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It may be the same purpose further demanded, why a Prince ought to be iust, to make speciall reckoning of the administration thereof equally to his Sub∣iects, ey, to do iustice vpon himselfe, if hee desire to be held for a good Prince?
IS it for that l a Lawlesse Principallity, and loose gouernement is yrksome to euery one (especial∣ly
of the better sort) so that they do not delight, or haue any desire to liue vnder it? Or is it for that the constant and strict obseruation, and admini∣stration of Iustice, doth stablish and strengthen a Kingdome, as the m Oratour well perceiued, who said that Iustice and Equity were the true conseruators of Common-wealthes and Cities? Or is it not onely for that iustice doth stablish a Kingdome, but for that it doth truely make a king∣dome to be a Kingdome, giuing vnto it his very essence and being, whereby it is, that which it is? For take away Iustice, and what are Kingdomes but great Robberies? as well said the n learned Diuine.
Plato in Polit.
Cic. Parad.
August. de Ciuil. Dei lib. 4.