Numb. 78.
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 Commonwealth, and
for Information of the People.
------It à vertere Seria. {Hor. d[unr]
At Poet
From Thursday November. 27.. to Thursday December. 4. 1651.
IN the left, you had a Touch of some
Reasons, justifying the form of a
Free-State (or a Government by the
People) to be much more excellent
than the grandee, or the Kingly
Power: By the People, we mean
such as shal be duely chosen to represent
the People successively in
their Supream Assemblies: And that the People thus qualified
or constituted, are the bell Keepers of their own Liberties,
shal be farther made evident by Reasons,
A third Reason is, because as Motiox in bodies natural, so
succession in Civil, is the grand Preventive of Corruptions:
The Truth of this will appear very dearly, if we weigh the
effects of every standing Authority, from first to last, in the
Roman State: For, whilst they were governed by a continued
Power in one and the fame hands, the People were ever in