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Attendant then on each form of Political Constitution there

plainly is Friendship exactly co-extensive with the principle of

Justice; that between a King and his Subjects being in the

relation of a superiority of benefit, inasmuch as he benefits his

subjects; it being assumed that he is a good king and takes care

of their welfare as a shepherd tends his flock; whence Homer (to

quote him again) calls Agamemnon, "shepherd of the people." And

of this same kind is the Paternal Friendship, only that it

exceeds the former in the greatness of the benefits done; because

the father is the author of being (which is esteemed the greatest

benefit) and of maintenance and education (these things are also,

by the way, ascribed to ancestors generally): and by the law of

nature the father has the right of rule over his sons, ancestors

over their descendants, and the king over his subjects.