Discourses Concerning Government volume 1
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W r e know that the fons of Vefpafian and Conftantine inherited, the Roman empire, tho' their fathers had no fuch title ; but gaining the empire by violence, which Hooker fays is meer tyranny that can create no right, they could devolve none to their children. The kings of France of the three races have inherited the crown ; but Meroveus, Pepin, and Hugh Capet could nei- ther pretend title nor conquefl, or any other right than what was conferred upon them by the clergy, nobility, j 5 6 DISCOURS...ES Chap. II.
nobility, and people - y and confequently whatlbever is inherited from them can have no other original ; for that is the gift of the people which is heft owed upon the firft, under whom the fucceflbrs claim, as if it had been by a peculiar act given to every one of them. It will be more hard to fhew how the crown of England is become hereditary, unlefs it be by the will of the people 3 for tho' it were granted that fome of the Saxon kings came in by inheritance (which I do not, having, as I think, proved them to have been abiolutely elective) yet William the Norman did not, for he was a baftard, and could inherit nothing.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
W r e know that the fons of Vefpafian and Conftantine inherited, the Roman empire, tho' their fathers had no fuch title ; but gaining the empire by violence, which Hooker fays is meer tyranny that can create no right, they could devolve none to their children. The kings of France of the three races have inherited the crown ; but Meroveus, Pepin, and Hugh Capet could nei- ther pretend title nor conquefl, or any other right than what was conferred upon them by the clergy, nobility, j 5 6 DISCOURS...ES Chap. II.
nobility, and people - y and confequently whatlbever is inherited from them can have no other original ; for that is the gift of the people which is heft owed upon the firft, under whom the fucceflbrs claim, as if it had been by a peculiar act given to every one of them. It will be more hard to fhew how the crown of England is become hereditary, unlefs it be by the will of the people 3 for tho' it were granted that fome of the Saxon kings came in by inheritance (which I do not, having, as I think, proved them to have been abiolutely elective) yet William the Norman did not, for he was a baftard, and could inherit nothing.
What to read after Discourses Concerning Government volume 1?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Algernon Sidney to read onlineMoreLess
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