Numb. 87.
Mercurius Politicus.
Comprising the summe of all Intelligence,
with the Affairs and Designs
now on foot in the three Nations of
England, Ireland, and Scotland.
In defence of the Common-wealth, and
for Information of the People.
------ It à vertere Seria. {Hor. de
Ar. Poet.
From Thursday, January 29. to Thursday, February 5. 1652.
HItherto, We have pretty well cleared
our way, to prove that a Free State,
or a Government by a free election
and consent of the People, setled in a
due and orderly succession of their
Supream Assemblies, is much more
excellent than any other Form; But
let us go on.
A Twelfth Reason is, because this Form is most suitable to
the Nature and Reason of Mankind: For, as Cicero saith
in the first of his Offices, Man is a Noble Creature, born
with Affections to Rule rather then Obey, there being in every
man a natural Appetite, or Desire of Principality: And
therefore the Reason wherefore one man is content to submit
to the Government of another, is not because he conceives
himself to have less Right than another to Govern,
but either because he finds himself less able, or else because