yet it is plain that the reason, that continued the form of government in a single person, was not any regard, or respect to paternal authority; since all petty monarchies, that is, almost all monarchies, near their original, have been commonly, at least upon occasion, elective.
Hasiera batean aitaren gailentasunak eragingo balu ere zenbait erkidegotan boterea pertsona bakar baten esku egotea, aitzitik, argi denez, pertsona bakarrean oinarritzen den gobernu mota honen mantentzeak ez dauka botere aitatiarrarekin zerikusirik; monarkia txiki guztiek-hau da, ia monarkia guztiek-bere hasieran noizbait behintzat hautaketan oinarritu dira.