3. That a Power which may by parity of Reason destroy the whole Laws, can never be reserved by the Laws.
4. That in all limited Governments it must give the Governor Power to hurt, but it can never be so interpreted as to give him Power to destroy, for then in effect it would cease to be a limited Government.
5. That Severity be rare and great; for as Tacitus sayeth of Nero, “Frequent Punishments made the People call even his Justice Cruelty.”
6. That it is necessary to make the Instruments of Power easy; for Power is hard enough to be digested by those under it at the best.
7. That the People are never so perfectly backed, but that they will kick and sting if not stroked at seasonable times.
8. That a Prince must think if he loseth his People he can never regain them.
It is both wise and safe to think so.
9. That Kings assuming Prerogative teach the People to do so too.
10. That Perogative is a Trust.
11. That they are not the King’s Laws, nor the Parliament’s Laws, but the Laws of England, in which after they have passed by the Legislative Power, the People have the Property, and the King the Executive part.