This is so evident, that Barclay himself, that great assertor of the power and sacredness of kings, is forced to confess, That it is lawful for the people, in some cases, to resist their king; and that too in a chapter, wherein he pretends to shew, that the divine law shuts up the people from all manner of rebellion.

Whereby it is evident, even by his own doctrine, that, since they may in some cases resist, all resisting of princes is not rebellion.

His words are these.

Quod siquis dicat, Ergone populus tyrannicae crudelitati & furori jugulum semper praebebit?
Ergone multitude civitates suas fame, ferro, & flamma vastari, seque, conjuges, & liberos fortunae ludibrio & tyranni libidini exponi, inque omnia vitae pericula omnesque miserias & molestias a rege deduci patientur?
Num illis quod omni animantium generi est a natura tributum, denegari debet, ut sc.

vim vi repellant, seseq; ab injuria, tueantur?
Huic breviter responsum sit, Populo universo negari defensionem, quae juris naturalis est, neque ultionem quae praeter naturam est adversus regem concedi debere.