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company_n whereof_o do_v proceed_v first_o all_o private_a house_n than_o village_n than_o town_n than_o city_n than_o kingdom_n and_o commonwealth_n 1._o proof_n inclination_n universal_a in_o all_o nation_n never_o so_o wild_a or_o barbarous_a we_o see_v by_o experience_n that_o by_o one_o way_n or_o other_o 8._o they_o endeavour_v to_o live_v together_o either_o in_o town_n cave_n wood_n tent_n or_o other_o like_a manner_n according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o each_o country_n which_o universal_a instinct_n can_v never_o be_v but_o by_o impression_n of_o nature_n itself_o 2._o speech_n the_o use_n of_o speech_n be_v give_v to_o man_n for_o this_o end_n and_o purpose_n otherwise_o little_o available_a be_v it_o 4._o if_o man_n shall_v live_v alone_o and_o converse_v with_o none_o 3._o imbecility_n and_o nakedness_n of_o man_n man_n be_v bear_v more_o infirm_a and_o naked_a than_o all_o other_o creature_n not_o able_a to_o provide_v and_o defend_v himself_o parent_n but_o by_o the_o help_n of_o other_o which_o be_v a_o token_n that_o he_o be_v bear_v to_o live_v in_o company_n both_o for_o his_o necessity_n to_o be_v holpen_v by_o other_o and_o also_o for_o his_o own_o commodious_a live_n see_v no_o man_n of_o himself_o be_v sufficient_a for_o himself_o wherefore_o witty_o say_a aristotle_n that_o ho_o which_o fly_v to_o live_v in_o society_n be_v either_o deus_fw-la aut_fw-la bellua_fw-la a_o god_n or_o a_o beast_n for_o that_o either_o he_o do_v it_o because_o he_o have_v no_o need_n of_o any_o which_o be_v proper_a to_o god_n or_o else_o for_o that_o he_o will_v do_v good_a to_o none_o and_o feel_v not_o that_o natural_a instinct_n which_o man_n have_v to_o live_v in_o conversation_n which_o be_v a_o sign_n rather_o of_o a_o beast_n than_o of_o a_o man_n 4._o the_o use_n of_o justice_n and_o friendship_n if_o man_n shall_v not_o live_v in_o company_n of_o other_o justice_n and_o friendship_n shall_v be_v utter_o in_o vain_a justice_n who_o office_n be_v to_o distribute_v to_o every_o one_o his_o own_o and_o friendship_n which_o be_v so_o necessary_a and_o equal_a citia_fw-la vt_fw-la nec_fw-la aquâ_fw-la say_v cicero_n nec_fw-la igne_fw-la nec_fw-la ipso_fw-la sole_fw-la pluribus_fw-la in_fw-la locis_fw-la utamur_fw-la quà m_fw-la amicitiâ_fw-la 5._o by_o the_o holy_a scripture_n dixit_fw-la quoque_fw-la dominus_fw-la deus_fw-la 18._o non_fw-la est_fw-la bonum_fw-la hominem_fw-la esse_fw-la solum_fw-la faciamus_fw-la ei_fw-la adjutorium_fw-la simile_fw-la sibi_fw-la of_o which_o word_n be_v deduce_v that_o as_o this_o first_o society_n of_o our_o first_o parent_n be_v of_o god_n and_o for_o so_o great_a purpose_n the_o one_o to_o be_v holpen_v by_o the_o other_o so_o all_o other_o society_n which_o grow_v of_o this_o first_o stand_v upon_o the_o same_o ground_n of_o god_n ordination_n for_o the_o self_n same_o end_n of_o man_n utility_n government_n and_o superiority_n be_v also_o of_o nature_n 1._o necessity_n without_o government_n superiority_n and_o jurisdiction_n of_o magistrate_n the_o aforesaid_a society_n can_v in_o no_o wise_a subsist_v it_o follow_v therefore_o that_o government_n be_v of_o nature_n aswell_o as_o the_o society_n itself_o for_o except_o there_o be_v some_o order_n keep_v among_o man_n to_o reward_v virtue_n chasten_v vice_n and_o relieve_v the_o afflict_a 22._o there_o be_v nothing_o to_o be_v hope_v for_o but_o horror_n and_o confusion_n for_o that_o one_o will_v devour_v and_o consume_v the_o other_o 2._o consent_n of_o nation_n there_o be_v never_o yet_o nation_n find_v among_o who_o man_n live_v together_o have_v not_o some_o kind_n of_o magistrate_n or_o superior_n to_o govern_v they_o deorum_fw-la which_o general_a consent_n cicero_n call_v ipsius_fw-la vocem_fw-la naturae_fw-la 3._o civil_a law_n the_o civil_a law_n prove_v also_o this_o point_n in_o the_o beginning_n of_o our_o digest_v where_o the_o second_o title_n of_o the_o first_o book_n be_v de_fw-la origine_fw-la juris_fw-la 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be_v leave_v unto_o every_o nation_n and_o
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