e different, according to the different
condition of their commonwealth in her rise and in her growth: in her
rise she proceeded rather by colonies, in her growth by unequal leagues.
Colonies without the bounds of Italy she planted none (such dispersion
of the Roman citizen as to plant him in foreign parts, till the contrary
interest of the emperors brought in that practice, was unlawful), nor
did she ever demolish any city within that compass, or divest it of
liberty; but whereas the most of them were commonwealths, stirred 'up by
emulation of her great felicity to war against her, if she overcame
any, she confiscated some part of their lands that were the greatest
incendiaries, or causes of the trouble, upon which she planted colonies
of her own people, preserving the rest of their lands and liberties for
the natives or inhabitants. By this way of proceeding, that I may be as
brief as possible, she did many and great things. For in confirming
of liberty, she propagated her empire; in holding the inhabitants from
rebellion, she put a curb upon the incursion of enemies; in exonerating
herself of the poorer sort, she multiplied her citizens; in rewarding
her veterans, she rendered the rest less seditious; and in acquiring to
herself the reverence of a common parent, she from time to time became
the mother of new-born cities.

"In her further growth the way of her propagation went more upon
leagues, which for the first division were of two kinds, social and
provincial.

"Again, social leagues, or leagues of society, were of two kinds:

"The first called Latinity or Latin, the second Italian right." The
league between the Romans and the Latins, or Latin right, approached
nearest to jus quiritium, or the right of a native Roman. The man or
the city that was honored with this right, was civitate donatus cum
suffragio, adopted a citizen of Rome, with the right of giving suffrage
with the people in some cases, as those of conformation of law, or
determination in judicature, if both the Consuls were agreed, not
otherwise; wherefore that coming to little, the greatest and most
peculiar part of this privilege was, that who had borne magistracy (at
least that of oedile or quoestor) in any Latin city, was by consequence
of the same a citizen of Rome at all points.

"Italian right was also a donation of the city, but without suffrage:
they who were in either of these leagues, were governed by their own
laws and magistrates, havi