sistance of his _Fellow Citizens_; often crying out, That he was a
_Freeman_, and Member of a _Free Commonwealth_, lib. 5. cap. 3.

To the like purpose Strabo writes in his Fourth Book: [Footnote: [Greek:
Aristokratikai d' esan hai pleious ton politeios, ena d' hegemona
herounto kat eniauton to palaion hos d' hautos eis polemon heis hupo tou
plethous apedeiknuto strategos.]] "_Most_ of the _Commonwealths_ (says
he) were govern'd by the _Advice_ of the _Nobles_: but every _Year_ they
anciently chose a _Magistrate_; as also the People chose a _General_ to
manage their Wars." The like _Caesar_, lib. 6. Cap. 4. writes in these
Words: "Those _Commonwealths_ which are esteem'd to be under the best
Administration, have made a Law, that if any Man chance to hear a Rumour
or Report abroad among the Bordering People, which concerned the
_Commonwealth_, he ought to inform the _Magistrates_ of it, and
communicate it to no body else. The _Magistrates_ conceal what they
think proper, and acquaint the Multitude with the rest: For of Matters
relating to the _Community_, it was not permitted to any Person to talk
or discourse, but in _Council_".--Now concerning this _Common Council_
of the whole Nation, we shall quote these few Passages out of _Caesar_.
"They demanded, (says he) _lib._ 1. _cap._ 12. a _General Council_ of
_all Gallia_ to be summon'd; and that this might be done by _Caesar_'s
Consent." Also, _lib._ 7. _cap._ 12.--"a _Council_ of all _Gallia_ was
summon'd to meet at _Bibracte_; and there was a vast Concourse from all
Parts to that Town."--And _lib._ 6. _cap._ 1--"_Caesar_ having summon'd
the _Council_ of _Gaul_ to meet early in the Spring, as he had before
determin'd: Finding that the _Senenes, Carnates_ and _Treviri_ came not
when all the rest came, he adjourned the _Council_ to Paris."--And,
_lib_ 7. _cap._ 6. speaking of _Vercingetorix_,--"He promis'd himself,
that he shou'd be able by his Diligence to unite such _Commonwealths_ to
him as dissented from the rest of the Cities of _Gaul_, and to form a
_General Council_ of all _Gallia_; the Power of which, the whole World
should not be able to withstand."

Now concerning the _Kings_ which ruled over certain Cities in _Gallia_
the same Author makes mention of them in very many Places; Out of which
this is particularly worthy our Observation: That it was the _Romans_
Custom to caress all those _Reguli_ whom they found proper for their
turns: That is, such as were busy men,