Augustus, his power not giv-
en, but usurped, iii. 165,166. Julius, what account he gives
of our affairs here (in Brit- ain) iii. 171, 208. When, if ever, fear entered into his heart, iii. 209. Casars, never called till the 6th
age of Christianity, iii. 262. Julius, in despair, would have
killed himself, iii. 310. Cain, had no dominion over his brethren after Adam's death, i. 449.
From whence his fear (that every man would slay him) proceeded, ii. 402. Caligula, his wish that the peo-
ple had but one neck, i. 331, 426, ii. 242, 309, 315. A monster of mankind, i. 370, iii. 62.
His making love to the moon, i. 409.
His expedition, when he said he had subdued the sea, ii. 124.
Valerius Asiaticus appeased the guards, by saying, he wished he had been the man had killed him, ii. 246. iii. 62. Murdered by his own guards, ii. 254. Affected the title of being called God, which Claudius Cæsar calls Turpem cau in- sanium, ii. 345. iii. 39. Whose minister he might be
said to be, iii. S2.
Said of him, that no man ever
knew a better servant, or a worse master, iii. 51. Wherein he placed his sove- reign majesty, iii. 146. Calvin, his opinion of the gov- ernment instituted by God, ii. 63, 70.
Camden, his credit forfeited, by a great number of untruths, iii. 220.
Campus Martius, was the land that belonged to the kings of Rome (not above ten acres) afterwards conse- crated to Mars, ii. 453. Cardinals, the respect paid them,
who have the power of choosing Popes, ii. 13. Carthage, how she grew to that
excess of power that only Rome was able to over- throw, ii. 134, 205.
Castile, the lords thereof had no other title for many ages than that of Count, which was afterwards changed to that of King, without any addition to the power, iii.
261.
Cives, vide Incola. Civil war, vide war. Cleanthes, his philosophic reply to Aristippus, about flat- tery, ii. 291.
Child, or children, a wise one Eccl. 4, 13, i. 366, 410, ii. 59, 338, 476.
Clergy, the veneration ourances- tors had for them, iii. 218.
Their duty is perpetual, i. Collectors, their extortions, ii.
S03.
Commanders, after the captivity, who thought most fit, i. 361, 362.
Of armies, who thought best to be made so, ii. 432. The best among the Greeks and Romans in their times, would not know how to manage an army now, iii. 290,291.
Where they have been put to death for misbehavior, &c. iii. Sol. Commands, of a master, how far the servant is bound to obey them, &c. iii. 369, 370, 371.
Commission, from God, what, i.
423.
They who hereby grant au- thority, do always retain more than they give, iii. 179, 363.
Comitia Centuriata, what, iii. 53. Commons, whether they had a part in the government, iii.
215.
Always had a place in the councils that managed it, iii. 218.
Many of them in antiquity and eminency, little inferior to the chief of the titular nobility, iii. 219, 227. The nation's strength and vir- tue in them, iii. 227. How all things have been brought into the kings, and their hands, iii. 293.
Yet never can be united to the court, iii. 293.
Have refused to give their opinion in many cases, till they had consulted with those that sent them, iii. 302. Commonwealths, for what end in- stituted, i. 310.
All the regular kingdoms in the world are so, i. 350, 430.
Of Italy, not without valour and virtue, ii. 130.
How they seek peace and war, ii. 200. Whether better to constitute one for war or trade, ii. 205. Another sort composed of many cities associated to- gether, and living aquo jure ii. 207. Seldom advance women, chil- dren, or such like, to the supreme power, ii. 283. In them all men fight for
themselves, i. 286. When the laws are abolished, the name also ceases, ii. 286.
Less slaughter in these than in absolute kingdoms, ii.
301.
Of Greece and Italy, why called nurseries of virtue, ii. 307.
Justice very well administered in them, iii. 20.
How they may be saved from ruin, iii. 296. Competitors, sovreigns do impa-
tiently bear them, i. 347. Where their own swords have decided their disputes, ii. 231, 264.
Contests between them rela- ting to the crown, are often very bloody, ii. 268, 271, 273, 277, 278, 280, 281. Compulsion, he that will suffer
himself to be compelled, knows not how to die, i. 419.
Conquest, what is so called, i 353, 380, 381.
William the First, had the
Consuls, strangers raised to that honour, iii. 269.
Though supreme in power, yet subject to the people, ii. 236, 394, 447. Marius continued five years in the office, ii. 375. Only for a year, ii. 393. Title of dread sovereign might justly have been given to them, iii. 269.
If they grew insolent, how they might be reduced, iii. 288. Contracts, how framed between nations and their kings, ii. 409, 434, &c. iii. 281, vide Judges, Nations, Original. Entered into by princes be- fore their investiture, iii. 28.
The breaking them over-
throws all societies, iii. 90. In writing, said to be invent-
ed only to bind villains, and why, iii. 91.
All are mutual, and whoever fails of his part discharges the other, iii. 98.
Contrariorum contraria est ras- tio, iii. 32.
Coriolanus, duly condemned by the Romans, ii. 160. Controversies, with other na- tions, the decision of them left to judges chosen by mutual agreement, iii. 331. Coronation oath, ii. 39, 42, 54, 55, &c.
Norman kings obliged to take it, iii. 10.
How far the British kings are obliged to observe it, ii. 83, 85, 90, 91, 92, 93. iii. 190, 273.
Corporations, or bodies politic, what places were thought
fit by the king and council to be made so, iii. 299. Corruption, natural to courts, in- stances given, ii. 63, &c. 71,
287.
Of ministers in foreign courts, ii. 192, 193.
The effect of that which pro- ceeds from the govern- ment in particular instances, ii. 223, iii. 335.
Of a people, tends to tyranny, ii. 248.
Makes princes' titles good, and how, ii. 255. Where it certainly
most abounds, ii. 286, 289, 294. Must always be opposed by free governments, and why, ii. 289.
The basest, but most lucra- tive traffic, ii. 294. In the head, must necessarily diffuse itself into most of the members of the com- monwealth, ii. 295, 331. A just prince that will hear
his people's complaints himself, prevents it, ii. 298. Mankind naturally propense to it, ii. 297, 299. Of judgment, proceeds from private passions, iii. 61. Of Members of Parliament, iii. 370.
Counsellors, made choice of ac-
cording to the temper of the prince, i. 324. ii. 76, 77,
319.
Signify little to an absolute
monarch, ii. 193, 223. In the multitude of them gen-
erally is safety, ii. 302. Whether those of the king are exposed to punishments, and for what, iii. 345. Council, of seventy chosen mes, ii. 69.
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