So, Hobbes clearly believes or thinks that this will be a useful book for a sovereign to read and hoping it will gain the ear of a sympathetic sovereign or potential sovereign.

很明显，霍布斯认为,这对君王将是本很有用的书,并真心希望它能得到一些富有同情心的君王,或是即将接任的君王的欣赏。

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