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dissemble_v subtle_o for_o by_o every_o where_n and_o ever_o break_v of_o faith_n he_o shall_v discover_v himself_o to_o be_v a_o manifest_a deceiver_n whereas_o he_o ought_v to_o dissemble_v and_o to_o make_v a_o outward_a countenance_n not_o to_o be_v so_o but_o rather_o to_o be_v a_o good_a and_o a_o honest_a man_n and_o therefore_o to_o observe_v all_o the_o principle_n of_o that_o be_v together_o without_o break_v one_o in_o observe_v another_o he_o shall_v in_o small_a matter_n keep_v his_o faith_n to_o break_v it_o in_o great_a thing_n and_o in_o matter_n of_o consequence_n hereof_o fabius_n maximus_n admonish_v scipio_n to_o take_v heed_n thou_o desire_v scipio_n 3._o titus_n livi._n lib._n 8._o dec._n 3._o say_v he_o to_o make_v war_n upon_o the_o carthaginian_n in_o africa_n under_o a_o hope_n thou_o have_v to_o have_v the_o favour_n of_o king_n syphax_n and_o of_o the_o numidian_n which_o have_v promise_v thou_o aid_v and_o succour_n but_o take_v good_a advice_n how_o thou_o trust_v in_o the_o barbarous_a nation_n which_o common_o make_v no_o account_n to_o break_v their_o faith_n &_o to_o deceive_v true_a it_o be_v in_o small_a matter_n they_o will_v keep_v their_o faith_n with_o thou_o well_o to_o assure_v thou_o in_o their_o promise_n and_o loyalty_n that_o they_o may_v afterward_o break_v it_o to_o their_o great_a profit_n and_o advantage_n as_o soon_o as_o they_o see_v they_o have_v mean_n and_o occasion_n in_o their_o hand_n altogether_o to_o ruinate_v thou_o this_o be_v the_o admonition_n which_o that_o wise_a fabius_n give_v to_o scipio_n than_o a_o young_a captain_n what_o then_o shall_v a_o man_n do_v to_o guard_v himself_o from_o such_o deceitful_a faith_n of_o deceiver_n which_o appear_v and_o show_v itself_o in_o little_a thing_n and_o be_v defective_a in_o great_a matter_n a_o man_n must_v do_v that_o which_o scipio_n answer_v to_o fabius_n i_o know_v well_o lord_n fabius_n say_v he_o how_o a_o man_n must_v lean_v upon_o the_o evil_a assure_a faith_n of_o syphax_n and_o the_o numidian_n i_o think_v so_o much_o to_o lean_v and_o rest_v myself_o upon_o they_o as_o may_v serve_v my_o turn_n so_o that_o yet_o always_o i_o hold_v myself_o upon_o my_o guard_n to_o warrant_v myself_o from_o all_o perfidy_n and_o treachery_n moreover_o there_o be_v yet_o another_o remedy_n against_o such_o deceiver_n and_o dissembler_n which_o promise_v much_o and_o in_o their_o heart_n have_v no_o other_o intention_n then_o in_o no_o thing_n to_o keep_v their_o promise_n that_o be_v to_o shun_v and_o fly_v from_o they_o as_o from_o hell_n and_o from_o more_o than_o capital_a enemy_n as_o homer_n teach_v we_o he_o that_o one_o thing_n in_o heart_n another_o in_o mouth_n do_v bear_v fly_v he_o a_o enemy_n thou_o and_o as_o hellfire_n he_o fear_n 9_o homer_n iliad_n lib._n 9_o 20._o maxim_n a_o prince_n who_o as_o it_o be_v constrain_v use_v clemency_n and_o lenity_n advance_v his_o own_o destruction_n in_o a_o hundred_o time_n say_v machiavelli_n it_o will_v scant_o happen_v 32._o discourse_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 32._o once_o that_o the_o good_a and_o comfort_n which_o a_o prince_n do_v to_o his_o subject_n when_o he_o see_v himself_o as_o it_o be_v force_v to_o do_v it_o by_o fear_n of_o rebellion_n or_o otherwise_o be_v grateful_o receive_v of_o they_o for_o common_o the_o people_n for_o benefit_n so_o grant_v by_o their_o prince_n be_v not_o thankful_a but_o rather_o think_v themselves_o beholden_a to_o such_o as_o draw_v their_o prince_n unto_o the_o bestow_n of_o such_o benefit_n upon_o necessity_n and_o constraint_n and_o this_o be_v often_o the_o cause_n that_o the_o people_n seek_v occasion_n and_o mean_n to_o draw_v the_o prince_n into_o that_o necessity_n and_o therefore_o a_o prince_n ought_v never_o to_o attend_v that_o extreme_a necessity_n to_o show_v himself_o kind_a and_o liberal_a for_o