The illustrious Hugo Grotius Of the law of warre and peace with annotations, III parts, and memorials of the author's life and death.

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Title: The illustrious Hugo Grotius Of the law of warre and peace with annotations, III parts, and memorials of the author's life and death.
Author: Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645.
Publication: London :: Printed by T. Warren, for William Lee ...,; 1655.
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II. Three just causes of Wars.

THere are, according to most Authors, these three just causes of wars, De∣fense, Recovery, Revenge † 1.1. In which enumeration, unless the word Recovery be taken more largely, is omitted the prosecution of that which is due to us: which Plato * 1.2 omitted not, when he said, Wars are waged, not onely if one be opprest by force, or robbed, but also if one by deceived. With whom agrees that of Seneca * 1.3, It is a most equal word, and conformable to the Law of Nations, Render what thou owest. And in the He∣rald's formula it was: They have not gi∣ven, nor paid, nor done the things they should. And in Salust, By the law of Na∣tions * 1.4 I demand those things. Augustin,

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when he said, Just wars * 1.5 are those, that * 1.6 revenge insuries, tooke the word revenge more generally for to take away: as the following words do shew, wherein is not an enumeration of parts, but an addition of examples: So is a nation or common∣wealth to be opposed, which hath either neglected to avenge what was done wic∣kedly by their men, or to render what was injuriously taken. Upon this naturall knowledge the Indian King, as Diodorus relates, accus'd Semiramis, that she be∣gan a war, having received no injury. And so do the Romans † 1.7 require of the Senones, not to fight against them, that had done them no wrong. Aristotle saith: (Men war upon such as have pro∣voked them by injury: and * 1.8 Curtius of certain Scythians, They were manifestly the most just of all the Barbarians: they took not armes, unless they were provoked † 1.9.

Notes

† 1.1

Camillus ad Gallos, Liv. l. 5. Omniae quae defendi, repeti{que} & ulcisci fas sit.

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* 1.2

Alcibi•…•…de.

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* 1.3

Lib. 3. de be∣nes. c. 14.

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* 1.4

Liv. lib. 1. In Historiis.

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* 1.5

Servius ad 9. Aen. de Ro∣manis: cum volebant bellum indicere, Pater patratus, h. c. Princeps Fecia∣lium, proficisce∣batur ad hosti∣um fines, & praefatus anaedam so∣lemnia, clara vo•…•… dicebat, se bellum indicere propter certas causas: aut quia socios lae∣serant, aut quia nec abrepta ani∣malia, nec ob∣noxios redde∣rent.

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* 1.6

Lib. 6. q. 10. super Josue.

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† 1.7

Liv. l. 5. Apodict. 2. c. 2.

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* 1.8

Lib. 12.

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† 1.9

Plutarchus Nicia: Herculem etiam cuncta sub•…•…gisse, dum lacessitus se defendit. Josep•…•…us 17. antiquae hist. Quin id veniunt ut in nihil bestile cogitan•…•…es violentas inserant manus, hi sunt, qui invitos cogunt ad arma semet tutatura confugere.

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