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