acts of oppression, cruelty and every species of crime? And if they justly punish those robbers, whose injuries have only extended to a few persons, shall they suffer a whole district to be plundered and devastated with impunity? For there is no difference whether he, who in a hostile manner invades, disturbs, and plunders the territory of another to which he has no right, be he a king or one of the meanest of mankind: all persons of this description are equally to be considered robbers, and ought