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all_o that_o be_v accessary_a to_o the_o sedition_n and_o settle_v their_o affair_n in_o which_o passage_n there_o be_v many_o observable_a thing_n first_o we_o see_v woman_n have_v be_v the_o occasion_n of_o much_o desolation_n prejudice_n and_o dissension_n the_o rape_n of_o lucrece_n lose_v the_o tarquin_n their_o government_n the_o attempt_n upon_o virginia_n be_v the_o ruin_n of_o the_o decem-viri_a and_o aristotle_n in_o his_o politic_n impute_v the_o abomination_n of_o tyranny_n to_o the_o injury_n they_o do_v to_o people_n upon_o the_o account_n of_o woman_n by_o their_o debauchment_n their_o violence_n or_o adultery_n as_o we_o have_v show_v at_o large_a in_o our_o chapter_n about_o conspiracy_n so_o that_o in_o the_o government_n of_o any_o kingdom_n or_o commonwealth_n those_o thing_n be_v not_o to_o be_v reckon_v as_o trifle_n but_o as_o the_o occasion_n of_o much_o mischief_n and_o be_v by_o all_o mean_n to_o be_v prevent_v before_o the_o rancour_n have_v take_v too_o deep_a root_n and_o be_v not_o to_o be_v cure_v but_o by_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o state_n as_o it_o happen_v to_o the_o ardeate_n who_o let_v it_o go_v so_o long_o among_o their_o fellow_n citizen_n that_o at_o last_o they_o come_v to_o a_o absolute_a division_n not_o to_o be_v compose_v nor_o settle_v but_o by_o foreign_a assistance_n which_o be_v always_o the_o forerunner_n of_o servitude_n and_o slavery_n chap._n xxvii_o how_o the_o civil_a discord_n in_o a_o city_n be_v to_o be_v compose_v and_o of_o the_o falsity_n of_o that_o opinion_n that_o the_o best_a way_n to_o keep_v a_o city_n in_o subjection_n be_v to_o keep_v it_o divide_v in_o the_o reconciliation_n of_o a_o city_n that_o be_v labour_v under_o civil_a dissension_n we_o be_v to_o follow_v the_o example_n of_o the_o roman_a consul_n and_o observe_v their_o method_n in_o compose_v the_o distraction_n among_o the_o ardeate_n which_o be_v by_o cut_v off_o the_o chief_a actor_n and_o confiscate_v their_o estate_n 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agitate_a by_o the_o same_o passion_n and_o ambition_n as_o livy_n observe_v in_o most_o of_o they_o and_o particular_o in_o one_o of_o the_o last_o who_o be_v make_v censor_n and_o to_o deposit_v his_o office_n at_o the_o expiration_n of_o 18_o month_n according_a to_o law_n refuse_v it_o absolute_o though_o his_o colleague_n resign_v insist_v upon_o a_o old_a law_n make_v by_o the_o censor_n to_o continue_v their_o magistracy_n for_o five_o year_n and_o though_o there_o be_v many_o meeting_n and_o great_a contention_n and_o tumult_n about_o this_o yet_o in_o spite_n both_o of_o senate_n and_o people_n he_o can_v not_o be_v bring_v to_o deposit_v and_o he_o who_o read_v the_o oration_n which_o he_o make_v against_o p._n sempronius_n the_o tribune_n of_o the_o people_n will_v discern_v the_o insolence_n of_o that_o family_n and_o the_o bounty_n and_o humanity_n of_o several_a other_o citizen_n express_v by_o their_o obedience_n to_o the_o law_n and_o their_o affection_n to_o their_o country_n chap._n xlvii_o a_o good_a citizen_n be_v to_o forget_v all_o private_a injury_n when_o in_o competition_n with_o his_o love_n to_o his_o country_n manlius_n the_o consul_n be_v employ_v in_o the_o war_n against_o the_o samnite_n receive_v a_o wound_n that_o disable_v he_o for_o execute_v his_o charge_n upon_o which_o the_o senate_n think_v sit_v to_o send_v papirius_n cursor_n the_o dictator_n to_o supply_v his_o place_n and_o the_o dictator_n be_v by_o the_o law_n to_o be_v nominate_v by_o fabius_n who_o be_v then_o with_o his_o army_n in_o tuscany_n they_o be_v fearful_a in_o respect_n of_o a_o old_a quarrel_n betwixt_o they_o that_o fabius_n will_v not_o name_v he_o whereupon_o the_o senate_n dispatch_v two_o ambassador_n towards_o he_o to_o entreat_v that_o lay_v aside_o all_o private_a animosity_n he_o will_v name_v cursor_n for_o dictator_n which_o fabius_n do_v out_o of_o love_n to_o his_o country_n though_o by_o his_o sullenness_n and_o silence_n and_o several_a 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without_o dare_v to_o enter_v not_o imagine_v the_o roman_n can_v have_v be_v so_o abject_a and_o imprudent_a as_o to_o have_v abandon_v their_o country_n in_o the_o year_n 1508._o when_o the_o florentine_n besiege_v pisa_n alfonso_n del_fw-it mutolo_n a_o considerable_a citizen_n of_o that_o town_n be_v prisoner_n in_o the_o camp_n promise_v that_o if_o they_o will_v give_v he_o his_o liberty_n he_o will_v deliver_v one_o of_o the_o gate_n into_o their_o hand_n the_o florentine_n believe_v and_o discharge_v he_o but_o come_v afterward_o to_o negotiate_v more_o particular_o with_o certain_a commissioner_n depute_v to_o that_o purpose_n he_o be_v so_o far_o from_o come_v private_o that_o he_o be_v always_o accompany_v with_o several_a of_o the_o pisans_n only_o when_o they_o come_v to_o treat_v he_o desire_v they_o to_o withdraw_v forasmuch_o therefore_o as_o he_o come_v public_o and_o attend_v by_o several_a pisans_n the_o florentine_n have_v good_a reason_n to_o suspect_v the_o 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