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pertinax_n again_o in_o who_o predominant_a few_o vice_n be_v yet_o narrowness_n of_o heart_n make_v he_o the_o fortune_n of_o great_a army_n want_v where_o caesar_n mix_v with_o vice_n worth_a and_o art_n have_v with_o the_o people_n for_o his_o death_n such_o moan_n as_o if_o in_o he_o rome_n have_v be_v overthrow_v 152._o in_o he_o that_o first_o do_v spoil_v her_o treasury_n ravage_n her_o province_n and_o tyrannize_v while_o as_o bewitch_v with_o prodigality_n they_o sell_v themselves_o for_o what_o in_o their_o power_n lie_v thus_o please_a vice_n sometime_o raise_v a_o crown_n as_o austere_a virtue_n often_o pull_v it_o down_o 153._o power_n therefore_o must_v those_o womanish_a slight_a error_n which_o publish_v to_o the_o world_n self-love_n or_o fear_n careful_o shun_v as_o crafty_a people_n mirroirs_fw-fr to_o show_v both_o what_o the_o king_n and_o crown_n can_v bear_v and_o teach_v mankind_n on_o humour_n to_o take_v hold_n that_o otherwise_o with_o throne_n dare_v not_o be_v bold_a 154._o from_o hence_o the_o macedonian_n do_v get_v heart_n to_o dally_v with_o that_o tenderness_n they_o find_v in_o their_o great_a king_n and_o fine_o frame_v a_o art_n to_o keep_v the_o monarch_n with_o his_o own_o thought_n bind_v for_o when_o hephestion_n die_v he_o do_v aspire_v through_o he_o to_o make_v a_o god_n of_o his_o desire_n 155._o unto_o which_o god_n some_o straight_o do_v altar_n build_v some_o sacrifice_v other_o swear_v by_o his_o name_n some_o tell_v their_o dream_n other_o be_v vision-filled_a all_o which_o inspiring_n from_o hephestion's_n come_v as_o grace_n or_o disgrace_n do_v in_o nero_n day_n to_o those_o that_o do_v his_o sing_a scorn_n or_o praise_n 156._o aspire_v therefore_o on_o corruption_n found_v shall_v use_v their_o vice_n as_o merchant_n do_v their_o ware_n not_o choke_v the_o market_n lest_o their_o vent_n be_v bound_v but_o martial_a these_o thing_n which_o excess_n be_v so_o as_o by_o vice_n make_v slave_n they_o may_v not_o be_v but_o rather_o vice_n make_v art_n of_o tyranny_n 157._o for_o majesty_n than_o sink_v when_o private_a vice_n be_v not_o keep_v servant_n to_o the_o public_a state_n but_o rather_o crown_n with_o common_a prejudice_n subject_v base_o to_o their_o vice_n fate_n because_o of_o consequence_n than_o power_n must_v serve_v they_o in_o all_o thing_n that_o observe_v their_o lust._n 158._o wise_a solomon_n be_v take_v in_o this_o net_n when_o those_o strange_a woman_n which_o bewitch_v his_o mind_n by_o it_o a_o powerful_a government_n do_v get_v to_o wave_v his_o own_o faith_n and_o seduce_v mankind_n for_o which_o vice_n if_o his_o heir_n do_v loose_v the_o throne_n it_o prove_v disorder_n never_o go_v alone_o 159._o again_o as_o tyrant_n be_v eclipse_v by_o this_o so_o fall_v the_o sceptre_n when_o it_o bankrupt_a grow_v in_o common_a fame_n which_o nature_n trumpet_n be_v defect_n for_o ever_o find_v scorn_n below_o for_o reputation_n airy_a though_o it_o be_v yet_o be_v the_o beauty_n of_o authority_n 160._o which_o to_o improve_v strong_a prince_n must_v despise_v all_o art_n that_o blemish_n birth_n place_n courage_n worth_n for_o tyrant_n unto_o man_n than_o sacrifice_v their_o throne_n when_o inward_a error_n they_o show_v forth_o which_o curious_o the_o wise_a have_v ever_o use_v to_o keep_v conceal_v well_o balance_v or_o excuse_v 161._o such_o be_v extortion_n cruelty_n oppression_n covetousness_n endless_a anger_n or_o displeasure_n neglect_v or_o scorn_v of_o person_n or_o profession_n pride_n baseness_n rudeness_n vain_a expense_n of_o treasure_n all_o which_o like_o number_n multiply_v by_o place_n do_v in_o the_o man_n the_o monarchy_n disgrace_n 162._o dissolve_v due_a respect_n and_o reverence_n which_o gentle_a reins_n in_o active_a prince_n hand_n give_v such_o restraint_n or_o latitude_n to_o sense_n as_o with_o the_o end_n of_o government_n best_o stand_v and_o who_o let_v fall_v these_o please_a inward_a tie_n must_v either_o fall_v in_o state_n or_o tyrannize_v 163._o let_v rehoboam_n then_o in_o all_o his_o way_n avoid_v young_a council_n which_o inflame_v the_o heart_n and_o so_o on_o ruin_n power_n foundation_n lay_v in_o which_o light_a youth_n have_v still_o the_o chief_a part_n their_o wit_n be_v force_n the_o old_a man_n force_n be_v wit_n and_o then_o for_o throne_n let_v no_o man_n judge_v what_o be_v fit_a 164._o but_o above_o all_o such_o action_n as_o may_v bring_v his_o faith_n in_o doubt_n a_o strong_a prince_n must_v eschew_v because_o it_o do_v concern_v a_o boundless_a king_n to_o keep_v his_o word_n and_o contract_n steady_a true_a his_o grant_n entire_a grace_n not_o undermine_v as_o if_o both_o truth_n and_o power_n have_v but_o one_o mind_n 165._o what_o do_v it_o profit_v that_o great_a charles_n the_o fist_n to_o traffic_v with_o the_o proud_a simplicity_n of_o german_a prince_n by_o unprincely_a shift_n misletterd_a writ_n a_o conclave_n subtlety_n since_o ill_a fate_n then_o and_o ever_o do_v befall_v that_o break_a faith_n aspirer_n work_v withal_o 166._o the_o precept_n of_o lysander_n to_o beguile_v child_n with_o toy_n and_o man_n with_o perfidy_n record_v himself_o by_o this_o infamous_a wile_n to_o be_v their_o tutor_n in_o malignity_n who_o since_o conclude_v that_o perjury_n no_o sin_n which_o by_o equivocation_n enter_v in_o 167._o a_o vice_n so_o hateful_a never_o as_o when_o it_o borrow_v the_o veil_n of_o justice_n for_o deceit_n hollow_a tiberius_n play_v not_o with_o his_o wit_n but_o to_o give_v his_o false_a practice_n better_a weight_n hence_o sacred_a virgin_n be_v to_o be_v defile_v by_o hangman_n first_o to_o have_v the_o law_n beguile_v 168._o the_o poet_n show_v what_o credit_n with_o these_o god_n truth_n have_v by_o sacred_a oath_n of_o stygian_a lake_n the_o heavy_a doom_n and_o still_o torment_a rod_n which_o they_o reserve_v sor_n they_o that_o swear_v and_o break_v and_o free_v from_o pain_n if_o these_o power_n can_v not_o be_v what_o shall_v we_o think_v of_o tyrant_n blasphemy_n 169._o do_v tantalus_n belove_v of_o jupiter_n with_o his_o own_o nectar_n and_o ambrosia_n nurse_v or_o battus_n painless_a in_o perjure_v err_v when_o tantalus_n in_o hell_n see_v store_n and_o starve_v which_o senseless_a battus_n for_o a_o touchstone_n serve_v 170._o thus_o see_v we_o how_o all_o time_n all_o sort_n of_o faith_n some_o by_o the_o cloud_n of_o feign_a transformation_n other_o by_o humane_a censure_n unto_o death_n and_o some_o by_o heavy_a doom_n of_o discreation_n to_o keep_v truth_n sacred_a careful_o have_v seek_v without_o which_o no_o society_n be_v aught_o 171._o therefore_o let_v power_n in_o her_o deliberation_n take_v time_n and_o care_n before_o she_o undertake_v that_o she_o a_o equal_a princely_a calculation_n of_o wealth_n strength_n title_n fear_n and_o hope_n may_v make_v because_o if_o tyrant_n there_o poise_v all_o thing_n right_a to_o do_v or_o to_o forbear_v it_o give_v they_o light_a 172._o the_o pain_n be_v no_o more_o or_o rather_o not_o so_o much_o to_o shun_v the_o sickness_n as_o to_o seek_v the_o cure_n and_o yet_o in_o gain_n and_o honour_n far_o more_o rich_a it_o be_v within_o her_o strength_n to_o rest_v secure_a then_o piece_n veil_n yield_v when_o she_o have_v do_v amiss_o since_o great_a descent_n in_o sceptre_n fatal_a be_v 173._o power_n make_v your_o league_n gift_n contract_v therefore_o just_a since_o wrong_v prescribe_v not_o crown_n by_o time_n or_o deed_n throne_n never_o want_v mean_n occasion_n lust_n to_o try_v by_o hazard_n how_o their_o right_n shall_v speed_v in_o who_o uncertain_a orb_n yet_o prince_n shall_v oft_o find_v mischance_n upon_o misdo_a fall_n 174._o for_o howsoever_o to_o the_o partial_a throne_n of_o mighty_a power_n the_o act_n of_o truthless_a wit_n may_v currant_n go_v like_a brass_n among_o their_o own_o yet_o when_o the_o world_n shall_v come_v to_o judge_v of_o it_o nature_n that_o in_o her_o wisdom_n never_o lie_v will_v show_v deceit_n and_o wrong_v be_v never_o wise_a 175._o but_o grant_v this_o honour_n unto_o faithlesness_n that_o sometime_o it_o may_v prosper_v with_o occasion_n and_o make_v true_a wisdom_n in_o appearance_n less_o yet_o what_o gain_v power_n by_o loss_n of_o reputation_n since_o every_o blossom_n which_o ill-doing_n bear_v blast_v the_o fruit_n of_o good_a success_n with_o fear_n 176._o again_o as_o tyrant_n ought_v to_o soar_v above_o this_o reach_n of_o humour_n so_o ought_v they_o to_o bear_v a_o ruler_n hand_n and_o every_o spirit_n move_v that_o under_o they_o shall_v govern_v hope_n or_o fear_n since_o by_o who_o wisdom_n state_n be_v govern_v they_o of_o the_o same_o state_n be_v repute_v head_n 177._o yet_o must_v not_o this_o supremacy_n descend_v of_o sect_n or_o faction_n to_o become_v a_o part_n since_o all_o be_v they_o all_o must_v on_o they_o depend_v and_o to_o make_v use_n of_o each_o side_n be_v their_o art_n else_o like_o king_n