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because_o lucca_n have_v five_o gate_n he_o divide_v the_o country_n into_o five_o part_n arm_v they_o and_o distribute_v they_o under_o captain_n and_o colour_n so_o that_o on_o a_o sudden_a he_o be_v able_a to_o bring_v together_o above_o twenty_o thousand_o man_n into_o the_o field_n beside_o the_o help_n he_o may_v have_v from_o pisa_n he_o then_o be_v environ_v with_o these_o force_n and_o friend_n it_o fortune_v that_o mr._n mattheo_n visconti_n be_v assail_v by_o the_o guelph_n of_o piacuza_n who_o have_v drive_v out_o the_o gibellin_n in_o who_o behalf_n the_o florentine_n and_o king_n robert_n have_v send_v their_o troop_n whereupon_o mr._n mattheo_n entreat_v castruccio_n to_o affaile_v the_o florentine_n that_o they_o be_v constrain_v to_o defend_v their_o own_o home_n shall_v call_v back_o their_o man_n out_o of_o londarby_n so_o castruccio_n with_o a_o good_a army_n enter_v the_o vale_n arno_n take_v fucachio_n and_o st._n miniato_n with_o great_a damage_n of_o the_o country_n and_o upon_o this_o occasion_n the_o florentine_n be_v force_v to_o call_v back_o their_o troop_n who_o be_v hardly_o return_v into_o tuscany_n but_o castruccio_n be_v compel_v upon_o another_o necessity_n to_o haste_n back_o to_o lucca_n and_o in_o that_o city_n the_o family_n of_o poggio_n be_v of_o such_o power_n and_o authority_n as_o that_o it_o have_v make_v castruccio_n not_o only_o great_a but_o prince_n also_o and_o not_o take_v themselves_o to_o have_v be_v requite_v as_o they_o have_v deserve_v agree_v with_o other_o family_n of_o lucca_n to_o move_v the_o city_n to_o rebellion_n and_o to_o chase_n castruccio_n thence_o whereupon_o take_v occasion_n one_o morning_n they_o come_v arm_v upon_o the_o deputy_n who_o castruccio_n have_v there_o ordain_v over_o justice_n and_o slay_v he_o and_o further_o purpose_v to_o raise_v the_o people_n to_o commotion_n steven_n of_o poggio_n a_o arcient_a and_o peaceable_a man_n who_o have_v no_o hand_n at_o all_o in_o this_o conspiracy_n come_v before_o they_o constrain_v his_o friend_n by_o his_o authority_n among_o they_o to_o lay_v aside_o their_o arm_n offer_v himself_o to_o mediate_v with_o castruccio_n for_o they_o that_o he_o shall_v satisfy_v their_o desire_n thus_o they_o lay_v down_o their_o arm_n but_o not_o with_o great_a discretion_n than_o they_o have_v take_v they_o up_o for_o castruccio_n have_v have_v notice_n of_o these_o novelty_n befall_v in_o lucca_n without_o make_v any_o delay_n with_o part_n of_o his_o troop_n leave_v paul_n guinigi_n commander_n of_o the_o residue_n come_v thence_o to_o lucca_n where_o have_v find_v the_o tumult_n appease_v beyond_o his_o expectation_n deem_v he_o may_v with_o the_o more_o ease_n secure_v himself_o dispose_v those_o of_o his_o party_n in_o several_a place_n as_o best_a be_v for_o his_o turn_n steven_n of_o poggio_n think_v with_o himself_o that_o castruccio_n be_v behold_v to_o he_o go_v to_o he_o and_o entreat_v not_o for_o
fortune_n of_o their_o family_n as_o the_o valour_n of_o their_o ancestor_n these_o three_o then_o be_v come_v up_o to_o the_o duke_n and_o do_v their_o obeisance_n be_v receive_v by_o he_o with_o a_o cheerful_a countenance_n and_o present_o by_o those_o who_o have_v charge_n to_o look_v to_o they_o take_v between_o they_o but_o when_o the_o duke_n see_v that_o oliverotto_n be_v want_v who_o have_v stay_v with_o his_o man_n at_o sinigallia_n and_o attend_v before_o at_o the_o broad_a place_n by_o his_o lodging_n above_o the_o river_n to_o keep_v they_o in_o order_n and_o exercise_v they_o he_o wink_v upon_o don_n michael_n to_o who_o the_o care_n of_o oliverotto_n be_v commit_v that_o he_o shall_v take_v such_o order_n that_o oliverotto_n shall_v not_o escape_v he_o whereupon_o don_n michael_n ride_v before_o and_o be_v come_v to_o oliverotto_n to_o tell_v he_o that_o now_o it_o be_v not_o a_o time_n to_o hold_v his_o man_n together_o out_o of_o their_o lodging_n because_o than_o they_o will_v be_v take_v from_o they_o by_o the_o duke_n soldier_n and_o therefore_o persuade_v he_o to_o send_v they_o to_o their_o lodging_n and_o go_v with_o he_o to_o meet_v the_o duke_n which_o when_o oliverotto_n have_v do_v the_o duke_n come_v and_o have_v see_v see_v he_o call_v he_o to_o who_o oliverotto_n have_v make_v reverence_n he_o join_v in_o troop_n with_o the_o rest_n and_o enter_v into_o sinigallia_n where_o all_o dismount_v at_o the_o duke_n lodging_n enter_v with_o he_o into_o a_o private_a chamber_n they_o be_v hold_v prisoner_n to_o the_o duke_n who_o present_o get_v a_o horseback_n and_o command_v that_o oliverotto_n and_o the_o orsiny_n soldier_n shall_v be_v all_o rifle_a oliveroto_n be_v all_o pillage_v by_o reason_n they_o be_v near_o at_o hand_n those_o that_o belong_v to_o the_o orsini_n and_o the_o vitelli_n be_v more_o remote_a have_v before_o hear_v of_o the_o ruin_n of_o their_o master_n have_v time_n to_o get_v together_o where_o call_v to_o mind_n the_o valour_n and_o discipline_n of_o the_o family_n of_o the_o orsini_n and_o vitelli_n joint_o all_o in_o one_o body_n in_o despite_n of_o the_o country_n and_o their_o enemy_n power_n they_o save_v themselves_o but_o the_o duke_n soldier_n not_o satisfy_v with_o the_o pillage_n of_o of_o oliverotto_n soldier_n begin_v to_o sack_n sinigallia_n and_o have_v not_o the_o duke_n by_o the_o death_n of_o many_o stop_v their_o insolence_n they_o will_v utter_o have_v sack_v it_o but_o night_n be_v come_v and_o all_o stir_v quiet_a the_o duke_n think_v fit_a to_o put_v vitellozzo_n and_o oliverotto_n to_o death_n and_o have_v bring_v they_o together_o cause_v they_o to_o be_v strangle_v where_o neither_o of_o they_o speak_v any_o thing_n worthy_a of_o their_o life_n past_a for_o vitelozzo_n pray_v that_o supplication_n shall_v be_v make_v to_o the_o pope_n to_o grant_v he_o a_o plenary_a indulgence_n of_o all_o his_o fin_n oliverotto_n much_o lament_v himself_o cast_v all_o the_o fault_n of_o the_o injury_n against_o the_o duke_n on_o vitelozzo_n back_n paul_n and_o the_o duke_n of_o gravina_n be_v keep_v alive_a till_o the_o duke_n have_v word_n that_o at_o rome_n the_o pope_n have_v lay_v hold_n on_o the_o cardinal_n orsino_n the_o archbishop_n of_o florence_n and_o master_n james_n of_o the_o holy_a cross_n after_o which_o news_n upon_o the_o 18_o of_o january_n at_o the_o castle_n of_o pieve_v they_o also_o be_v strangle_v in_o the_o like_a manner_n the_o table_n of_o the_o chapter_n in_o the_o prince_n chap._n 1._o how_o many_o sort_n of_o principality_n there_o be_v and_o how_o many_o way_n they_o be_v attain_v to_o pag._n 1_o chap._n 2._o of_o hereditary_a principality_n p._n 2_o chap._n 3._o of_o mix_a principality_n p_o 3_o chap._n 4._o wherefore_o darius_n his_o kingdom_n take_v by_o alexander_n rebel_v not_o against_o his_o successor_n after_o alexander_n death_n p._n 13_o chap._n 5._o in_o what_o manner_n city_n and_o principality_n be_v to_o be_v govern_v which_o before_o they_o be_v conquer_v live_v under_o their_o own_o law_n p._n 17_o chap._n 6._o of_o new_a principality_n that_o be_v conquer_v by_o one_o own_o arm_n and_o valour_n p._n 19_o chap._n 7._o of_o new_a principality_n get_v by_o fortune_n and_o other_o man_n force_n p._n 23_o chap._n 8._o concern_v those_o who_o by_o wicked_a mean_n have_v attain_v to_o a_o principality_n p._n 34_o chap._n 9_o of_o the_o civil_a principality_n p._n 40_o chap._n 10._o in_o what_o manner_n the_o force_n of_o all_o principality_n ought_v to_o be_v measure_v p._n 45_o chap._n 11._o concern_v ecclesiastical_a principality_n p._n 47_o chap._n 12._o how_o many_o sort_n of_o military_a discipline_n there_o be_v and_o touch_v mercenary_a soldier_n p._n 51_o chap._n 13._o of_o auxiliary_a soldier_n mix_v and_o native_n p._n 57_o chap._n 14._o what_o belong_v to_o the_o prince_n touch_v military_a discipline_n p._n 62_o chap._n 15._o of_o those_o thing_n in_o respect_n whereof_o man_n and_o especial_o prince_n be_v praise_v or_o dispraise_v p._n 65_o chap._n 16._o of_o liherality_n and_o miserableness_n p._n 68_o chap._n 17._o of_o cruelty_n and_o clemency_n and_o whether_o it_o be_v better_a to_o be_v belove_v or_o fear_v p._n 70_o chap._n 18._o in_o what_o manner_n prince_n ought_v to_o keep_v their_o word_n p._n 75_o chap._n 19_o that_o prince_n shall_v take_v a_o care_n not_o to_o incur_v contempt_n or_o hatred_n p._n 80_o chap._n 20._o whether_o the_o citadel_n and_o many_o other_o thing_n which_o prince_n make_v use_v of_o be_v profitable_a or_o damageable_a p._n 93_o chap._n 21._o how_o a_o prince_n ought_v to_o behave_v himself_o to_o gain_v reputation_n p._n 99_o chap._n 22._o touch_v prince_n secretary_n p._n 103_o chap._n 23._o that_o flatterer_n be_v to_o be_v avoid_v p._n 105_o chap._n 24._o wherefore_o the_o prince_n of_o italy_n have_v lose_v their_o state_n p._n 110_o chap._n 25._o how_o great_a power_n fortune_n have_v in_o humane_a affair_n and_o what_o mean_v there_o be_v to_o resist_v it_o p._n 112_o chap._n 26._o a_o exhortation_n to_o free_a italy_n from_o the_o barbarion_n p._n 117_o the_o life_n of_o castruccio_n castracani_n of_o lucca_n p._n 123_o a_o relation_n of_o the_o course_n take_v by_o the_o duke_n valentine_n in_o the_o murder_n of_o vitelozzo_n vitelli_n olverotto_n of_o fermo_n paul_n and_o the_o duke_n of_o gravita_n all_o of_o the_o family_n of_o the_o orsini_n p._n 159_o fnis._n *_o without_o question_v the_o end_n be_v ambition_n royalty_n admit_v no_o companion_n of_o who_o to_o free_v himself_o it_o seem_v that_o romulus_n stand_v not_o much_o upon_o how_o lawful_a mean_n he_o use_v for_o cain-like_a he_o slay_v his_o brother_n and_o consent_v to_o titus_n tatius_n his_o death_n without_o doubt_n for_o venture_v to_o take_v part_n in_o the_o authority_n and_o touch_v this_o it_o may_v be_v machiavelli_n will_v speak_v true_a near_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o his_o 18._o chapt._n where_o he_o say_v because_o the_o restore_n of_o a_o city_n to_o a_o civil_a and_o politic_a government_n presuppose_v a_o good_a man_n and_o by_o violence_n to_o become_v a_o prince_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n presuppose_v a_o evil_a man_n for_o this_o cause_n it_o shall_v very_o seldom_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o a_o good_a man_n will_v ever_o strive_v to_o make_v himself_o prince_n by_o mischievous_a way_n although_o his_o end_n therein_o be_v all_o good_a nor_o will_v a_o wicked_a man_n by_o wicked_a mean_n attain_v to_o be_v prince_n do_v good_a nor_o ever_o come_v it_o into_o his_o heart_n to_o use_v that_o authority_n well_o which_o by_o evil_a mean_n he_o come_v to_o and_o so_o at_o the_o very_a end_n of_o the_o same_o 18._o chap._n he_o conclude_v that_o though_o the_o intent_n be_v not_o good_a there_o may_v be_v a_o fair_a colour_n set_v upon_o it_o by_o a_o good_a success_n whereby_o our_o politician_n however_o he_o wind_v and_o turn_n come_v at_o length_n to_o discover_v his_o evil_a ground_n he_o take_v that_o jus_fw-la regnandi_fw-la gratia_fw-la violandum_fw-la est_fw-la aliis_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la pietatem_fw-la colas_fw-la as_o be_v that_o of_o euripides_n virtue_n continue_v seldom_o by_o descent_n and_o this_o to_o show_v their_o spring_n the_o government_n and_o that_o his_o gift_n best_o term_v and_o by_o he_o send_v *_o ammiratus_fw-la tax_n he_o say_v it_o be_v rather_o the_o opinion_n of_o a_o cunning_a and_o crafty_a man_n then_o of_o one_o that_o have_v either_o any_o religion_n or_o morality_n in_o he_o who_o plain_a and_o simple_a condition_n ought_v to_o be_v free_a from_o all_o fraud_n and_o falsehood_n and_o however_o the_o roman_n be_v deceive_v herein_o which_o can_v be_v deny_v yet_o without_o doubt_n they_o never_o do_v this_o think_v to_o deceive_v themselves_o or_o with_o intention_n to_o deceive_v other_o thus_o