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no_o less_o consider_v how_o to_o draw_v some_o belief_n and_o trust_n from_o the_o person_n of_o the_o courtier_n and_o sure_o there_o be_v faith_n give_v to_o such_o who_o we_o take_v to_o be_v of_o a_o free_a and_o open_a nature_n and_o who_o make_v show_v of_o that_o in_o speech_n which_o be_v within_o the_o enclosure_n of_o their_o heart_n this_o opinion_n be_v particular_o get_v by_o reprehend_v for_o whosoeever_n false_o commend_v do_v it_o as_o we_o have_v say_v for_o his_o own_o profit_n but_o who_o free_o reprove_v show_v he_o have_v no_o mind_n of_o other_o respect_n or_o interest_n neither_o will_n by_o cur_v favour_n give_v place_v a_o jot_n from_o his_o true_a meaning_n wherefore_o a_o ingenuous_a and_o free_a reprehension_n be_v always_o accompany_v with_o credit_n &_o authority_n it_o be_v true_a that_o in_o this_o particular_a we_o must_v remember_v this_o maxim_n hist_o which_o say_v quando_fw-la pessimis_fw-la imperatoribus_fw-la sire_n fine_fw-la dominationem_fw-la 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which_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o prince_n favourite_n be_v seldom_o see_v or_o look_v on_o with_o a_o favourable_a eye_n by_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o courtier_n and_o that_o be_v envy_n the_o which_o who_o shall_v well_o consider_v thing_n ancient_o pass_v shall_v find_v it_o to_o have_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o ruin_n of_o so_o many_o that_o the_o testimony_n of_o example_n to_o so_o manifest_a a_o knowledge_n be_v mere_a superfluous_a and_o therefore_o with_o diverse_a sleight_n &_o art_n by_o the_o wise_a courtier_n have_v ever_o be_v avoid_v the_o which_o we_o think_v fit_a in_o this_o place_n only_o with_o brevity_n to_o point_n at_o first_o therefore_o with_o the_o envious_a we_o must_v hold_v the_o same_o course_n and_o rule_v as_o with_o our_o persecutor_n in_o endeavour_v to_o appease_v they_o and_o make_v they_o our_o friend_n with_o benefit_n and_o reward_n since_o so_o be_v make_v our_o well_o willer_n they_o will_v not_o grieve_v at_o a_o other_o man_n profit_n as_o 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himself_o although_o but_o weak_o help_v may_v set_v up_o a_o scale_a ladder_n with_o his_o quality_n to_o great_a matter_n next_o to_o make_v profession_n of_o eternal_a gratitude_n and_o dependency_n on_o they_o &_o by_o effect_n full_a of_o obsequious_a show_n open_o to_o testify_v as_o much_o than_o not_o to_o show_v so_o much_o courage_n as_o to_o dare_v adventure_n further_o than_o they_o shall_v lead_v you_o by_o the_o hand_n or_o set_v your_o course_n by_o their_o prescription_n until_o the_o time_n your_o favour_n get_v with_o the_o prince_n be_v such_o as_o may_v assure_v you_o of_o your_o proper_a force_n the_o which_o i_o wish_v you_o ponder_v well_o before_o you_o come_v unto_o the_o proof_n thereof_o because_o if_o any_o man_n before_o his_o time_n shall_v go_v about_o to_o separate_v or_o withdraw_v himself_o from_o under_o safe_a protection_n and_o like_o a_o bird_n not_o flush_o shall_v take_v his_o flight_n his_o downfall_n and_o his_o ruin_n will_v easy_o follow_v for_o the_o other_o perceive_v that_o he_o have_v foster_v a_o corrival_n happy_o by_o the_o authority_n which_o he_o yet_o retain_v with_o the_o prince_n may_v frustrate_v all_o the_o hope_n you_o have_v of_o further_a advancement_n in_o that_o service_n wherefore_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o this_o progress_n be_v gnomon-shadow_n like_a invisible_a in_o his_o motion_n and_o that_o the_o growth_n may_v then_o be_v see_v when_o it_o be_v full_o grow_v and_o of_o himself_o he_o may_v defend_v and_o undershore_o the_o same_o and_o so_o endeavour_n not_o to_o make_v his_o first_o experience_n but_o as_o it_o be_v upon_o occasion_n by_o joint_a commission_n with_o a_o other_o man_n which_o oftentimes_o make_v offer_v of_o themselves_o to_o those_o which_o wise_o watch_v their_o time_n know_v how_o easy_a a_o thing_n it_o be_v to_o fall_v into_o disgrace_n with_o prince_n who_o you_o shall_v never_o so_o sincere_o serve_v but_o either_o by_o themselves_o or_o by_o the_o malice_n of_o some_o other_o you_o shall_v incur_v displeasure_n or_o dislike_n in_o mind_n which_o easy_o may_v be_v recover_v by_o he_o who_o know_v to_o take_v the_o benefit_n of_o opportunity_n chap._n xxviii_o how_o to_o keep_v in_o favour_n once_o obtain_v hitherto_o in_o my_o opinion_n we_o have_v sufficient_o declare_v unto_o the_o courtier_n the_o way_n and_o mean_n how_o to_o compass_v and_o obtain_v the_o prince_n favour_n whereof_o at_o length_n suppose_v he_o have_v get_v full_a possession_n it_o rest_v now_o to_o give_v instruction_n how_o he_o may_v preserve_v and_o keep_v it_o since_o he_o shall_v gain_v no_o less_o commodity_n and_o be_v asmuch_o commend_a for_o the_o well_o preserve_v it_o than_o he_o be_v by_o the_o happy_a procure_n thereof_o the_o obtain_v many_o time_n depend_v upon_o accident_n and_o chance_n but_o the_o maintenance_n of_o it_o upon_o judgement_n and_o discretion_n the_o which_o be_v so_o rare_o find_v among_o man_n that_o infinite_a be_v the_o number_n of_o 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fate_n decreeed_o that_o great_a favour_n be_v seldom_o of_o long_a continuance_n and_o hereof_o give_v the_o cause_n an_fw-mi satias_fw-la capit_fw-la aut_fw-la illos_fw-la cum_fw-la omne_fw-la tribuerunt_fw-la aut_fw-la hos_fw-la cum_fw-la nihil_fw-la reliquum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la cupiant_fw-la whether_o both_o as_o it_o be_v at_o a_o nonplus_n either_o the_o prince_n have_v give_v all_o they_o can_v or_o the_o courtier_n when_o there_o be_v nothing_o leave_v that_o they_o may_v beg_v now_o herein_o be_v many_o thing_n to_o be_v consider_v of_o as_o first_o if_o handle_v thing_n which_o be_v within_o our_o choice_n we_o shall_v refer_v the_o cause_n thereof_o to_o fate_n or_o grant_v that_o if_o it_o be_v convenient_a to_o assign_v a_o reason_n as_o if_o from_o fate_n cause_n be_v give_v and_o chief_o a_o elective_a cause_n depend_v upon_o man_n arbitrement_n but_o because_o these_o shall_v be_v too_o far_o from_o the_o matter_n now_o in_o hand_n it_o shall_v suffice_v to_o 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