ABSTRACT
1. The law over sovereigns, salus populi. 2. That sovereigns ought to establish the religion they hold for best. 3. That to forbid unnatural copulation, promiscuous use of women, one woman to have many husbands, marrying within degrees of consanguinity, is the law of nature. 4. That to leave man as much liberty as may be, without hurt of the public, and to ordain means for trade and labour, and to forbid superfluous expenses, is a duty of a sovereign by the law of nature. 5. Meum and tuum, to be set out to the subjects, distinct from one another, and the burdens of the commonwealth to be laid according to men’s expenses, a duty of sovereigns by the law of nature. 6. An extraordinary power for judging the abuses of magistrates necessary for the peace of the commonwealth. 7. The suppressing of popularity in such as find fault with the present government necessary for the avoiding of sedition. 8. The institution of youth in true morality and politics necessary for keeping the subjects in peace. 9. Avoiding of unnecessary war is a necessary duty of the sovereign for the defence of a commonwealth.
