And thus, 'tis true, the paternal is a natural government, but not at all extending itself to the ends and jurisdictions of that which is political. The power of the father doth not reach at all to the property of the child, which is only in his own disposing. And this power has its original only from compact and agreement, and the mutual consent of those who make up the community. Thirdly, Despotical power is an absolute, arbitrary power one man has over another, to take away his life, whenever he pleases. Nature gives the first of these, viz.
Voluntary agreement gives the second, viz.
And forfeiture gives the third despotical power to lords for their own benefit, over those who are stripped of all property. Another copy corrected by Mr. Locke, has it thus, Noxious brute that is destructive to their being. The complete unabridged text has been republished several times in edited commentaries. Only the original words contained in the 1690 Locke text are included in this e-text version. The 1690 edition text is free of copyright.