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That is as St. Ambrose well expounds it, Lest by usurping upon each others jurisdiction, they should stir up War amongst themselvos. That every State should be permitted to punish their own Subjects, was thought by the Corinthians in Thucydides to be just. And Perseus in his Oration to Martius, denies that he needed to make any defence for himself…
Hugo Grotius — De Jure Belli et Pacis, Hugo Grotius OF THE RIGHTS OF PEACE & WAR. BOOK II. — VIII. Whether a War may be made upon another King for oppressing his…, p. 425
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