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ought_v to_o be_v undertake_v either_o with_o ignominy_n or_o with_o glory_n or_o whatsoever_o way_n it_o be_v do_v it_o be_v well_o defend_v chap._n 41._o promise_v extort_a by_o force_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v keep_v chap._n 42._o those_o man_n that_o be_v breed_v in_o the_o same_o country_n do_v throughout_o all_o age_n keep_v very_o near_o the_o same_o nature_n and_o dispositim_fw-la chap._n 43._o by_o sudden_a supprisal_n and_o boldness_n many_o time_n more_o be_v obtain_v then_o by_o ordinary_a mean_n can_v be_v get_v chap._n 44._o which_o course_n be_v the_o better_a in_o a_o battle_n either_o at_o the_o first_o to_o sustain_v only_o the_o enemy_n shock_n and_o reserve_v some_o force_n till_o the_o latter_a end_n to_o give_v they_o a_o blow_n withal_o or_o else_o as_o upon_o themaine_v to_o venture_v all_o upon_o the_o fury_n of_o the_o first_o onset_n chap._n 45._o whence_o proceed_v it_o that_o one_o family_n in_o a_o city_n hold_v a_o long_a time_n the_o same_o manner_n and_o disposition_n chap._n 46._o that_o a_o good_a citizen_n for_o the_o good_a of_o his_o country_n ought_v to_o forget_v all_o private_a wrong_n chap._n 47._o when_o we_o see_v the_o enemy_n commit_v a_o great_a error_n we_o ought_v to_o believe_v there_o be_v some_o treachery_n in_o the_o business_n chap._n 48._o a_o republic_n if_o one_o will_v preserve_v it_o free_a have_v every_o day_n neeed_o of_o provision_n of_o new_a order_n and_o in_o regard_n of_o his_o good_a desert_n that_o way_n fabius_n be_v term_v magnus_n chap._n 49._o finis_fw-la machiavel_n discourse_n upon_o the_o first_o decade_n of_o t._n livius_n translate_v out_o of_o italian_a the_o preface_n when_o i_o consider_v the_o esteem_n which_o be_v make_v of_o antiquity_n and_o that_o many_o time_n let_v pass_n further_a example_n a_o small_a piece_n of_o a_o ancient_a statute_n have_v be_v buy_v at_o a_o great_a rate_n only_o to_o have_v it_o at_o hand_n to_o adorn_v the_o house_n withal_o and_o that_o thereby_o they_o 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