Everyone sees they cannot well live asunder, nor many together, without some rule to which all must submit.

immediately went out of the room and never returned. He was beheaded on 7 December 1683 and his remains were buried at Penshurst.

Algernon Sidney or Sydney (14 or 15 January 1623 – 7 December 1683) was an English politician republican political theorist colonel and opponent of King Charles II of England who was charged with plotting against the King and was executed for treason.