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18 History of the Kingdom Lords & republics, which as much for the poor order which they maintained in their government, as for the plurality of rulers, were continually in perpetual wars & disagreements, having rendered the land almost deserted by regular battles & massacres which were made between them, because of the ambition & jealousy which each had of his state. Finally, the wisest, weary of this continual disorder, seeing their ruin quite evident, assembled with the Kings, Princes, & Ambassadors of the republics in a neutral place, and of safe access, swearing among themselves by all the Gods whom they adored wanting to hold & observed inviolably what would be resolved & determined in this holy assembly. This being done, each proposed the manner of government that he judged the most proper, useful & suitable for the preservation such as for the Nobility, the inhabitants of the cities & the common people. Finally, all things weighed, debated & carefully considered that they brought order to the state of this flourishing Monarchy in the manner that we will deduce hereafter, which was such that one must believe that God, the enemy of all disorder & confusion, presided over this venerable assembly; being impossible that |