Of Laws in the Relation They Bear to a Defensive Force1. In what Manner Republics provide for their Safety.2. That a confederate Government ought to be composed of States of the same Nature, especially of the republican Kind.3. Other Requisites in a confederate Republic.4. In what Manner despotic Governments provide for their Security.5. In what Manner a Monarchical Government provides for its Security.6. Of the defensive Force of States in general.7. A Reflection.8. A particular Case in which the defensive Force of a State is inferior to the offensive.9. Of the relative Force of States.10. Of the Weakness of neighbouring States.
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1. It is composed of about fifty different republics, all different from one another. -- M.
Janisson, State of the United Provinces.
2. Civil liberty, goods, wives, children, temples, and even burying-places.
3. Strabo, xiv.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
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