...for example in matters of justice: Though justice against Fate complain, And plead the antient Rites in vain: But those do hold or break As Men are strong or weak.27 In this respect Machiavelli resembles among Renaissance authors nobody so much as Montaigne....

...continues directly: Though Justice against Fate complain. And plead the antient Rights in vain: lint those do hold or break As Men are strong or weak. Nature that hateth emptiness, Allows ot penetration less: And therefore must make room Where greater Spirits come. The most eloquent and...

...revolution, the tyrannos or natural force appears again. As Marvell says of Cromwell's ousting of Charles I: Nature that hateth emptiness Allows of penetration less, And therefore must make room When greater spirits come. 46 Hebraic and Hellenic Traditions Christianity is founded on the New Testament,...