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disciplinae_fw-la capua_n instrumentum_fw-la omnium_fw-la voluptatum_fw-la delinitos_fw-la militum_fw-la animos_fw-la avertit_fw-la a_o memoria_fw-la patriae_fw-la capua_n at_o that_o time_n be_v no_o place_n for_o military_a discipline_n for_o be_v the_o instrument_n and_o contriver_n of_o all_o sort_n of_o sensuality_n it_o debauch_v the_o mind_n of_o the_o soldier_n from_o the_o memory_n of_o his_o country_n and_o certain_o such_o city_n and_o province_n do_v revenge_v themselves_o of_o their_o conqueror_n without_o effusion_n of_o blood_n for_o diffuse_v their_o ill_a manner_n among_o his_o people_n they_o become_v so_o weak_a and_o enervate_v thereby_o that_o they_o be_v at_o the_o mercy_n of_o whoever_o assail_v they_o which_o juvenal_n have_v excellent_o well_o express_v when_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o by_o their_o conversation_n among_o stranger_n the_o roman_a manner_n be_v so_o change_v that_o instead_o of_o their_o old_a temperance_n and_o parsimony_n they_o be_v give_v up_o whole_o to_o luxury_n and_o excess_n stevior_fw-la armis_fw-la luxuria_fw-la incubuit_fw-la victumque_fw-la ulciscitur_fw-la orbem_fw-la what_o by_o the_o conquer_a world_n can_v never_o be_v revenge_v by_o force_n be_v do_v by_o luxury_n thing_n be_v thus_o and_o even_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n notwithstanding_o the_o excellence_n of_o their_o constitution_n and_o discipline_n be_v subject_a to_o suffer_v and_o be_v corrupt_v by_o their_o new_a acquisition_n what_o will_v become_v of_o those_o who_o have_v no_o such_o virtue_n nor_o education_n to_o defend_v they_o but_o beside_o all_o the_o error_n abovementioned_a be_v guilty_a of_o another_o as_o dangerous_a as_o the_o rest_n and_o that_o be_v by_o make_v use_n in_o their_o war_n not_o of_o their_o own_o subject_n or_o soldier_n but_o of_o auxiliary_n and_o hireling_n chap._n xx._n no_o prince_n or_o commonwealth_n without_o manifest_a danger_n can_v employ_v foreign_a force_n either_o auxiliary_a or_o mercenary_a have_v i_o not_o discourse_v at_o large_a in_o another_o place_n about_o the_o inconvenience_n of_o auxiliary_a or_o merâ—â—â—â—â—â—_n force_n in_o respect_n of_o one_o own_o i_o will_v have_v take_v this_o opportunity_n to_o have_v speak_v more_o of_o it_o here_o than_o i_o shall_v do_v now_o but_o have_v do_v it_o already_o i_o shall_v only_o touch_v upon_o it_o at_o present_a which_o i_o can_v forbear_v upon_o a_o new_a occasion_n which_o i_o have_v meet_v withal_o in_o liur_n i_o call_v those_o force_n auxiliary_n which_o a_o prince_n or_o confederate_a send_v to_o your_o assistance_n under_o his_o own_o officer_n and_o pay_v of_o this_o sort_n be_v the_o two_o legion_n which_o after_o the_o defeat_n of_o the_o samnite_n upon_o the_o importunity_n of_o the_o capuâ—â—_n 〈◊〉_d leave_v with_o they_o for_o the_o security_n of_o their_o city_n but_o those_o legion_n which_o be_v intend_v for_o the_o defence_n of_o that_o city_n languish_v in_o ease_n and_o wallow_v in_o luxury_n begin_v to_o 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their_o friend_n move_v sometime_o by_o their_o own_o and_o
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