_n into_o government_n which_o be_v before_o their_o time_n and_o see_v they_o do_v but_o discover_v they_o it_o must_v be_v confess_v that_o so_o much_o as_o they_o have_v do_v tend_v not_o to_o the_o increase_n but_o the_o cure_n of_o they_o which_o be_v the_o truth_n of_o these_o two_o author_n 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a_o government_n by_o arm_n and_o desirous_a of_o a_o government_n by_o law_n there_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o people_n be_v not_o unfit_a to_o be_v trust_v with_o their_o liberty_n 8._o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o people_n of_o england_n not_o trust_v with_o their_o liberty_n drive_v at_o the_o restitution_n of_o monarchy_n by_o blood_n and_o violence_n 9_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o people_n of_o england_n trust_v with_o their_o liberty_n if_o the_o form_n be_v sufficient_a can_v never_o set_v up_o a_o king_n and_o if_o the_o form_n be_v insufficient_a as_o a_o parliament_n with_o a_o council_n in_o the_o interval_n or_o two_o assemblys_n coordinat_fw-la will_v set_v up_o a_o king_n without_o blood_n or_o violence_n 10._o to_o light_n upon_o a_o good_a man_n may_v be_v in_o chance_n but_o to_o be_v sure_a of_o a_o assembly_n of_o good_a man_n be_v not_o in_o prudence_n 11._o where_o the_o security_n be_v no_o more_o than_o personal_a there_o may_v be_v a_o good_a monarch_n but_o can_v 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