Part IV.: For the provincial Part it is proposed:
Renaissance James Harrington EnglishTHAT upon expiration of magistracy in the senate, or at the annual recess of one third part of the same, there be elected by the senate out of the part receding into each provincial council four knights for the term of three years, thereby to render each provincial council, presuming it in the beginning to have been constituted of twelve knights, divided after the manner of the senate, by three several lists or elections, of annual, triennial and perpetual revolution or rotation.
That out of the same third part of the senate annually receding, there be unto each province one knight elected for the term of one year. That the knight so elected be the provincial archon, general or governor. That a provincial archon, governor or general, receive annually in April, at his rendezvous appointed, the youth or recruits elected in the precedent month to that end by the tribes, and by their conductors delivered accordingly. That he repair with the said youth and recruits, unto his respective province, and there dismiss that part of the provincial guard or army, whose triennial term is expired. That each provincial governor have the conduct of affairs of war and of state, in his respective province, with advice of the provincial council; and that he be president of the same.
That each provincial council elect three weekly proposers or provosts, after the manner, and to the ends already shewn in the constitution of senatorian councils; and that the provost of the senior list during his term, be president of the council in absence of the provincial archon, or general.
That each provincial council proceed according unto instructions received from the council of state, and keep intelligence with the same by any two of their provosts, for the government of the province as to matter of war, or of state. That upon levies of native, or proper arms, by the senate and the people, a provincial council, having unto that end received orders, make levies of provincial auxiliaries accordingly. That auxiliary arms upon no occasion whatsoever exceed the proper or native arms in number. That for the rest, the provincial council maintain the provincials, defraying their peculiar guards and council, by such known proportion of tributes, as on them shall be set by the senate and the people, in their proper rights, laws, liberties and immunities, so far forth as upon the merits of the cause, whereupon they were subdued, it seemed good unto the senate and the people to confirm them. And that it be lawful for the provincials to appeal from their provincial magistrates, councils, or generals, to the people of Oceana.
Wright’s Antiquitys of the county of Rutland, p. 52.
And sister to Sir Philip Sidney Kt.
Who was afterwards created Lord Harrington, and his lady was governess to the Queen of Bohemia. His family is extinct as to heirs male: one of his daughters was marrv’d to the Earl of Bedford, and was Groom of the Stole to Q. Anne. The other was marry’d to a Scotch Lord, whose name was Lord Bruce Earl of Elgin; his grandson now Lord Ailsbury.
Who happen’d to be President of Ireland; and from him descended my Lady Fretchavil’s father, my Lady Morison, and my Lord Falkland’s Lady.
Afterwards Baronet. To him were born Sir Edward Harrington, Sir Sapcotes Harrington, and Mr. John Harrington; who had issue both sons and daughters.
Who was father to the Lord Montague, the Earl of Manchester, and Lord Privy Seal; and Sir Sidney Montague, who was afterwards created Earl of Sandwich; and to the Earl of Rutland’s lady, and Judg Montague
Who was afterwards created Lord Chichester and Earl of Dunsmore; and marry’d one of his daughters to the Earl of Southamton, by whom he had the present Lady Northumberland. And his other daughter marry’d herself to Col. Villers, and is now governess to the Lady Mary, the Duke of York’s eldest daughter.
Which dukedom afterwards fell to him; and by this lady he had one sole daughter and heir, who is said to have marry’d the Duke of Ferio, and by him to have had one daughter, who is marry’d to a King of Portugal.
Of Lincolnshire, the King’s Standard-bearer.
An antient noble family in Kent.
Now Lord Cambden, owner of the place where this monument is.
One of whose daughters marry’d the Earl of Hume in Scotland, and had by him two daughters; one marry’d my Lord Morrice, and the other my Lord Maitland, now Duke of Lauderdale. The other daughter of my Lady Dudley was heir to the honour of Dudley castle; of whose issue by the mother’s side is the present Lord Dudley.
Δυνάμεις. Rom. 13.
Terra potens armis atque ubere gleba.
Magistratus est lex armata.
Regebat magis autoritate quam imperio.
Si terra recedat, Ionium Ægæo frangat mare.
Censuere patres, jussit populus.
Consules sine lege curiata rem militarem attingere non potuerunt.
Authoritas patrum.
Senatusconsulta.
Ferre ad populum.
Authoritate patrum & jussu populi.
Qui beneficium accepit, libertatem vendidit.
Grata populo est tabella quæ frontes aperit hominum, mentes tegit, datque eam libertatem ut quod velint faciant.
De legibus.
De judiciis.
Nemo nocetur nisi ex se.
Comitia cum populo sortitus est.
Neque id existimare debes autorem me tibi esse, ut tyrannidem in S. P. Q. R. in servitutem redactum teneas: quod neque dicere meum, neque facere tuum est.
Cornua nota prius vitulo, quám frontibus extant.
Quòd nemo plebeius auspicia haberet.
Piebs ad d maximâ indignatione exa[Editor: illegible character]sit quod auspicari, tanquam invisi Diis immortalibus, negarentur posse. T. Liv. 4. 8.
Sellis Curulibus. Grot.
Quirites, regem create; ita patribus visum est: Tullum Hostilium regem populus jussit. Patres authotes facti.
Ut ad Romulo traditum, suffiagium viritim eadem vi, eodemque jure omnibus datum est.
Hunc annum infignem maximè comitia tributa efficiunt res major victoriâ suscepti certaminis quam usu. plus enim dignitatis comitiis ipsis detractum est, patribus ex concilio submovendis, quam virium aut plebi additum aut demtum patribus.
Lontana della fede degli huomini.
Populus Romanus per classes divisus erat, & pro patrimonii facultate censebantur; ex iis, omnes quibus res erat, ad militiam ducebantur; diligenter enim pro victoria laborabant, qui ex libertate bona patriam defendebant: illi autem quibus nullæ opes erant, caput suum, quod solum possidebant, censebantur, & belli tempore in mœnibus residebant; facile enim poterant existere proditores, quia egestas hand facile habetur sine damno. Hos igitur Marius, quibus non fuerat resp. committenda, duxit ad bellum.
Sellis Curulibu
Nuper divitiæ avaritiam, & abundantes voluptates desiderium, per luxum atque libidinem, pereundi perdendique omnia invexere. Liv. in Præf.
Centuriatis.
Curiatis Comitiis.
Dictatoris imperium quasi numen. Liv.
Et videat dictator ne quid respub. detrimenti capiat.
Questi tali sono pernitiosi in ogni republica, & in ogni provincia.
Lequali tutte insieme sono la corruttela del mondo.
Egestas haud facile habetur sine damno.
Qui serè semper regebantur à multitudine magis quam regebant.
Ut fratrem Pollux alterna morte redemit.
Comitiis Curiatis.
Centuriatis.
Eo nuncio erecti patres, erecta plebs. Sed patribus nimis luxuriosa ea fuit lætitia; plebi, cui ad eam diem summâ ope inservitum erat, injuriæ à primoribus fieri cœpére. Liv. l. 2.
Se foris pio libertate & imperio dimicantes, domi a civibus captos & oppressos esse: tutioremque in bello quam in pace, inter hostes quam inter cives, libertarem plebis esse.
Patres militatent, patres arma caperent, ut penes eosdem pericula belli, penes quos præmia, essent.
Nam cum primus instituisset Theopompus ut Ephori Lacedæmone crearentur, ita futuri regiæ potestati oppositi quemadmodam Romæ Tribuni plebis consulari imperio sunt objecti; atque illi uxor dixisset, id egisse illum ut fihis minorem potestatem relinqueret: Relinquam, inquit, sed diuturniorem. Optime quidem: Ea enim denium tuta est potentia, quæ virious suis modum imponit. Theopompus igitur legitimis regnum vinculis constringendo, quo longius à licentia retraxit, hoc propius ad benevolentiam civium admovit. Val. Max l. 4. c. 1. de externis, § 8.
Inertissimi nobiles, in quibus, sicut in statua, præter nomen nihil erat additamenti.
Binis Comitiis.
Che la multitudine è piu savia & piu constante che un prencipe.
Quello appresso il quale e la somma autorita di tutta la città, e delle leggi & decreti, de i quali pende l’autorità cosi del senato come ancora di tutti i magistrati, e il consiglio grande.
Ante omnes de provocatione adversus magistratus ad populum, sacrandoque cum bonis capite ejus, qui regni occupandi consillia iniisiet.
Diem dicere.
To love and not injoy, is the way to break one’s heart.
Assueti more regio vivere—inter se conquerebantur—Regem hominem esse à quo impetres ubi jos, ubi injuria opus sit; esse grat æ locum, esse beneficio; & irasci & ignoscere posre; inter amicum & inimicum di crimen nosse. Leges rem surdam, inexorabilem esse; salubriorem, melioremque inopi quam potenti; nihil laxamenti nec veniæ habere, si modum excesseris; periculosum esse in tot humanis erroribus sola innocentia vivere. Liv. l. 2.
Ut male posuimus initia, sic cætera sequuntur. Cic.
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Tributis.
Centuriatis.
Curiatis comitiis.
Centuriatis.
Marcus Curius Consul cum subitum delectum edicere coactus esset, & juniorum nemo respondisset, conjectis in sortem omnibus, Polliæ quæ proxima exierat, primum nomen urnâ extractum citari jussit, neque eo respondente, bona adolescentis hasta subjecit. Val.
Quod per magnos tumultus fieri soiitum erat, justitio indicto, delectus sine vacationibus habitus est. Liv.
Curiatis.
Centuriatis.
Tributis.
Tres tribuni, potestate consulari, documento fuêre, quàm plurium imperium bello inutile esset; tendendo ad sua quisque consilia, cum alii aliud videretu, aperuerunt ad occasionem, locum hosti.
Saluberrimum in administratione magnarum rerum, summam imperii apud unum esse.
Senatus justitium indici, delectum omnis generis hominum haberi jussit: nec ingenui modo, & juniores sacramento adacti sunt, sed seniorum etiam cohortes factæ.
Nos magis patronatum orbis terrarum suscepimus, quam imperium.
This by the pay of a parlamentary army, is demonstrated in the corollary.
Questo taglioli le gambe da montar in cielo.
Nemo unquam imperium flagi io quæsitum bonis artibus exercuit.
Curiatis, centuriatis, & tributis comitiis.
Hobbes.
The Scotish royal line.
Point de Argent, point de Suisse.
Senatum omninò non habere non vultis: Quippe aut rex quod abominandum; aut, quod unum liberæ civitatis concilium est, senatus habendus est. Liv.
Arochet.
Quod principi placuit legis habet vigorem, quam lege regia quæ de ejus imperio lata est, populus ei, & in eum omne imperium suum & potestatem concedat.
Deus populi Judaici rex erat veluti politicus, & civilis legislator. In diatriba de voto Jephthæ.
Nec totam libertatem nec totam servitatem pati possunt. Tacit.
Hac est lex quam Moses proposuit, Deut. 4. 44. And whereas betwixt a precept and a command there is a large difference; in places more than I can stand to number, where the Latin has it, præcepit Moses, the English has it, Moses commanded.
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A later pamphlet call’d XXV Querys, using the balance of property, which is fair enough, refers it to Sir Thomas Smith’s 15th chap. (de repub. populi ingenio accommodanda) where the author speaks not one word of property; which is very foul.
In Oceana.
In Oceana.
In Oceana.
In Oceana.