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to_o a_o evil_a end_n therefore_o be_v it_o necessary_a if_o a_o man_n will_v gain_v authority_n in_o a_o republic_n and_o induce_v some_o ill_n for_o i_o thereinto_o to_o find_v the_o matter_n already_o disorder_v by_o time_n and_o that_o by_o little_a and_o little_a and_o from_o age_n to_o age_n be_v bring_v into_o disorder_n which_o of_o force_n come_v thereunto_o when_o it_o be_v not_o as_o former_o have_v be_v say_v refreshd_v by_o virtuous_a example_n or_o by_o new_a â—aws_n reduce_v to_o the_o first_o principle_n manliusâ—hen_o â—hen_z have_v be_v a_o rare_a man_n and_o famous_a have_v he_o be_v bear_v in_o a_o corrupt_a city_n and_o therefore_o shall_v those_o citizen_n that_o in_o republic_n undertake_v any_o thing_n either_o in_o favour_n of_o liberty_n or_o in_o favour_n of_o tyranny_n consider_v the_o subject_n they_o be_v to_o work_v on_o and_o from_o thence_o conjecture_v the_o difficulty_n of_o the_o work_n for_o it_o be_v as_o hard_a and_o dangerous_a to_o set_v free_a a_o people_n that_o will_v live_v in_o thraldom_n as_o to_o enthral_v a_o people_n that_o will_v live_v free_a and_o because_o we_o have_v before_o rouchd_v that_o in_o all_o manner_n of_o action_n man_n shall_v consider_v the_o quality_n of_o the_o time_n and_o proceed_v conformable_o to_o those_o we_o will_v speak_v of_o they_o at_o length_n in_o the_o chapter_n follow_v chap._n ix_o how_o a_o man_n must_v of_o necessity_n change_v with_o the_o time_n if_o he_o will_v always_o have_v good_a success_n in_o his_o undertake_n i_o have_v many_o time_n consider_v how_o the_o occasion_n of_o man_n good_a or_o evil_a fortune_n depend_v upon_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o encounter_n of_o their_o proceed_n with_o the_o time_n for_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o some_o man_n proceed_v in_o their_o affair_n with_o violence_n other_o with_o regard_n and_o wariness_n and_o
every_o thing_n chap._n 26._o it_o be_v very_o seldom_o that_o man_n know_v how_o to_o be_v altogether_o mischievous_a or_o altogether_o good_a chap._n 27._o for_o what_o reason_n the_o roman_n be_v less_o ungrateful_a to_o their_o citizen_n than_o the_o athenian_n chap._n 28._o whether_o of_o the_o two_o be_v more_o ungrateful_a people_n or_o a_o prince_n chap._n 29._o what_o mean_v a_o prince_n or_o republic_n shall_v use_v to_o avoid_v this_o vice_n of_o ingratitude_n and_o what_o a_o commander_n or_o citizen_n to_o be_v free_a from_o their_o danger_n chap._n 30._o that_o the_o roman_a commander_n be_v never_o extraordinary_o punish_v for_o any_o error_n commit_v nor_o at_o all_o punish_v when_o either_o by_o their_o ignorance_n or_o upon_o some_o unlucky_a resolution_n take_v by_o they_o the_o commonwealth_n suffer_v chap._n 31._o a_o prince_n or_o republ._n shall_v not_o defer_v to_o do_v good_a unto_o man_n until_o their_o necessity_n require_v it_o chap._n 32._o when_o a_o inconvenience_n be_v grow_v in_o a_o state_n or_o against_o a_o state_n it_o be_v better_a to_o bear_v with_o it_o for_o a_o while_n then_o present_o to_o struggle_v with_o it_o chap._n 33._o the_o dictator_n authority_n do_v good_a and_o not_o harm_n to_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o rome_n and_o how_o authority_n which_o the_o citizen_n take_v upon_o they_o of_o themselves_o and_o not_o those_o that_o be_v give_v they_o by_o the_o people_n free_a voice_n be_v hurtful_a to_o the_o government_n chap._n 34._o the_o reason_n why_o in_o rome_n the_o creation_n of_o the_o decemvirate_n be_v hurtful_a to_o the_o liberty_n of_o that_o republic_n notwithstanding_o that_o it_o be_v make_v by_o public_a and_o free_a voice_n chap._n 35._o the_o citizen_n who_o have_v possess_v the_o great_a charge_n in_o the_o commonwealth_n ought_v not_o disdain_v the_o less_o as_o unworthy_a of_o they_o chap._n 36._o what_o distaste_v the_o agrarian_a law_n give_v in_o rome_n and_o that_o it_o be_v very_o offensive_a to_o make_v a_o law_n in_o a_o commonwealth_n that_o look_v far_o backward_o and_o yet_o go_v direct_o against_o a_o ancient_a custom_n of_o the_o city_n chap._n 37._o weak_a commonwealth_n be_v hardly_o draw_v to_o a_o certain_a resolution_n and_o know_v not_o how_o to_o determine_v and_o the_o course_n they_o ordinary_o take_v they_o be_v rather_o force_v too_o then_o choose_v of_o themselves_o chap._n 38._o the_o same_o accident_n be_v see_v to_o befall_v several_a people_n chap._n 39_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o decemvirate_n in_o rome_n and_o what_o therein_o be_v to_o be_v note_v where_o among_o many_o other_o thing_n be_v consider_v how_o by_o the_o like_a accident_n a_o republic_n may_v be_v preserve_v or_o suppress_v chap._n 40._o of_o humble_a to_o become_v proud_a of_o merciful_a cruel_a without_o pass_v through_o the_o due_a mean_n between_o these_o extreme_n argue_v indiscretion_n and_o turn_v not_o to_o advantage_n chap._n 41._o how_o easy_o man_n may_v be_v corrupt_v chap._n 42._o they_o that_o fight_v for_o their_o own_o glory_n be_v the_o good_a and_o faithful_a soldier_n chap._n 43._o a_o multitude_n without_o a_o head_n be_v unprofitable_a and_o a_o man_n shall_v not_o first_o threaten_v and_o afterward_o demand_v the_o power_n chap._n 44._o it_o be_v a_o matter_n of_o very_o evil_a example_n when_o he_o that_o make_v a_o law_n neglect_v the_o observe_v of_o it_o and_o it_o be_v very_o dangerous_a in_o a_o state_n to_o make_v a_o continual_a practice_n of_o cruel_a execution_n chap._n 45._o man_n arise_v by_o degree_n from_o one_o ambition_n to_o another_o and_o first_o they_o aim_v no_o further_o then_o that_o they_o themselves_o suffer_v no_o harm_n of_o other_o afterward_o they_o strive_v to_o be_v able_a to_o hurt_v other_o chap._n 46._o man_n though_o they_o be_v deceive_v in_o generality_n yet_o be_v they_o not_o so_o easy_o beguile_v in_o particular_n chap._n 47._o he_o that_o will_v not_o have_v a_o magistracy_n give_v to_o one_o that_o be_v base_a and_o lewd_a let_v he_o cause_v it_o to_o be_v demand_v either_o by_o one_o that_o be_v very_o base_a and_o very_a lewd_a or_o by_o one_o that_o be_v very_o noble_a and_o very_a good_a chap._n 48._o if_o those_o city_n that_o have_v have_v their_o beginning_n free_a as_o rome_n have_v find_v difficulty_n to_o make_v law_n that_o can_v maintain_v they_o so_o those_o that_o have_v have_v their_o beginning_n immediate_o servile_a find_v almost_o a_o impossibility_n chap._n 49._o the_o power_n of_o stop_v the_o public_a action_n of_o the_o city_n shall_v not_o be_v give_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o one_o council_n or_o one_o magistracy_n chap._n 50._o a_o commonwealth_n or_o prince_n shall_v make_v a_o show_n to_o do_v that_o of_o a_o free_a mind_n which_o indeed_o mere_a necessity_n compel_v they_o to_o do_v chap._n 51._o to_o stay_v the_o insolence_n of_o one_o that_o grow_v powerful_a in_o a_o commonwealth_n there_o be_v no_o way_n more_o secure_a and_o less_o offensive_a then_o to_o seize_v beforehand_o and_o so_o prevent_v he_o of_o those_o way_n by_o which_o he_o attain_v to_o that_o power_n chap._n 52._o the_o people_n deceive_v by_o a_o false_a show_n of_o good_a oftentimes_o seek_v their_o own_o ruin_n and_o great_a hope_n and_o large_a promise_n do_v easy_o move_v they_o chap._n 53._o what_o authority_n the_o presence_n of_o a_o great_a and_o worthy_a personage_n have_v to_o appease_v and_o quiet_v the_o rage_n of_o a_o multitude_n chap._n 54._o how_o easy_o thing_n be_v order_v in_o a_o city_n where_o the_o people_n be_v not_o corrupt_v and_o that_o where_o a_o parity_n be_v there_o be_v no_o place_n for_o a_o principality_n and_o where_o that_o be_v not_o a_o republic_n can_v be_v chap._n 55._o before_o strange_a accident_n and_o change_n befall_v a_o city_n or_o country_n usual_o there_o be_v some_o prodigy_n that_o forerun_v they_o or_o man_n that_o foretell_v they_o chap._n 56._o a_o common_a people_n unite_v be_v strong_a and_o vigorous_a but_o take_v apart_o and_o separate_v vile_a and_o contemptible_a chap._n 57_o the_o multitude_n be_v more_o wise_a and_o constant_a than_o a_o prince_n chap._n 58._o what_o confederation_n or_o league_n be_v rather_o to_o be_v trust_v either_o that_o which_o be_v make_v with_o a_o republic_n or_o that_o be_v make_v with_o a_o prince_n chap._n 59_o how_o the_o consulship_n and_o every_o other_o magistracy_n in_o rome_n be_v give_v without_o respect_n of_o age_n chap._n 60._o the_o table_n of_o the_o second_o book_n which_o contribute_v more_o to_o the_o roman_n in_o the_o conquest_n of_o their_o empire_n either_o their_o virtue_n or_o their_o fortune_n chap._n 1._o what_o people_n the_o roman_n have_v to_o make_v war_n withal_o and_o how_o obstinate_o they_o fight_v for_o the_o defence_n of_o their_o liberty_n chap._n 2._o rome_n become_v a_o great_a city_n by_o ruine_v those_o that_o be_v near_a neighbour_n unto_o she_o and_o by_o admit_v stranger_n without_o difficulty_n to_o share_v in_o her_o dignity_n chap._n 3._o republic_n have_v take_v three_o particular_a course_n to_o amplify_v and_o enlarge_v their_o state_n chap._n 4._o that_o the_o change_n of_o religion_n and_o language_n together_o with_o the_o chance_n of_o flood_n and_o pestilence_n abolish_v the_o memory_n of_o thing_n chap._n 5._o how_o the_o roman_n proceed_v in_o make_v of_o war_n chap._n 6._o how_o much_o land_n the_o roman_n allow_v to_o each_o man_n they_o send_v out_o to_o inhabit_v their_o colony_n chap._n 7._o the_o occasion_n wherefore_o people_n leave_v their_o own_o native_a soil_n and_o invade_v other_o country_n chap._n 8._o upon_o what_o occasion_n war_n be_v begin_v among_o prince_n chap._n 9_o money_n be_v not_o the_o sinew_n of_o war_n according_a to_o the_o common_a opinion_n chap._n 10._o it_o be_v not_o a_o match_n wise_o make_v to_o join_v alliance_n with_o a_o prince_n who_o credit_n be_v great_a than_o his_o strength_n chap._n 11._o whether_o it_o be_v better_a for_o a_o prince_n fear_v to_o be_v assail_v by_o his_o enemy_n himself_n first_o to_o begin_v the_o war_n with_o he_o or_o to_o expect_v while_o it_o come_v home_o to_o he_o chap._n 12._o that_o man_n rise_v from_o poor_a and_o small_a beginning_n to_o great_a fortune_n rather_o by_o the_o help_n of_o guile_n then_o force_n chap._n 13._o they_o be_v often_o deceive_v who_o think_v with_o humility_n to_o overcome_v pride_n chap._n 14._o weak_a state_n be_v always_o irresolute_a in_o their_o determination_n and_o slow_a deliberation_n be_v always_o hurtful_a chap._n 15._o how_o much_o the_o order_n use_v by_o our_o soldier_n in_o these_o modern_a time_n differ_v from_o those_o of_o the_o ancient_n chap._n 16._o what_o esteem_v our_o modern_a army_n ought_v to_o have_v of_o artillery_n and_o if_o the_o opinion_n which_o be_v general_o conceive_v of_o it_o be_v true_a chap._n 17._o how_o
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 may_v be_v able_a to_o cause_v other_o who_o take_v delight_n in_o the_o art_n to_o draw_v copy_n thereof_o and_o these_o likewise_o endeavour_v as_o lively_a as_o they_o can_v to_o represent_v it_o again_o in_o all_o their_o work_n and_o on_o the_o other_o side_n see_v the_o most_o virtuous_a action_n that_o history_n relate_v we_o to_o have_v be_v archieve_v by_o kingdom_n ancient_a commonwealth_n king_n captain_n citizen_n and_o lawgiver_n and_o such_o other_o who_o have_v undergo_v much_o for_o their_o country_n good_a that_o these_o i_o say_v have_v be_v rather_o admire_v then_o follow_v or_o rather_o by_o every_o one_o have_v be_v so_o much_o avoid_v that_o now_o the_o very_a footstep_n of_o that_o ancient_a virtue_n be_v utter_o deface_v i_o can_v but_o both_o marvel_n and_o grieve_v and_o the_o rather_o because_o i_o perceive_v that_o in_o matter_n of_o process_n arise_v in_o a_o commonwealth_n among_o citizen_n or_o in_o criminal_a cause_n recourse_n be_v always_o make_v to_o those_o judgement_n and_o those_o remedy_n which_o former_o have_v be_v ordain_v and_o practise_v by_o the_o ancient_n for_o the_o civil-lawe_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o opinion_n give_v by_o ancient_a lawyer_n which_o since_o have_v be_v reduce_v to_o a_o method_n todirect_a our_o doctor_n of_o the_o law_n now_o a_o day_n in_o give_v of_o their_o judgement_n yet_o for_o all_o this_o in_o the_o order_n of_o commonwealth_n in_o the_o maintenance_n of_o state_n in_o the_o government_n of_o kingdom_n in_o ordain_v of_o military_a discipline_n in_o wage_n of_o war_n in_o give_v judgement_n upon_o the_o subject_n in_o amplify_a of_o the_o empire_n there_o be_v neither_o prince_n nor_o republic_n commander_n nor_o citizen_n who_o ever_o seek_v after_o any_o of_o these_o ancient_a pattern_n which_o i_o persuade_v myself_o proceed_v not_o so_o much_o from_o that_o weakness_n into_o which_o the_o breed_n and_o custom_n now_o a_o day_n have_v bring_v the_o world_n or_o from_o that_o evil_n which_o idleness_n accompany_v with_o ambition_n have_v do_v to_o many_o christian_a country_n and_o city_n as_o from_o their_o want_n of_o the_o true_a knowledge_n of_o history_n in_o that_o by_o read_v they_o they_o conceive_v not_o that_o meaning_n nor_o relish_n that_o tastethey_a have_v in_o they_o whence_o it_o arise_v that_o many_o who_o read_v take_v delight_n to_o hear_v the_o variety_n of_o accident_n which_o be_v frequent_a in_o they_o without_o further_a regard_n of_o imitate_v they_o deem_v that_o not_o only_o hard_a but_o unpossible_a as_o if_o the_o heaven_n the_o sun_n the_o element_n and_o man_n be_v alter_v from_o what_o they_o be_v of_o old_a in_o theâ—ir_a motion_n order_n and_o power_n wherefore_o be_v desirous_a to_o withdraw_v man_n from_o this_o error_n i_o think_v fit_a to_o write_v upon_o these_o book_n of_o t_o livius_n which_o have_v escape_v the_o malice_n of_o the_o time_n what_o i_o think_v conformable_a to_o modern_a and_o ancient_a affair_n of_o purpose_n for_o the_o better_a understanding_n of_o they_o that_o they_o who_o shall_v well_o peruse_v these_o discourse_n of_o i_o may_v there_o reap_v that_o profit_n for_o which_o end_n the_o knowledge_n of_o history_n ought_v to_o be_v seek_v after_o and_o however_o this_o be_v a_o task_n of_o great_a difficulty_n yet_o by_o the_o help_n of_o those_o who_o have_v encourage_v i_o to_o undergo_v this_o burden_n i_o believe_v i_o shall_v carry_v it_o so_o far_o onward_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v leave_v for_o he_o that_o come_v after_o i_o but_o very_o little_a way_n to_o bring_v it_o to_o a_o good_a end_n chap._n i._n what_o be_v in_o general_a the_o beginning_n of_o every_o city_n and_o especial_o that_o of_o rome_n whosoever_o shall_v read_v what_o beginning_n the_o city_n of_o rome_n have_v who_o be_v the_o lawmaker_n and_o how_o it_o be_v found_v will_v nothing_o marvel_v that_o so_o great_a virtue_n be_v continue_v so_o many_o year_n in_o the_o city_n and_o that_o from_o thence_o afterward_o there_o grow_v so_o mighty_a a_o empire_n to_o which_o that_o commonwealth_n attain_v and_o therefore_o to_o discourse_v first_o of_o her_o birth_n i_o say_v that_o all_o city_n be_v build_v either_o by_o the_o native_n of_o the_o place_n they_o be_v build_v in_o or_o by_o stranger_n the_o first_o come_v to_o pass_v when_o the_o inhabitant_n be_v disperse_v in_o many_o and_o small_a number_n find_v they_o can_v live_v safe_a each_o one_o not_o have_v strength_n apart_o as_o well_o by_o reason_n of_o their_o situation_n as_o their_o small_a number_n to_o resist_v the_o violence_n of_o those_o that_o will_v force_v they_o or_o if_o they_o will_v join_v together_o for_o their_o defence_n the_o enemy_n come_v upon_o they_o they_o can_v do_v it_o in_o time_n and_o when_o they_o shall_v be_v in_o one_o body_n they_o must_v of_o necessity_n abandon_v divers_a of_o their_o retreat_n &_o so_o become_v a_o sudden_a prey_n to_o their_o enemy_n wherefore_o to_o escape_v these_o danger_n either_o of_o themselves_o or_o upon_o the_o motion_n of_o some_o one_o of_o authority_n among_o they_o they_o confine_v themselves_o to_o dwell_v together_o in_o a_o place_n choose_v as_o well_o for_o their_o better_a commodity_n of_o live_v as_o more_o facility_n of_o defence_n of_o this_o sort_n among_o many_o other_o be_v athens_n &_o venice_n the_o first_o under_o the_o command_n of_o theseus_n be_v upon_o the_o like_a occasion_n build_v by_o the_o scatter_a inhabitant_n the_o other_o much_o people_n be_v retire_v into_o certain_a little_a land_n at_o the_o point_n of_o the_o adriatic_a sea_n to_o avoid_v those_o war_n which_o then_o be_v beginning_n in_o italy_n by_o reason_n of_o those_o huge_a and_o continual_a inundation_n of_o barbarian_n upon_o the_o decline_a of_o the_o roman_a empire_n begin_v among_o themselves_o without_o the_o authority_n of_o any_o particular_a prince_n to_o live_v under_o those_o law_n they_o think_v most_o proper_a for_o their_o 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course_n they_o ordinary_o take_v they_o be_v rather_o force_v to_o then_o choose_v of_o themselves_o there_o be_v in_o rome_n a_o very_a grievous_a pestilence_n and_o thereupon_o the_o volsci_n and_o the_o equi_fw-la think_v a_o fit_a time_n present_v to_o bring_v the_o city_n of_o rome_n into_o subjection_n these_o two_o people_n have_v get_v a_o very_a great_a army_n together_o set_v upon_o the_o latini_n and_o the_o hernici_n and_o waste_v their_o country_n this_o the_o latini_n and_o hernici_n be_v constrain_v to_o give_v notice_n of_o at_o rome_n and_o entreat_v that_o the_o roman_n will_v undertake_v their_o defence_n to_o who_o the_o roman_n exceed_o afflict_v by_o the_o plague_n answer_v that_o they_o shall_v take_v a_o course_n to_o defend_v themselves_o with_o their_o own_o force_n because_o they_o be_v not_o then_o able_a to_o do_v it_o wherein_o appear_v the_o magnanimity_n and_o wisdom_n of_o that_o senate_n that_o even_o in_o all_o fortune_n they_o will_v reign_v and_o 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