Excellencie of a Free-State: Or, The Right Constitution of a Commonwealth

Marchamont Nedham / The Excellencie of a Free-State; Or, The Right Constitution of a Commonwealth
Front Matter
Half Title Page, p. i
Frontispiece, p. ii
Full Title Page, p. iii
Copyright Page, p. iv
Contents, p. v
The Thomas Hollis Library, p. vii
Preface, p. ix
Acknowledgments, p. xi
Abbreviations, p. xiii
Introduction, p. xv
Marchamont Nedham and the English Republic, p. xvi
Nedham and Mercurius Politicus, p. xxv
Nedham and The Excellencie (1656), p. xliv
The Republication of The Excellencie (1767), p. lvii
The Reception of the Republication, p. lxxxiii
Nedham and His Classical Sources, p. ciii
The Text and the Notes, p. cvii
Part: The Excellencie of a Free-State, p. 1
Original Title Page, p. 3
To the Reader, p. 5
An Introduction to the Following Discourse., p. 8
The Right Constitution of a Commonwealth., p. 19
All Objections Against the Government of the People, Answered., p. 47
The Original of All Just Power Is in the People., p. 70
Errours of Government; And Rules of Policie., p. 75
Appendix A: The Edition of 1656, p. 127
Textual Emendations, p. 127
Advertisement, p. 128
Appendix B: The Edition of 1767, p. 129
Title Page, p. 129
The Preface, p. 129
Textual Adjustments, p. 130
Appendix C: Corresponding Passages of Mercurius Politicus, p. 133
The Endnotes, p. 133
Three Other Editorials, p. 174
Index, p. 189
Colophon, p. 212