The imperfection of most governments : taken out of the Epitomy of the Roman history written by Lucius Annæus Florus : where it plainly appears that the liberty of the most flourishing common-wealth of the Romans destroyed all property, and its own government turned to levelling, discord, and confusion, till it brought in the government it most hated : with a reason or two added, why all great and free commonwealths will be subject to the same - Florus, Lucius Annaeus (Early English books, 1641-1700, 1680)