And the spoils
so divided to the proper forces, shall be subdivided into three
equal parts, whereof one shall go to the officers, and two to the
common soldiers, the like for the auxiliaries. And the share
allotted the officers shall be divided into four equal parts,
whereof one shall go to the strategus, another to the polemarchs,
a third to the colonels, and a fourth to the captains, cornets,
ensigns, and under-officers, receiving their share of the spoil
as common soldiers, the like for the auxiliaries. And this upon
pain, in the case of failure, of what the people of Oceana (to
whom the cognizance of peculation or crimes of this nature is
properly appertaining) shall adjudge or decree."
Upon these three last orders the Archon seemed to be
haranguing at the head of his army in this manner:
"MY DEAR LORDS AND EXCELLENT PATRIOTS:
"A government of this make is a commonwealth for increase. Of
those for preservation, the inconveniences and frailties have
been shown: their roots are narrow, such as do not run, have no
fibres; their tops weak and dangerously exposed to the weather,
except you chance to find one, as Venice, planted in a
flower-pot, and if she grows, she grows topheavy, and falls, too.
But you cannot plant an oak in a flowerpot; she must have earth
for her root, and heaven for her branches.
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