...and commissioners!" "The Power of kings and magistrates is nothing else but what is only derivative, transferred, and committed to them in trust from the people to the common good of all, in whom the power yet remain(s) fundamentally and can not be taken from them without a violation...

...equal deserving . . . The power of kings and magistrates is nothing else, but what is only derivative, transferred and committed to them in trust from the...them, without a violation of their natural birthright . . . Since the king or magistrate holds his authority of the people, both originally and naturally...

...dependent upon sound learning. Following "the best of Political writers," Milton defines a king as one "who governs to the good and profit of his People, and not for his own ends" (CPW 3. 202). The cautious pursuit of knowledge and the desire for wisdom exemplifies the appropriate...

...is nothing else but what is only derivative, transferred and committed them in trust from the people ...in whom the power yet remains fundamentally, and...without a violation of their natural birthright." made by Locke and Sidney, he thinks to escape the danger of asserting a doctrine which then seemed...