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therefore_o quit_v all_o these_o as_o unnecessary_a dispute_n i_o shall_v now_o proceed_v to_o take_v a_o short_a view_n of_o the_o rest_n of_o those_o error_n and_o mistake_v which_o remain_v yet_o to_o be_v observe_v in_o his_o other_o miscellany-treatise_n first_o publish_v chap._n iii_o i_o desire_v the_o reader_n in_o the_o first_o place_n to_o take_v notice_n that_o i_o whole_o pass_v by_o the_o first_o treatise_n call_v the_o freeholder_n grand_a inquest_n since_o i_o confess_v myself_o no_o lawyer_n verse_v enough_o in_o the_o learning_n of_o record_n to_o answer_v he_o in_o his_o own_o way_n i_o shall_v therefore_o leave_v he_o to_o those_o that_o have_v make_v it_o their_o business_n and_o as_o for_o great_a part_n of_o it_o concern_v the_o antiquity_n and_o power_n of_o the_o commons_o in_o parliament_n distinct_a from_o that_o of_o the_o peer_n or_o inheritable_a nobility_n i_o shall_v refer_v the_o reader_n to_o mr._n petyt_v learned_a treatise_n of_o the_o right_n of_o the_o commons_o of_o england_n ingenuity_n see_v likewise_o a_o late_a treatise_n entitle_v jani_fw-la anglorum_fw-la facies_fw-la nova_fw-la write_v by_o a_o young_a gentleman_n of_o great_a learning_n and_o ingenuity_n where_o all_o objection_n against_o it_o be_v in_o my_o opinion_n full_o answer_v therefore_o i_o shall_v begin_v with_o his_o observation_n upon_o aristotle_n politic_n which_o i_o shall_v not_o dwell_v long_o upon_o since_o i_o look_v upon_o that_o as_o one_o of_o the_o confusede_a piece_n he_o have_v write_v nor_o be_v it_o my_o business_n as_o that_o great_a author_n say_v once_o in_o the_o case_n of_o plato_n to_o defend_v aristotle_n but_o truth_n i_o shall_v likewise_o pass_v by_o the_o preface_n since_o it_o contain_v nothing_o considerable_a but_o his_o hypothesis_n of_o adam_n monarchy_n of_o which_o there_o need_v
place_n more_o which_o the_o author_n do_v not_o quote_v fair_o 294._o anarchy_n of_o a_o limit_a monarchy_n p._n 294._o where_o aristotle_n reckon_v up_o the_o several_a sort_n of_o monarchy_n the_o last_o say_v he_o be_v the_o heroic_a which_o flourish_v in_o heroical_a time_n to_o who_o the_o people_n do_v accord_n do_v the_o greek_a word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o their_o own_o accord_n willing_o obey_v and_o they_o be_v paternal_a and_o government_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o confute_v the_o author_n fancy_n that_o a_o king_n according_a to_o law_n make_v no_o kind_n of_o government_n legal_a and_o then_o reckon_v up_o the_o occasion_n &_o reason_n of_o their_o obedience_n he_o conclude_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o these_o be_v choose_v king_n by_o the_o consent_n of_o those_o that_o be_v willing_a lambinus_n render_v it_o à _fw-la voluntariis_fw-la and_o leave_v the_o kingdom_n so_o obtain_v to_o their_o child_n which_o whole_a sentence_n be_v omit_v by_o the_o author_n because_o it_o make_v against_o his_o hypothesis_n and_o prove_v that_o the_o most_o ancient_a kingdom_n begin_v by_o election_n of_o the_o people_n so_o true_a be_v that_o excellent_a simile_n of_o the_o elder_a dr._n don_n that_o sentence_n of_o good_a author_n whilst_o they_o remain_v in_o their_o proper_a place_n like_o the_o hair_n of_o a_o horse_n tail_n concentre_v in_o one_o root_n of_o strength_n and_o ornament_n but_o pull_v out_o one_o by_o one_o serve_v only_o to_o make_v snare_n and_o indeed_o he_o have_v make_v use_n of_o aristotle_n as_o lawyer_n do_v of_o their_o adversary_n evidence_n where_o it_o make_v for_o they_o they_o allow_v it_o and_o make_v use_n of_o it_o but_o where_o it_o be_v against_o they_o it_o be_v false_a or_o signify_v nothing_o i_o shall_v now_o cursory_o look_v over_o the_o rest_n of_o this_o discourse_n where_o p._n 23._o though_o it_o be_v true_a what_o aristotle_n say_v that_o the_o people_n must_v 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