“The fate of States decides theirs:
Clauses of treaties determine their affections.”

Le destin des Etats est arbitre du leur,
Et l'ordre des traités règle tout dans leur cœur.
Rodogune, act III, scene iv.
Rodogune (1644)

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Le destin des Etats est arbitre du leur, Et l'ordre des traités règle tout dans leur cœur.

Rodogune (1644)

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