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to_o fight_v think_v that_o it_o may_v fall_v out_o so_o that_o possible_a it_o be_v for_o he_o to_o overcome_v and_o if_o lose_v it_o he_o must_v lose_v it_o glorious_o and_o if_o hannibal_n who_o be_v so_o valorous_a a_o captain_n and_o have_v his_o army_n entire_a do_v require_v peace_n before_o he_o will_v hazard_v the_o battle_n when_o he_o perceive_v that_o in_o lose_v it_o his_o country_n will_v be_v subdue_v what_o shall_v another_o of_o less_o valour_n and_o experience_n than_o he_o do_v but_o man_n run_v into_o this_o error_n by_o not_o know_v how_o to_o limit_v their_o hope_n so_o that_o ground_v on_o their_o own_o vast_a conceit_n without_o weigh_v their_o strength_n they_o be_v utter_o ruin_v chap._n xxviii_o how_o dangerous_a a_o thing_n it_o be_v for_o a_o republic_n or_o prince_n not_o to_o revenge_v a_o injury_n
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it_o be_v not_o increase_v by_o suspicion_n which_o by_o mean_n of_o thy_o great_a reputation_n thy_o other_o virtue_n charge_v thou_o with_o as_o by_z and_o by_o shall_v be_v discourse_v touch_v camillus_n chap._n xxiii_o for_o what_o cause_n camillus_n be_v banish_v from_o rome_n we_o have_v former_o conclude_v that_o by_o proceed_v as_o valerius_n do_v a_o man_n hurt_v both_o his_o country_n and_o himself_o and_o by_o proceed_v as_o manlius_n do_v a_o man_n advantage_n his_o country_n and_o sometime_o hurt_v himself_o which_o be_v sufficient_o prove_v by_o the_o example_n of_o camillus_n who_o in_o his_o manner_n of_o proceed_v come_v near_o to_o manlius_n then_o valerius_n whereupon_o titus_n livius_n speak_v of_o he_o say_z his_o virtue_n the_o soldier_n mirabantur_fw-la hate_v and_o yet_o admire_v that_o which_o cause_v the_o admiration_n of_o he_o be_v his_o carefulness_n his_o wisdom_n the_o magnanimity_n of_o his_o spirit_n and_o the_o good_a order_n in_o employ_v and_o 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fortune_n of_o their_o family_n as_o the_o valour_n of_o their_o ancestor_n these_o three_o then_o be_v come_v up_o to_o the_o duke_n and_o do_v their_o obeisance_n be_v receive_v by_o he_o with_o a_o cheerful_a countenance_n and_o present_o by_o those_o who_o have_v charge_n to_o look_v to_o they_o take_v between_o they_o but_o when_o the_o duke_n see_v that_o oliverotto_n be_v want_v who_o have_v stay_v with_o his_o man_n at_o sinigallia_n and_o attend_v before_o at_o the_o broad_a place_n by_o his_o lodging_n above_o the_o river_n to_o keep_v they_o in_o order_n and_o exercise_v they_o he_o wink_v upon_o don_n michael_n to_o who_o the_o care_n of_o oliverotto_n be_v commit_v that_o he_o shall_v take_v such_o order_n that_o oliverotto_n shall_v not_o escape_v he_o whereupon_o don_n michael_n ride_v before_o and_o be_v come_v to_o oliverotto_n to_o tell_v he_o that_o now_o it_o be_v not_o a_o time_n to_o hold_v his_o man_n together_o out_o of_o their_o lodging_n because_o than_o 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the_o valour_n and_o discipline_n of_o the_o family_n of_o the_o orsini_n and_o vitelli_n joint_o all_o in_o one_o body_n in_o despite_n of_o the_o country_n and_o their_o enemy_n power_n they_o save_v themselves_o but_o the_o duke_n soldier_n not_o satisfy_v with_o the_o pillage_n of_o of_o oliverotto_n soldier_n begin_v to_o sack_n sinigallia_n and_o have_v not_o the_o duke_n by_o the_o death_n of_o many_o stop_v their_o insolence_n they_o will_v utter_o have_v sack_v it_o but_o night_n be_v come_v and_o all_o stir_v quiet_a the_o duke_n think_v fit_a to_o put_v vitellozzo_n and_o oliverotto_n to_o death_n and_o have_v bring_v they_o together_o cause_v they_o to_o be_v strangle_v where_o neither_o of_o they_o speak_v any_o thing_n worthy_a of_o their_o life_n past_a for_o vitelozzo_n pray_v that_o supplication_n shall_v be_v make_v to_o the_o pope_n to_o grant_v he_o a_o plenary_a indulgence_n of_o all_o his_o fin_n oliverotto_n much_o lament_v himself_o cast_v all_o the_o fault_n of_o the_o injury_n against_o the_o duke_n on_o vitelozzo_n back_n paul_n and_o the_o duke_n of_o gravina_n be_v keep_v alive_a till_o the_o duke_n have_v word_n that_o at_o rome_n the_o pope_n have_v lay_v hold_n on_o the_o cardinal_n orsino_n the_o archbishop_n of_o florence_n and_o master_n james_n of_o the_o holy_a cross_n after_o which_o news_n upon_o the_o 18_o of_o january_n at_o the_o castle_n of_o pieve_v they_o also_o be_v strangle_v in_o the_o like_a manner_n the_o table_n of_o the_o chapter_n in_o the_o prince_n chap._n 1._o how_o many_o sort_n of_o principality_n there_o be_v and_o how_o many_o way_n they_o be_v attain_v to_o pag._n 1_o chap._n 2._o of_o hereditary_a principality_n p._n 2_o chap._n 3._o of_o mix_a principality_n p_o 3_o chap._n 4._o wherefore_o darius_n his_o kingdom_n take_v by_o alexander_n rebel_v not_o against_o his_o successor_n after_o alexander_n death_n p._n 13_o chap._n 5._o in_o what_o manner_n city_n and_o principality_n be_v to_o be_v govern_v which_o before_o they_o be_v conquer_v live_v under_o their_o own_o law_n p._n 17_o chap._n 6._o of_o new_a principality_n that_o be_v conquer_v by_o one_o own_o arm_n and_o valour_n p._n 19_o chap._n 7._o of_o new_a principality_n get_v by_o fortune_n and_o other_o man_n force_n p._n 23_o chap._n 8._o concern_v those_o who_o by_o wicked_a mean_n have_v attain_v to_o a_o principality_n p._n 34_o chap._n 9_o of_o the_o civil_a principality_n p._n 40_o chap._n 10._o in_o what_o manner_n the_o force_n of_o all_o principality_n ought_v to_o be_v measure_v p._n 45_o chap._n 11._o concern_v ecclesiastical_a principality_n p._n 47_o chap._n 12._o how_o many_o sort_n of_o military_a discipline_n there_o be_v and_o touch_v mercenary_a soldier_n p._n 51_o chap._n 13._o of_o auxiliary_a soldier_n mix_v and_o native_n p._n 57_o chap._n 14._o what_o belong_v to_o the_o prince_n touch_v military_a discipline_n p._n 62_o chap._n 15._o of_o those_o thing_n in_o respect_n whereof_o man_n and_o especial_o prince_n be_v praise_v or_o dispraise_v p._n 65_o chap._n 16._o of_o liherality_n and_o miserableness_n p._n 68_o chap._n 17._o of_o cruelty_n and_o clemency_n and_o whether_o it_o be_v better_a to_o be_v belove_v or_o fear_v p._n 70_o chap._n 18._o in_o what_o manner_n prince_n ought_v to_o keep_v their_o word_n p._n 75_o chap._n 19_o that_o prince_n shall_v take_v a_o care_n not_o to_o incur_v contempt_n or_o hatred_n p._n 80_o chap._n 20._o whether_o the_o citadel_n and_o many_o other_o thing_n which_o prince_n make_v use_v of_o be_v profitable_a or_o damageable_a p._n 93_o chap._n 21._o how_o a_o prince_n ought_v to_o behave_v himself_o to_o gain_v reputation_n p._n 99_o chap._n 22._o touch_v prince_n secretary_n p._n 103_o chap._n 23._o that_o flatterer_n be_v to_o be_v avoid_v p._n 105_o chap._n 24._o wherefore_o the_o prince_n of_o italy_n have_v lose_v their_o state_n p._n 110_o chap._n 25._o how_o great_a power_n fortune_n have_v in_o humane_a affair_n and_o what_o mean_v there_o be_v to_o resist_v it_o p._n 112_o chap._n 26._o a_o exhortation_n to_o free_a italy_n from_o the_o barbarion_n p._n 117_o the_o life_n of_o castruccio_n castracani_n of_o lucca_n p._n 123_o a_o relation_n of_o the_o course_n take_v by_o the_o duke_n valentine_n in_o the_o murder_n of_o vitelozzo_n vitelli_n olverotto_n of_o fermo_n paul_n and_o the_o duke_n of_o gravita_n all_o of_o the_o family_n of_o the_o orsini_n p._n 159_o fnis._n *_o without_o question_v the_o end_n be_v ambition_n royalty_n admit_v no_o companion_n of_o who_o to_o free_v himself_o it_o seem_v that_o romulus_n stand_v not_o much_o upon_o how_o lawful_a mean_n he_o use_v for_o cain-like_a he_o slay_v his_o brother_n and_o consent_v to_o titus_n tatius_n his_o death_n without_o doubt_n for_o venture_v to_o take_v part_n in_o the_o authority_n and_o touch_v this_o it_o may_v be_v machiavelli_n will_v speak_v true_a near_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o his_o 18._o chapt._n where_o he_o say_v because_o the_o restore_n of_o a_o city_n to_o a_o civil_a and_o politic_a government_n presuppose_v a_o good_a man_n and_o by_o violence_n to_o become_v a_o prince_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n presuppose_v a_o evil_a man_n for_o this_o cause_n it_o shall_v very_o seldom_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o a_o good_a man_n will_v ever_o strive_v to_o make_v himself_o prince_n by_o mischievous_a way_n although_o his_o end_n therein_o be_v all_o good_a nor_o will_v a_o wicked_a man_n by_o wicked_a mean_n attain_v to_o be_v prince_n do_v good_a nor_o ever_o come_v it_o into_o his_o heart_n to_o use_v that_o authority_n well_o which_o by_o evil_a mean_n he_o come_v to_o and_o so_o at_o the_o very_a end_n of_o the_o same_o 18._o chap._n he_o conclude_v that_o though_o the_o intent_n be_v not_o good_a there_o may_v be_v a_o fair_a colour_n set_v upon_o it_o by_o a_o good_a success_n whereby_o our_o politician_n however_o he_o wind_v and_o turn_n come_v at_o length_n to_o discover_v his_o evil_a ground_n he_o take_v that_o jus_fw-la regnandi_fw-la gratia_fw-la violandum_fw-la est_fw-la aliis_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la pietatem_fw-la colas_fw-la as_o be_v that_o of_o euripides_n virtue_n continue_v seldom_o by_o descent_n and_o this_o to_o show_v their_o spring_n the_o government_n and_o that_o his_o gift_n best_o term_v and_o by_o he_o send_v *_o ammiratus_fw-la tax_n he_o say_v it_o be_v rather_o the_o opinion_n of_o a_o cunning_a and_o crafty_a man_n then_o of_o one_o that_o have_v either_o any_o religion_n or_o morality_n in_o he_o who_o plain_a and_o simple_a condition_n ought_v to_o be_v free_a from_o all_o fraud_n and_o falsehood_n and_o however_o the_o roman_n be_v deceive_v herein_o which_o can_v be_v deny_v yet_o without_o doubt_n they_o never_o do_v this_o think_v to_o deceive_v themselves_o or_o with_o intention_n to_o deceive_v other_o thus_o