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Digest L, 1, 14.
Digest L, 1, 19; L, 17, 160.
[32] Variurum resolutionum, III, 1, 4. Lupold of Bebenburg demonstrates the means by which this is best done. See his De jure
regni et imperii, I, 6.
[33]
Moses constituted seventy elders by the mandate of God. Numbers 11:24 f.
[34] Quaestiones juris, I, quest. 3, num. 1 f. and 73; I, quest. 4, num. 50.
[35]
[the imperial right, law, and power; in a more general sense as applying to any association, the right, responsibility, and
structure of rule.]
[36] [Althusius refers to the following writers for support for this position: Junius Brutus, Defence of Liberty Against Tyrants,
quest. 3; Francis Hotman, De antiquo jure regni Gallici, I, 12 f.; Georg Obrecht, De bello, thes. 161; Zachary
Ursinus, Dispositiones, III, 44 and ult.; Lambert Daneau, Politices christianae, VI, 2 and 3; Otto Cassman, Doctrinae et vitae
politicae, 10; David Parry, Commentarius (Romans 13); Juan de Mariana, The King and His Education, I, 8; Emnmanuel
Meteren, A General History of the Netherlands, XIV and XX.]
[37] [ The Commonweale, I, 8.]
[38] Questiones juris, I, quest. 2, num. 22 f.
[39] Henry de Suge, Summa aurea (Decretals I, 33, 12); Nicolaus Tudeschi, Commentaria (Decretals II, 1, 13); Vincent
Cabot, Variarum juris, II, 12.
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[A distinction is implied by Althusius between the optimates as inferior administrators of the realm, and the same
optimates as ephors of the realm. In the one role, they are not “colleagues of the king, or of equal power with him”; in the other
role, they are collectively “censors of the supreme magistrate,” and superior in power to him.]
[41] Henry Rosenthal, De feudis, I, 5, 10.
[42] The Gallic War, V and VII. [ See especially V, 11; VII, 14 and 15.]
[43] Among the theologians are Zachary Ursinus, Exercitationes theologicae, II, exer. 44; Lambert Daneau,
Politices christianae, VI, 3; III, 6; John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, IV, 20, 24 f.; Peter Martyr Vermigli,
Commentarii (Judges 3); David Parry, Commentarius (Romans 13); William Rose, De justa reipublicae christianae auctoritate, 2;
Juan de Mariana, The King and His Education, I, 7.
Among the jurists are Francis Hotman, De antiquo jure regni Gallici, I, 2; Francis Zoannet, De tripartitione defensionis, III, num.
28 f. and 95 f.; Fernando Vásquez, Illustrium controversiarum, I, preface, num. 102 f.; Edigio Bossi, De principe et ejus
privilegiis, num. 55 f.; Charles Dumoulin, Consuetudines Parisienses, tit. 1, art. 1, glos. 7, num. 9; Tobias Paurmeister, De
jurisdictione, I, 21, 19 and 42; Paris de Puteo, De syndicatu, 3, rub. “de excessibus regis”; Prospero Farinacci, De crimine laesae
majestatis, quest. 112, num. 24; [Nicolas Barnaud], Dialogi in Gallorum, dial. 2; [Theodore Beza], Concerning the Rights of
Rulers; Junius Brutus, Defence of Liberty Against Tyrants.
[44] Cicero, Duties, III, 6. [The words omitted by Althusius are “if you can.” ]
[45]
Digest XI, 7, 35. [This passage from the Digest paraphrased by Althusius does not actually mention a tyrant, but rather
anyone who comes forward “to destroy the fatherland.” ]
[46] See examples in II Kings 10:5–7; 12; 15:5; I Kings 22:47.
[47] De antiquo jure regni Gallici.
[48]
Chronicles, I, 107 and 171; II, 58 and 60; III, 134; IV, 44. [Froissart probably did not himself divide his four books into
chapters. The many manuscripts from which printed editions were later made divided the books variously into chapters, and even
rearranged and abridged some materials. Consequently, it is impossible to obtain complete accuracy in chapter citation from
the Chronicles unless one knows precisely which of the numerous manuscripts and printed editions was used. Nevertheless, the
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