Satis onerum principibus, satis etiam potentiae: minui iura quotiens gliscat potestas, nec utendum imperio ubi legibus agi possit.
Princes had enough of burdens'enough, even, of power: the rights of the subject shrank as autocracy grew; and, where it was possible to proceed by form of law, it was a mistake to employ the fiat of the sovereign.
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