英文法・語法に関する質問 Part 17

ロックの統治二論の冒頭（second treatise of government）

Chap. I. Sect. 1. It having been shewn in the foregoing discourse,
1. That Adam had not, either by natural right of fatherhood, or by positive donation from God,
any such authority over his children, or dominion over the world, as is pretended:
2. That if he had, his heirs, yet, had no right to it:
3. That if his heirs had, there being no law of nature nor positive law of God that determines
which is the right heir in all cases that may arise, the right of succession,
and consequently of bearing rule, could not have been certainly determined:
4. That if even that had been determined, yet the knowledge of
which is the eldest line of Adam's posterity, being so long since utterly lost,
that in the races of mankind and families of the world,
there remains not to one above another, the least pretence to be the eldest house, and to have the right of inheritance:
以下略
（https://history.hanover.edu/texts/Locke/J-L2-003.html）

there remains not to one above another, the least pretence to be・・
ここの解釈
there remains not
＜to one above another,＞ one　人　above　優越　・・より上で、すぐれて
the least pretence　pretence　たぶん主語　「口実、言い訳」、not the least　成句　「少しも・・ない」
＜to be・・・＞　pretenceにかかる
と解釈したんだが

＜to one above another,＞のtoは前置詞でremainとともに
remain to・・　「結局・・のものとなる」「・・の手に帰する」「（事が）・・の手中にある」　でいんだろうかと考えている
remainを「・・のまま」ととってもいけそうな感じもするけどよくわからない

It remains to you to assist your friend. 友人を助けるのは君の役目だ