§. 133. By "commonwealth" I must be understood all along to mean not
a democracy, or any form of government, but any independent community which the
Latins signified by the word civitas, to which the word which best answers in
our language is "commonwealth," and most properly expresses such a
society of men which "community" does not (for there may be
subordinate communities in a government), and "city" much less. And
therefore, to avoid ambiguity, I crave leave to use the word
"commonwealth" in that sense, in which sense I find the word used by
King James himself, which I think to be its genuine signification, which, if
anybody dislike, I consent with him to change it for a better.
