covenanteth

• “But if he that so covenanteth knew beforehand he was to expect no other assurance than the actor's word, then is the covenant valid, because the actor in this case maketh himself the author.”

  Leviathan

• “He covenanteth with the credulous farmer for many turkeys and chickens; also, at the same time, for much milk and honey, to be paid for promptly at the end of each ten days; and lo! his regiment moveth on the ninth day to another post.”

  Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive

• “But if he that so covenanteth knew beforehand he was to expect no other assurance than the actor’s word, then is the covenant valid, because the actor in this case maketh himself the author.”

  Chapter XVI. Of Persons, Authors, and Things Personated

• “The matter or subject of a covenant is always something that falleth under deliberation, for to covenant is an act of the will, that is to say an act, and the last act of deliberation, and is therefore always understood to be something to come, and which is judged possible for him that covenanteth to perform.”

  Chapter XIV. Of the First and Second Natural Laws, and of Contracts

• “But to covenant to assist the sovereign in doing hurt to another, unless he that so covenanteth have a right to do it himself, is not to give him a right to punish.”

  Leviathan, or, The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill

• “And this dominion is then acquired to the victor when the vanquished, to avoid the present stroke of death, covenanteth, either in express words or by other sufficient signs of the will, that so long as his life and the liberty of his body is allowed him, the victor shall have the use thereof at his pleasure.”

  Leviathan, or, The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill

• “The matter or subject of a covenant is always something that falleth under deliberation, for to covenant is an act of the will; that is to say, an act, and the last act, of deliberation; and is therefore always understood to be something to come, and which judged possible for him that covenanteth to perform.”

  Leviathan, or, The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill

• “He that giveth, promiseth, or covenanteth to one, and after giveth, promiseth, or covenanteth the same to another, maketh void the latter act.”

  The Elements of Law Natural and Politic

• “The sovereign people covenanteth not with the subjects.”

  The Elements of Law Natural and Politic

• “And this Dominion is then acquired to the Victor, when the Vanquished, to avoyd the present stroke of death, covenanteth either in expresse words, or by other sufficient signes of the Will, that so long as his life, and the liberty of his body is allowed him, the Victor shall have the use thereof, at his pleasure.”

  Leviathan

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