[335] He alludes to the dream of Nebuchadnezzar, which is mentioned Daniel iv. 10; “I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great. The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth: the leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.”
[336] “Right of citizenship.”
[337] “Right of trading.”
[338] “Right of intermarriage.”
[339] “Right of inheritance.”
[340] “Right of suffrage.”
[341] “Right of honors.”
[342] Long since the time of Lord Bacon, as soon as these colonies had arrived at a certain state of maturity, they at different periods revolted from the mother country.
[343] The laws and ordinances promulgated by the sovereigns of Spain were so called. The term was derived from the Byzantine empire.
[344] Qualifications.