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upon_o this_o maxim_n of_o his_o father_n for_o in_o all_o matter_n of_o his_o government_n he_o be_v observe_v to_o walk_v by_o the_o same_o rule_n and_o direction_n which_o be_v bequeath_v to_o he_o as_o well_o as_o his_o inheritance_n and_o yet_o for_o all_o this_o doubful_a estate_n of_o the_o prime_a vizier_n some_o have_v be_v know_v to_o manage_v this_o office_n eighteen_o or_o nineteen_o year_n and_o afterward_o weary_v with_o care_n and_o pain_n to_o acquit_v it_o by_o a_o natural_a death_n from_o whence_o this_o question_n may_v arise_v whether_o the_o favour_n or_o displeasure_n of_o the_o prince_n depend_v on_o the_o destiny_n or_o fortune_n we_o be_v bear_v to_o or_o whether_o humane_a counsel_n can_v assign_v a_o way_n between_o contumaciousness_n and_o flattery_n wherein_o to_o steer_v free_a from_o danger_n and_o ambition_n vnde_fw-la dubitare_fw-la cogor_fw-la fato_fw-la &_o sort_n nascendi_fw-la ut_fw-la cetera_fw-la ita_fw-la principum_fw-la inclinatio_fw-la in_o 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