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nation_n in_o his_o chapter_n de_fw-fr legationum_fw-la jure_fw-la say_v that_o even_o this_o question_n whether_o the_o person_n of_o ambassador_n be_v inviolable_a can_v be_v determine_v by_o the_o practice_n of_o nation_n de_fw-fr non_fw-la violandis_fw-la legatis_fw-la difficilior_fw-la est_fw-la quaestio_fw-la &_o variè_fw-la &_o a_o claris_fw-la huius_fw-la seculi_fw-la ingeniis_fw-la jactata_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o at_o last_o conclude_v spectandum_fw-la ergo_fw-la quousque_fw-la gentes_fw-la consenserint_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la solis_fw-la exemplis_fw-la evinci_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la extant_a satis_fw-la multa_fw-la in_o partem_fw-la utramque_fw-la recurrendum_fw-la igitur_fw-la tum_fw-la ad_fw-la sapientum_fw-la judicia_fw-la tum_fw-la ad_fw-la conjecturas_fw-la where_o nation_n have_v neither_o express_o declare_v nor_o be_v there_o example_n enough_o whereon_o to_o found_v their_o tacit_n consent_n there_o can_v be_v no_o obligation_n from_o the_o practice_n of_o nation_n but_o from_o the_o matter_n itself_o as_o it_o be_v conducive_a to_o the_o good_a of_o society_n upon_o which_o alone_o the_o judgement_n of_o wise_a man_n as_o well_o as_o all_o other_o conjecture_n must_v be_v found_v what_o look_v more_o like_o the_o positive_a law_n of_o nation_n than_o that_o general_a custom_n of_o prince_n have_v person_n of_o public_a character_n perpetual_o resident_a in_o one_o another_o kingdom_n yet_o grotius_n say_v in_o the_o forego_n §_o optimo_fw-la autem_fw-la jure_fw-la possunt_fw-la rejici_fw-la quae_fw-la nunc_fw-la in_o usu_fw-la sunt_fw-la legationes_fw-la assiduae_fw-la quibus_fw-la quam_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la opus_fw-la docet_fw-la mos_fw-la antiquus_fw-la cui_fw-la illae_fw-la ignotae_fw-la to_o give_v but_o one_o instance_n more_o and_o that_o too_o out_o of_o grotius_n who_o do_v not_o pretend_v to_o prove_v any_o thing_n from_o the_o voluntary_a law_n of_o nation_n concern_v this_o most_o comprehensive_a question_n quantum_fw-la in_o bello_fw-la liceat_fw-la but_o have_v whole_o recourse_n to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n lib._n 3._o chap._n 1._o quantum_fw-la in_o bello_fw-la liceat_fw-la regulae_fw-la generales_fw-la ex_fw-la jure_fw-la naturae_fw-la and_o §_o 5._o quid_fw-la liceat_fw-la in_o eos_fw-la qui_fw-la host_n non_fw-la sunt_fw-la aut_fw-la dici_fw-la nolunt_fw-la sed_fw-la hostibus_fw-la res_fw-la aliquas_fw-la subministrant_fw-la nam_fw-la &_o olim_fw-la &_o nuper_fw-la acritèr_fw-la de_fw-la ea_fw-la re_fw-la certatum_fw-la scimus_fw-la alii_fw-la belli_fw-la rigorem_fw-la alii_fw-la commerciorum_fw-la libertatem_fw-la defenderint_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o add_v hanc_fw-la autem_fw-la quaestionem_fw-la ad_fw-la jus_o naturae_fw-la ideo_fw-la retulimus_fw-la quia_fw-la ex_fw-la historiis_fw-la nihil_fw-la comperire_fw-la potuimus_fw-la eâ_fw-la de_fw-la re_fw-la jure_fw-la voluntario_fw-la gentium_fw-la esse_fw-la constitutum_fw-la if_o in_o these_o material_a point_n which_o constitute_v so_o 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