ABSTRACT

1. A law of nature, that every man acknowledge other for his equal. 2. Another, that men allow œqualia œqualibus. 3. Another, that those things which cannot be divided, be used in common. 4. Another, that things indivisible and incommunicable, be decided by lot. 5. Natural lot, primogeniture, and first possession. 6. That men submit to arbitration. 7. Of an arbitrator. 8. That no man press his counsel upon any man against his will. 9. How to know suddenly what is the law of nature. 10. That the law of nature taketh place after security from others to observe the same. 11. The right of nature not to be taken away by custom, nor the law of nature abrogated by any act. 12. Why the dictates of nature are called laws. 13. Whatsoever is against conscience in a man that is his own judge, is against the law of nature. 14. Of malum pœnœ, malum culpœ; virtue and vice. 15. Aptitude to society fulfilleth the law of nature.