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terror_fw-la ad_fw-la obsequendi_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la collegas_fw-la svas_fw-la adigit_fw-la so_o that_o per_fw-la accidens_fw-la the_o impoverish_n of_o the_o clergy_n in_o henry_n the_o eight_o when_o it_o seem_v in_o the_o eye_n of_o some_o too_o rich_a for_o the_o civil_a state_n do_v this_o good_a to_o preserve_v they_o from_o a_o oligarchie_n even_o as_o to_o take_v so_o much_o blood_n away_o in_o a_o pleurisy_n as_o to_o bring_v a_o man_n to_o a_o deep_a consumption_n be_v a_o probable_a preservative_n against_o die_v of_o a_o burn_a fever_n so_o that_o alteration_n of_o this_o state_n be_v not_o much_o to_o be_v fear_v in_o respect_n they_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o alter_v it_o and_o withal_o it_o be_v not_o easy_o alter_v if_o they_o have_v this_o or_o any_o other_o ground_n to_o do_v it_o for_o a_o aristocracy_n in_o itself_o consider_v be_v a_o government_n of_o a_o most_o constant_a
private_a person_n deserve_v and_o suffer_v public_a punishment_n not_o onl_a for_o offer_v private_a wrong_n but_o also_o for_o with-holdiâ—_a particular_a right_n sure_o these_o lawmaker_n and_o administrator_n of_o justice_n that_o will_v not_o suffer_v injury_n unpunished_a will_v be_v so_o far_o from_o do_v wrong_n though_o it_o be_v but_o to_o poor_a and_o private_a man_n that_o they_o will_v fear_v though_o they_o can_v fly_v the_o suspicion_n of_o it_o and_o be_v as_o careful_a to_o observe_v a_o just_a and_o geometrical_a proportion_n in_o the_o distribution_n of_o due_n and_o duty_n now_o if_o private_a and_o common_a subject_n be_v not_o only_o secure_v from_o injury_n but_o also_o according_a to_o due_a desert_n public_o regard_v and_o reward_v for_o their_o particular_a service_n to_o the_o commonwealth_n though_o their_o aim_n be_v but_o at_o their_o own_o personal_a and_o private_a profit_n one_o may_v safe_o conjecture_v that_o the_o public_a and_o politic_a part_n 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not_o include_v they_o they_o exclude_v he_o and_o he_o have_v no_o supereminent_a power_n over_o they_o as_o they_o impeach_v his_o right_n so_o they_o will_v enlarge_v their_o own_o liberty_n till_o it_o be_v dissolve_v into_o a_o loose_a licentious_a libertinism_n 6._o polybius_n hist_o lib._n 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o polybius_n well_o express_v it_o and_o if_o they_o do_v not_o thus_o it_o be_v the_o great_a virtue_n see_v they_o must_v have_v such_o power_n limit_v by_o law_n leave_v to_o discretion_n and_o they_o will_v find_v it_o a_o hard_a peeece_n of_o patience_n to_o abstain_v and_o contain_v themselves_o within_o such_o bound_n of_o obedience_n as_o this_o state_n necessary_o require_v can_v man_n that_o profess_v themselves_o popular_a pass_v plausiblie_o and_o please_v the_o vulgar_a if_o they_o do_v not_o to_o their_o utmost_a uphold_v they_o in_o their_o high_a insolence_n agra_n tullâ—_n 2._o coâ—_n agra_n tully_n find_v this_o impossible_a when_o as_o 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and_o settling_n of_o the_o humour_n as_o a_o democracie_n be_v la_fw-fr feccia_fw-it della_fw-it plebe_fw-la hist_n guiâ—_n hist_n and_o as_o the_o spleen_n be_v not_o able_a to_o move_v itself_o be_v not_o troublesome_a so_o long_o as_o it_o be_v not_o press_v upon_o by_o the_o heart_n but_o permit_v full_a and_o equal_a liberty_n nor_o disturb_v by_o a_o flatus_fw-la hypocondriacus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o once_o move_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d affect_v the_o head_n and_o heart_n with_o turbulent_a distemper_n notio_fw-la hipp_n notio_fw-la so_o in_o a_o democracie_n as_o long_o as_o they_o have_v all_o at_o their_o loose_a list_n and_o be_v not_o compel_v to_o keep_v within_o compass_n but_o apprehend_v themselves_o equal_a to_o the_o high_a in_o all_o respect_n and_o be_v not_o move_v by_o some_o seditious_a spirit_n they_o be_v quiet_a enough_o nam_fw-la multitudo_fw-la sicut_fw-la mare_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la immobilis_fw-la est_fw-la ideâ—_n livi_n psal_n 〈…〉_o ideâ—_n but_o if_o once_o they_o perceive_v that_o any_o go_v about_o to_o oppress_v or_o cross_v they_o in_o their_o false_a and_o fugitive_a liberty_n as_o they_o be_v very_o suspicious_a upon_o the_o least_o cause_n they_o present_o be_v ready_a but_o tentare_fw-la magis_fw-la quà m_fw-la tueri_fw-la libertatem_fw-la and_o if_o any_o one_o dare_v but_o begin_v to_o blow_v a_o trumpet_n of_o sedition_n as_o they_o do_v not_o easy_o statim_fw-la ferox_fw-la erit_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la bellandum_fw-la saltem_fw-la ad_fw-la rebellandum_fw-la i_o do_v confess_v that_o this_o form_n of_o government_n may_v be_v of_o good_a use_n in_o some_o state_n at_o some_o time_n as_o in_o a_o popular_a state_n where_o these_o lay_v elder_n may_v be_v both_o church_n and_o city_n burgess_n as_o the_o democraticall_a helvetian_o approve_v it_o so_o also_o as_o for_o the_o enlarge_n of_o a_o monarchy_n 5._o machivellus_n l._n 1._o cap._n 5
continue_v constitution_n especial_o when_o it_o be_v mix_v and_o temper_v with_o a_o monarchy_n for_o the_o reason_n of_o its_o constancy_n be_v not_o only_o the_o slowness_n of_o the_o motion_n either_o to_o augmentation_n or_o diminution_n like_o a_o great_a engine_n move_v with_o many_o joint_n in_o which_o point_n a_o monarch_n will_v much_o advantage_n in_o advance_v &_o set_v fast_a forward_o if_o not_o their_o deliberation_n yet_o their_o determination_n and_o with_o ease_n and_o speed_n stay_v all_o their_o error_n and_o declining_n while_o they_o be_v but_o in_o the_o breed_n beginning_n and_o beget_n but_o then_o also_o the_o force_n of_o their_o faction_n which_o break_v out_o be_v the_o common_a ruin_n of_o aristocracy_n will_v be_v abate_v as_o it_o may_v be_v see_v in_o the_o spartan_a and_o venetian_a state_n oppose_v to_o the_o athenian_a and_o florentine_a for_o these_o have_v a_o aristocracy_n without_o a_o monarchy_n and_o be_v continual_o toss_v with_o sedition_n and_o faction_n as_o that_o long_a last_a faction_n of_o the_o guelph_n and_o gibiline_n which_o can_v never_o be_v full_o take_v away_o but_o by_o the_o ruin_n of_o one_o party_n when_o as_o the_o venetian_n their_o neighbour_n who_o duke_n be_v then_o not_o a_o simulachrum_fw-la imperij_fw-la keep_v the_o faction_n out_o of_o their_o commonwealth_n though_o they_o do_v declare_v themselves_o sometime_o on_o one_o side_n and_o sometime_o on_o another_o lest_o they_o shall_v have_v be_v hate_v of_o all_o as_o negligent_a neutral_n but_o they_o do_v not_o nourish_v the_o faction_n among_o themselves_o but_o maintain_v it_o in_o other_o country_n as_o they_o will_v do_v war_n but_o the_o state_n of_o milan_n can_v never_o be_v free_a from_o it_o until_o it_o be_v extinguish_v by_o francisco_n sforza_n lib_n pauluâ—_n hist_o lib_n who_o be_v a_o free_a prince_n though_o a_o usurper_n so_o that_o the_o mixture_n of_o a_o monarchy_n and_o the_o predominancie_n in_o a_o aristocratical_a 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