------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. Footnotes have been moved to follow the paragraphs in which they are referenced. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. THE ENGLISH WORKS OF THOMAS HOBBES. LONDON: C RICHARDS, PRINTER, ST. MARTIN’S LANE. THE ENGLISH WORKS OF THOMAS HOBBES OF MALMESBURY; NOW FIRST COLLECTED AND EDITED BY SIR WILLIAM MOLESWORTH, BART. --- VOL. II. --- LONDON: JOHN BOHN, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN. --- MDCCCXLI. PHILOSOPHICAL RUDIMENTS CONCERNING GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY. BY THOMAS HOBBES OF MALMESBURY. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM EARL OF DEVONSHIRE, MY MOST HONOURED LORD. --- MAY IT PLEASE YOUR LORDSHIP,