The rights of primogeniture, or, The excellency of royal authority in a sermon preached…The rights of primogeniture, or, The excellency of royall authority in a sermon preached…

Look upon the Common-wealth of Lacedaemon, They had Kings lineally descended from the race of Hercules; but shall we say they had Regal power? nothing less, because there were Ephori in that State, A certain power in the People to call their Kings to account: the ⟨p. 8⟩Supremacy of power there was not in the Prince.

Look upon the Common-wealth of Lacedemon, They had Kings lineally descended from the race of Hercules; but shall we say they had Regall power? nothing lesse, because there were Ephori in that State, A certaine power in the People to call their Kings to accompt: the ⟨p. 8⟩Supremacy of power there was not in the Prince.

In Switzerland, there is a Democracy, and the only Democratical Government I know of. They have their Magistrates that govern the people. And yet though there be many Magistrates that govern in those Cantons, this is no Aristocracy, for at the Magistrates in Switzerland are accountable to the people, and all their power is limited by them. The Supremacy of power is in the people there, and thence it comes to be a Democracy.

In Switzerland, there is a Democracy, and the onely Democraticall Government I know of. They have their Magistrates that governe the people. And yet though there be many Magistrates that governe in those Cantons, this is no Aristocracy, for at the Magistrates in Switzerland are accomptable to the people, and all their power is limited by them. The Supremacy of power is in the people there, and thence it comes to be a Democracy.

Eminency of Power. In the word of a King there is Power, saith the Preacher,