Atqui si hoc naturale munus dignitatibus foret, ab officio suo quoquo gentium nullo modo cessarent, sicut ignis ubique terrarum numquam  tamen calere desistit, sed quoniam id eis non propria vis sed hominum fallax adnectit opinio, vanescunt ilico, cum ad eos venerint qui dignitates eas esse non aestimant.
If such dignities did possess this ability naturally, they would not lose their power among any peoples at all, just as fire never ceases to be hot anywhere in the world. But since it is not a power proper to them, but only attributed to them by the delusory opinion of men, they at once became empty as soon as they come among peoples who do not count them dignities at all.
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