As to the question, who shall appoint the Successor, of a Monarch that hath the Soveraign Authority; that is to say, (for Elective Kings and Princes have not the Soveraign Power in propriety, but in use only,) we are to consider, that either he that is in possession, has right to dispose of the Succession, or else that right is again in the dissolved Multitude.
Aginpide subiranoa duen monarkaren oinordea nork izendatu behar duen, hau da, heredatzeko eskubideari buruz nork erabaki behar duen zehazteko (zeren hautapenezko errege eta printzeek beren botere subiranoa ez baitute jabetzaz, erabileraz baizik), bitako bat pentsatu behar dugu, edo botere subiranoa daukanak duela oinordetza ebazteko eskubidea, edo eskubide hori berriro ere desegindako jendetzarengan dagoela.