Numb. 27.
Mercurius Politicus.
Comprising the Summe of all Intelligence,
with the Affairs, and Designs
now on foot, in the three Nations
of England, Ireland, Scotland.
In defence of the Common-wealth, and
for Information of the People.
------ It à vertere Seria Ludo. {Hor. de
Ar. Poet.
From Thursday, Decemb. 5. to Thursday, Decemb. 12. 1650.
People usually submit to the will and
pleasure of others in a twofold manner,
and yeild to be governed by them,
either by force or constraint after victory,
or voluntarily by their own consent.
Both these waies they are conceived
to quit their own Power, and transfer
it irrevocably to him or them,
that take them into Protection.
And though such as are subdued by Arms lose their Power
by Force, yet being necessitated to yeild Submission to the
Victor, he is supposed to rule over them by their own consent.
Moreover, it is to be observed, that in this case, not all
those which yeild to the conditions of a peace, imposed by
the Conqueror, but those onely that bare Arms are understood
to, be the Conquered party: And because the rest that never
bare Arms are constrained to follow the fortune of the