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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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their_o enemy_n the_o less_o heedful_a whereby_o with_o the_o more_o ease_n they_o suppress_v he_o &_o quo_fw-la incautior_fw-la deciperetur_fw-la hist._n palam_fw-la laudatum_fw-la say_v tacitus_n and_o to_o the_o end_n he_o may_v more_o unwary_o be_v deceive_v praise_v he_o open_o i_o know_v not_o to_o what_o purpose_n but_o for_o certain_a this_o be_v the_o only_a art_n &_o sleight_n of_o tiberius_n which_o in_o particular_a he_o use_v against_o his_o nephew_n germanicus_n and_o against_o sejanus_n his_o favourite_n who_o live_v in_o the_o favour_n of_o tiberius_n do_v also_o practice_v it_o to_o the_o ruin_n and_o overthrow_v of_o many_o and_o mutianus_n by_o the_o self_n same_o oppress_a his_o concurrent_a antonius_n primus_fw-la these_o than_o be_v the_o two_o mean_n to_o resist_v our_o enemy_n and_o persecuter_n in_o the_o court_n but_o if_o one_o be_v but_o of_o little_a authority_n or_o favour_n with_o the_o prince_n and_o notwithstanding_o malign_v in_o the_o obtain_n 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from_o possession_n of_o this_o favour_n grow_v from_o another_o well_n deserve_a whereby_o the_o concurrent_n indevor_n themselves_o to_o be_v advance_v and_o prefer_v into_o the_o love_n and_o grace_n of_o the_o prince_n it_o shall_v be_v then_o necessary_a to_o take_v another_o way_n and_o true_o howbeit_o it_o fall_v out_o very_o seldom_o that_o any_o master_n who_o have_v bind_v and_o find_v a_o servant_n confident_a unto_o he_o can_v great_o love_v any_o other_o since_o one_o and_o the_o same_o kind_n of_o love_n can_v hardly_o be_v branch_v and_o sever_v into_o diverse_a subject_n notwithstanding_o because_o it_o may_v fall_v out_o &_o often_o time_n it_o have_v be_v see_v come_v to_o pass_v that_o courtier_n who_o for_o a_o time_n be_v favourite_n and_o privado_n have_v be_v expulse_v and_o lose_v their_o grace_n it_o be_v necessary_a in_o such_o case_n to_o show_v the_o mean_n how_o to_o preserve_v the_o same_o the_o first_o precept_n therefore_o be_v that_o he_o endeavour_n by_o diligent_a service_n to_o out_o strip_v his_o concurrent_n in_o good_a desert_n this_o be_v the_o most_o real_a &_o honourable_a way_n succeed_v also_o more_o secure_o tend_v whole_o and_o end_v in_o the_o profit_n and_o commodity_n of_o the_o prince_n from_o who_o as_o we_o have_v often_o say_v proportionable_a favour_n must_v be_v attend_v and_o expect_v according_a to_o the_o actual_a service_n do_v but_o when_o this_o course_n be_v not_o think_v sufficient_a it_o be_v necessary_a as_o much_o as_o be_v possible_a to_o thrust_v off_o and_o keep_v back_o such_o concurrent_n from_o the_o prince_n service_n use_v mean_n that_o either_o very_a seldom_o or_o never_o there_o be_v occasion_n give_v for_o they_o to_o insinuate_v either_o by_o service_n or_o familiarity_n into_o the_o pleasure_n of_o his_o lord_n or_o prince_n this_o will_v easy_o fall_v out_o if_o at_o the_o first_o he_o be_v vigilant_a in_o not_o permit_v any_o man_n to_o thrust_v himself_o too_o forward_o because_o 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word_n of_o great_a consideration_n but_o little_o observe_v vera_fw-la potentia_fw-la augere_fw-la to_o increase_v true_a power_n and_o authority_n and_o herein_o consist_v the_o true_a essential_a judgement_n and_o worth_n of_o the_o courtier_n true_a it_o be_v that_o afterward_o he_o consider_v assiduos_fw-la in_o domum_fw-la coetus_fw-la arcendo_fw-la infringere_fw-la potentiam_fw-la that_o drive_v away_o or_o neglect_v the_o continual_a concourse_n of_o multitude_n that_o come_v unto_o his_o house_n he_o shall_v weaken_v his_o authority_n no_o less_o then_o on_o the_o other_o side_n receptando_fw-la facultatem_fw-la criminantibus_fw-la exhibere_fw-la entertain_v they_o he_o shall_v minister_v matter_n unto_o envious_a find-fault_n last_o thus_o straighten_v in_o this_o difficult_a counsel_n huc_fw-la flexit_fw-la ut_fw-la tiberium_fw-la ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la procul_fw-la romam_fw-la amonis_fw-la locis_fw-la degendam_fw-la impelleret_fw-la he_o thus_o resolve_v that_o he_o will_v 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