The De cive, presently to be published, was written in Latin for the learned, and gave the political theory without its foundation in human nature.

Parsley and cives chopped fine, and used for omelets, or with cold meat, sauces, etc., are called thus.

Self-preservation is the fundamental law of nature, and supersedes the obligation of all others, whensoever they stand in competition with it.—Hobbes' de Cive; Leviathan.