Book XIX.
Chap. 2, & 3.larly for their[1] formalities of justice. The Parthians could not bear with one of their kings, who having been educated at Rome, rendered himself affable and[2] easy of access to all. Liberty itself has appeared insupportable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it. Thus a pure air is sometimes disagreeable to those who have lived in a fenny country.
Balbi, a Venetian, being at[3] Pegu, was introduced to the king. When the monarch was informed that they had no king at Venice, he burst into such a fit of laughter, that he was seized with a cough, and had much ado to speak to his courtiers. What legislator could propose a popular government to a people like this?
CHAP. III.
Of Tyranny.
THERE are two sorts or tyranny; the one real, which arises from the oppressions of government; the other is seated in opinion, and is sure to be felt whenever those who govern, establish things shocking to the turn of thought, and inconsistent with the ideas of a nation.
Dio teils us, that Augustus desirous of being called Romalus; but having been informed, that the people feared, that he would cause himself to be crowned king, he changed his design. The old Romans were averse to a king; because they could not suffer any man to enjoy such power: these would not have a king, because they
