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# Title: Christophori Besoldi IC. Discursus Politici (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 0,1, Stück 2; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 0,1)
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Aristocratia eeneratum tractans.
olectione; adhuc major esset in populo, quam in Principe auctoritas:
_a sententia Principis ad judicium populi provocaretur. Ad cerru
vero cempus qui Rempublicam administiane, a populo li nominen-
tur, Democratix omnino accedere Ciritas videtur: e qui ita eli-
duntur eosnon Optimates, aut aexorras; sedpro Magistracibus po
tius habiendos esse, putarem. Ae populo indistincte electionem da-
re, quemadmodum periculo rix carere videtur: urpote, qui de bonis
 prudentibus; aptis d idoncis perlonisjudicare nequie: Bodinus,
libr. 2. de Republic. cap. 6. num 340. Cardinalis Bellarminus, libr. 1. de
Cleric. cap. 7. Mihilominus tamen, ut Regna Electiramaois libera
reputantur: ita etiam Oprimatum electio si sic penes iplolmets Oli-
archicx factioni riam Aratam e planam esse judicant nonnulli: ac
proinde Eptioris (quales e hic praeter Optimates constitui pollune)
jushoc permitti debere censer Hlanonius, Disputas. Poliric. 10. thes. 27.
tioc est, iis, qui plebem repralentant; non Senatoribus, sed optimis
ex plebe. Aliis optimus eligendi modus habetur; virtute si praectan:
cissimus eligendi jus haberet, ut sui similem elizeret: _x hic electus
tertium, terrius quarcum, e sic deinceps, donec numerus guhernan
tium implecus foret. Petrus Gregorius Thololanus; libr. 4. de Republ.
cap. 5. Alibi etiam Optimates nascuneur, non hunt. vid Barcholom:
Reckerman. Disputat. prattic. 26. problem. 4. Ouemadmodum Vene:
ciis, omnes ex Patritio genere qui lunt, Senatum ingrediendi jure
Saudene:
C A P. II. L.
la Divisio Aristocratia: C5 quid differat ab
Olicarchia Dristocratia
Liam Arictocrarixe Diritione exmulticudines vel paucitate Im
Perancium (.ex ita ex quantitate eorum qui eliguneur) Sumere
licet. Non aurem heri porest, ut cerra reoula numerus Opcimatum.
in hâcReipublicae Forma detiniatur: cum hac in parte; varietas non
exigua, ubique obriam sele Ferat. Ac ita Relpublica Pharlalicorum,
viginti habuit Optimates. Epidaurij centum ex octoginta Imperan-
tes agnoverunt. Vetus Mallilientium Respublica, sexcentos lum-
moimperio praefecit. Bodinus, libr. 2. de Republics. cap. 6. Andreas Do.
rias (Anno Christi MI. D. X XIIZ.) in Cenuensium Republica
constiruendis resimini peaestituir octo acriginti. Olims circà A