# Leibniz Legible — https://leibnizlegible.com
# Piece: https://leibnizlegible.com/api/records/23837/text
# Catalogue record: 23837 — Leibniz an Gilbert Burnet
# Incipit: Non poterat Dn. King
# Date: 1701-09-10
# Sender: Leibniz — Addressee: Burnet, G.
# Akademie-Ausgabe: AA I,20 N. 263
# Record in the Leibniz-Katalog: https://leibniz-katalog.bbaw.de/de/extended-search?id=23837&katnr=16033
# AA I,20: the volume in the Repositorium des Leibniz-Archivs (CC BY-NC 4.0): https://www.gwlb.de/leibniz/digitale-ressourcen/repositorium-des-leibniz-archivs/laa-bd-i-20
# In the Akademie-Ausgabe: AA I,20, p. 33 (PDF, Repositorium des Leibniz-Archivs, CC BY-NC 4.0): https://www.gwlb.de/fileadmin/Leibniz/repositorium-des-leibniz-archivs/I20B.pdf#page=33
# Work: https://leibnizlegible.com/work/DE-611-HS-957825
# Title: LBr. 131 · Burnet, G.
# Folios: Bl. 25–26 (from the shelfmark LBr 131 Bl. 25-26): 6 pages, canvases 49–128, page ids DE-611-HS-957825:0049 to DE-611-HS-957825:0128
# Original at the GWLB: https://digitale-sammlungen.gwlb.de/resolve?id=DE-611-HS-957825&page=49
# Lines: 283 recognised on 6 of 6 pages, mean confidence 0.80
# Catalogue: Leibniz-Katalog / Arbeitskatalog der Leibniz-Edition (https://leibniz-katalog.bbaw.de/), ed. Arbeitsstelle Potsdam I der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, CC BY 4.0.
# Machine transcription. Not an edition. Errors are expected: about 8% character error rate on Latin and French lines, higher on German.
# Licence: CC BY 4.0, Leibniz Legible. Machine output: do not ingest it as verified text; keep this provenance with the text.
# Wording rule: say "the machine reads it as …", never "Leibniz wrote".
# After the first blank line, page by page: a "## Folio <label> — <page id>" line ("## Canvas <n>" where no folio label is recorded), "# " lines naming its source image and model, then its recognised lines in reading order, one per line.

## Folio 25r — DE-611-HS-957825:0049
# Scan: One image of two folio pages side by side, registered by the library under both labels (also fol. 26v); this page is its right half.
# Source image: https://digitale-sammlungen.gwlb.de/content/DE-611-HS-957825/jpgs/default/00000049.jpg
# Model: FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74, 2026-09-06T16:05:13Z — 50 lines, status machine
Non poterat du.
9
verende
domine
Kinus Heraldus vestras ancastrieu
si
s
sis, qui sino Electori meo Garterii insignia affulit
mihi afferre munus gn ex Amglia gratuis afferre
munus,  quam quod literae uae continebant.
el Nm
est
sam cum ipsae per se elsent plenae
sint plenae teli erga Ecclesiandei, et.
humanitatis erga mee mat cumulum
tamen incredibilem laetitiae mihi affulere, nuntqu
nantius
fundatae Regia apud vos a ad propaginda
ver gentes
san repurcatam arsti fidem societatas.
I est qua ego Judum labiba in votis, 
et quo collineabum per ubeltum ntum us nostros
homines torpentes extitarem; et ita non exigua
 S
ex parte ampatur sum voti; huc enim perlibellum
Eingum collinebam potissumum ett nec profecto
laxime
es
sia
 aliunde praesentius auxilium quamab Anglia
f
exceptabam. Itaque statim curavi ut qualecunque
e
iteritatum meum ad  sauume s
E
ovesssium perveniret, cui valde probatum intellexs
sol
cum mihi visi docti ex jescutis materiam
ei suppeditassent salis intelligis ejus loci
es
non fuisse; ut in ipsos dicerem, quin contra
servare mihi volui libens apertam hanc notitia r
e
me merebantur, quae in ipsos passim sive jurem
sive injuria satque utinam non nimium picedicuntur
e
p
 iuvatiiagerem parum mihi explorata
e
e

## Folio 25v — DE-611-HS-957825:0050
# Scan: One image of two folio pages side by side, registered by the library under both labels (also fol. 26r); this page is its left half.
# Source image: https://digitale-sammlungen.gwlb.de/content/DE-611-HS-957825/jpgs/default/00000050.jpg
# Model: FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74, 2026-09-06T16:05:13Z — 46 lines, status machine
cur urgerem causa nulla erat. Notim etiam
solim etiam sinensium sapientes praesertim
antiquos inanditos indetensosque a nobis rerum
Characterumque parum peritis, femere damnari
ire suspense gradie
se
itaque na Me praestat
v
sulta ra sesuntis fieri passim, factaque
se pessime certissimum est. non ideo
cimen minis constat nibi esse inter eos passim
se
vijos bonos et prudentes quorum qui domesticis
etiam rbus ingemiscunt Hos abalienare
ut non glutavi Accersima nibi sunt
rassim per literas salva tamen numansat
a summo inte
pom ponlificit n verlamina, et nuper
a. Meldensi Episcono) tugentes esponsorias
a
acedt, ares ingentes
es
Causis fatentur
ipsi) cidentinum conciliam
publica regni autoritale
pro legula relestum esse
quicquid privitim ausus sit clerus, et uimis
turbavi adversartem probus producta ebjuratione
lemici IV, qua
profestione fidei regis Vs
ldidi primus ex magno fider sadrceis
AEpum,
e
in quo apparet ppuricensem et
Et meliquas ex clero Riegis instiu lore
pioi
prfessionem papae a papare
adhiaisse
praescripta
resectis tamen locis dut itis duobus quibus
 in quibus mentio Concilii cridentiui
quibus replicationem
e
ne im rebus fidei quidem (nam de disciplina
s
c

## Folio 26r — DE-611-HS-957825:0051
# Scan: One image of two folio pages side by side, registered by the library under both labels (also fol. 25v); this page is its right half.
# Source image: https://digitale-sammlungen.gwlb.de/content/DE-611-HS-957825/jpgs/default/00000051.jpg
# Model: FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74, 2026-09-06T16:05:13Z — 54 lines, status machine
Fanquam deeumensei ficio et maini argumento
ca 
Cos
s
a
symodim
2identiram funan etsi foronsse cogrmata
js sequeqentur) pro regula tamen dognatum
C
Adesamon hebuisse quando enim magis agnoscendus
G
s
erat hoc regula si in regui rateb als)
isos n
C
quam cum sides regi praescriberetur.
C
a
16 eo autem tempore nini autoritate
regia in contrarium actum constat
s
ultum Creatorarum ita seutio,
laud dubre 1do olatricum esse, quicquid
facit, ut supremum amorem deo debitum
livusferamus in Creatura, iaque
cus
sepo animedvecterem in italia alii sus
locis pourificis
fiduciam et affectum in
. Virginem, cgu alios mortles 
solere passim plebi majorem esse
e
quam erga supremam substantiam,
1
non disiamlab,
id vere esse,
quod idololatrio noulre culpari
mereturi es
es
referte quod
in scholis aliter doceturu dum pessimarum
senteurearum emina aniuris
rion
Vimardas cui
A
Seradicantur
la remae ca oquebari mini recte dans rebus
es
centire videbatur asse vera
assevera varus
ed agere suos ut  id se sempeacturum
ut uni deo supremus ille cultus proprias
llibutusque constatet. Quad utiuam
implecet

## Folio 26v — DE-611-HS-957825:0052
# Scan: One image of two folio pages side by side, registered by the library under both labels (also fol. 25r); this page is its left half.
# Source image: https://digitale-sammlungen.gwlb.de/content/DE-611-HS-957825/jpgs/default/00000052.jpg
# Model: FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74, 2026-09-06T16:05:13Z — 58 lines, status machine
es
cum considero Riccium jesnitam, aliosque
puuco sinsignes dochinus et pudentia viro
antum in sa apud sinas et Japonas potursse
A
n persuadeo si mitterentur in sineuse
es
7
Puaest
pegnum, parci numero VY seleo
allisus cognitione vera pietatis
Ciuia artorem vera pretalis
1
Gravitatem motum conpungentes, u
naturae
exiguis sumlibus mago dic mait
sLui
prosinensibas
Grimaldus vald
S
Euelre
rlam quae non ul Morlandiana aut
inites per interveniertes auxiliares
t
mat
additiones et subtractiones mullipli sationet
e
Frossionem prostat sed a stalim
Eper se omnia confecita in moor verise
e
numeris
magnisepraescat. tncla ver cum a sabdoloqueia
et
vel cumt agairhmis connexione Afjehas
es.
nin iacredibit
sinclu
esse, quant Monanha ille
umerorum scientia capiatur. Ssed mihi ex
oma agenti exemptum qu manus non erat
8.)
1
reci protute talia conficiuntur. cum mulse
ine
arxtis conslent. Nec sutus (demta forbus
eilla Aptromomica quam Galli jesgitae effatet
e
F
s
quicquam ex curopa illuc inrabilius afferri
5
functas est, qua smae dectia pimusuici  postertali ejus Acta
pecretam sos successionis denuntiavit. Cul sus est pro merit,
e
tecile posse, et _ apud princirem plarsabilus
et
sgillui, mitti posse. Quod tel ixfiustumque
si Excallentissimnis R egalus. ves

## Folio 25 — DE-611-HS-957825:0127
# Source image: https://digitale-sammlungen.gwlb.de/content/DE-611-HS-957825/jpgs/default/00000127.jpg
# Model: FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74, 2026-09-06T16:05:13Z — 36 lines, status machine
These ate all ont faives made, ghe croun
Raving a Negalive voice: For thal, N0Ot des
ot eithet House is balluable as a fame por
at Botk logethet withoul The Royal Assent
hut as et have spoken tothe. Croion audeds
Jvill sayue gomthinq lo aud of
The House of Commons.
Itieit Gceat priviledge, iS. Gheit povet ofac
finu Moneus upon ine subject: vet Hillbus
aud oiththe advice oud toufent oy theads
Spititual aud Temporal audhe Croion
Assenting. The Whole House consistes of
s
513 Membets Chosen tor lounhes lities
Runoughs ois a foit of a patadox le
fay thal, GThey ate 100 Many, aud yet lod
Fero: The mingis, Thal Lome Counties do
fend us 100 many, aud 400 ten conce ont
f Ollers, bys Wohul means The Nation is
vecus unequallus Reprefented: aud fome
Rurrougu iono have not Five Beggarly
houfes belonameue lo them, Doyen fendat
many Burgesses lo Reprehentthemasthe
sargest lounlies n iuglaud do Rnigats. The
method of Eleclions in most placesis vens
Mercenanie noturinstandine all laives both
etd aud Nero tothe contraty: aud The mates
t Detetmininque controvertet. Elections inthe
House ot Commons, Hatk, Especiallys ot late
yeals, been a perfeck.
caudal tothe Nation
The juslest Thing done by Tke Jonq parliant
de
aud by Cromvell l0c, Was the Sehuing thenum
bet of Representalives accordinq lo the pro
m parliam

## Folio 26 — DE-611-HS-957825:0128
# Source image: https://digitale-sammlungen.gwlb.de/content/DE-611-HS-957825/jpgs/default/00000128.jpg
# Model: FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74, 2026-09-06T16:05:13Z — 39 lines, status machine
portion of Jaxez. that eack Counly payed to
d
the publick charge. Rnou non Horo this cau
be evet brouguu to a justet poise, tut By
seu
unilinque the Rimgdoms ot scotland audo
tteland into bue enlite Body ofa senate
D
witk That of England: a ininq not Emprac
licable. ef Honestly Eu deavoured. uill
be d hope Refenid lo mahe the Gloryos
gout Hignnesses Reign:
Nales
Was a Dangerous Back door lo England
lill Il ival fo lnitedi aud That union is
no longet agoe. than Ling Henry the gt
Reign. 4or 13 Lnighls aud 13 Burgesses leut
lasatliam uf. from Wales, aud some teu peets etea
led among them, vit rigul udges lo Hoto
pe
e
Che Asstres, aud lo Nominislet juste acco
dinglo Tke faines of Euelaut aud fau;
dable Cuslonis ot Anheut Time uted n
Wales, We have been Ouiet upon Thehor;
.-
dess ever Lince. Theit Geatry have lome
ub lo parliament aud The hurch audstate
Reea Fill din the Behl aud Highest
Plations, vith pectons ont bf That Countrus
coho bus means ot au Education qventhem
et
in Eugland, have beeu Eminentlus uefall
ae vetl as ornamentat lo the Nation, Where:
as Theit Toresathers vece more than-
Halse Savages, as the Wilde Trifhand
Highlandscolts ace lo this dai:
Thave thus attempled lo cayu before gour
fignuets The oit audtThe Toible of