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keep_v his_o subject_n from_o oppression_n phocian_n deal_v plain_o and_o like_o a_o faithful_a servant_n with_o king_n antipater_n tell_v he_o upon_o occasion_n that_o he_o will_v do_v he_o any_o service_n possible_a but_o can_v not_o be_v to_o he_o both_o a_o friend_n and_o a_o flatterer_n themistocles_n in_o like_a manner_n see_v euribiades_n take_v up_o a_o staff_n to_o strike_v he_o for_o his_o free_a speech_n say_v strike_v i_o so_o you_o will_v hear_v i_o after_o a_o prince_n therefore_o must_v permit_v freedom_n of_o speech_n if_o he_o mean_v to_o hear_v the_o truth_n and_o give_v no_o care_n to_o flattery_n pessenius_fw-la niger_n a_o roman_a captain_n hear_v one_o praise_n and_o flatter_v he_o in_o his_o oration_n say_v to_o he_o go_v go_v write_v the_o praise_n of_o marius_n and_o hannibal_n &_o other_o old_a and_o valiant_a captain_n that_o be_v dead_a that_o we_o may_v imitate_v they_o for_o it_o be_v a_o mockry_a to_o praise_v they_o that_o be_v alive_a and_o as_o for_o i_o i_o will_v do_v good_a whilst_o i_o live_v and_o be_v praise_v when_o i_o be_o dead_a yet_o agesilaus_n king_n of_o sparta_n say_v that_o he_o like_v to_o be_v praise_v of_o those_o friend_n who_o will_v not_o also_o spare_v to_o blame_v he_o when_o occasion_n shall_v serve_v chap._n 20._o what_o kind_n of_o person_n to_o be_v of_o a_o prince_n counsel_n a_o prince_n shall_v be_v very_o careful_a in_o make_v choice_n of_o his_o counsellor_n for_o plato_n faith_n that_o many_o prince_n be_v undo_v because_o thâ—y_v want_v faithful_a friend_n and_o servant_n to_o counsel_v they_o therefore_o alfred_n king_n of_o england_n seek_v out_o the_o wise_a and_o most_o learned_a man_n to_o be_v about_o he_o alexander_n severus_n likewise_o make_v choice_n of_o honest_a and_o vertnous_a counsellor_n and_o dilplace_v the_o vicious_a and_o seek_v to_o know_v the_o truth_n of_o all_o thing_n that_o pass_v in_o all_o place_n and_o province_n of_o the_o empire_n fredericus_fw-la furius_n opinion_n be_v that_o counselor_n to_o a_o prince_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v under_o thirty_o year_n of_o age_n nor_o above_o sixty_o for_o say_v he_o before_o he_o be_v thirty_o his_o understanding_n be_v not_o settle_v his_o experience_n llitle_o his_o presumption_n great_a his_o heat_n much_o his_o thought_n light_a and_o not_o of_o sufficient_a gravity_n and_o that_o after_o sixty_o year_n his_o memory_n fail_v his_o understanding_n weak_a his_o experience_n turn_v to_o obstinacy_n his_o his_o heat_n little_a lonse_v oacasion_n his_o thought_n weary_v and_o able_a to_o take_v no_o pain_n nor_o travel_n howbeit_o some_o have_v be_v able_a and_o sufficient_a enough_o after_o they_o pass_v that_o age_n as_o camillus_n who_o though_o he_o be_v of_o very_o great_a year_n yet_o be_v choose_v dictator_n they_o find_v his_o memory_n good_a and_o his_o sense_n perfect_a so_o many_o other_o have_v be_v fince_n his_o time_n and_o frederieus_fw-la furius_n say_v moreover_o that_o a_o counsellor_n to_o 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emperor_n alexander_n severus_n will_v never_o admit_v any_o counsellor_n or_o other_o officer_n whether_o he_o be_v of_o noble_a parentage_n or_o have_v do_v he_o great_a service_n or_o be_v commend_v to_o he_o unless_o he_o be_v of_o good_a reputation_n learned_a of_o good_a experience_n and_o of_o good_a life_n and_o better_a to_o inform_v himself_o hereof_o he_o cause_v wrighting_n to_o be_v set_v up_o in_o common_a place_n of_o the_o street_n desire_v thereby_o the_o people_n to_o show_v some_o cause_n if_o they_o can_v why_o such_o a_o man_n shall_v not_o be_v admit_v to_o such_o a_o place_n and_o office_n and_o will_v not_o suffer_v any_o office_n to_o be_v sell_v because_o justice_n shall_v not_o be_v sell_v yet_o the_o emperor_n vespasian_n at_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n give_v the_o chief_a office_n &_o dignity_n to_o the_o great_a thief_n he_o can_v find_v and_o be_v ask_v why_o he_o do_v so_o answer_v that_o he_o use_v they_o as_o a_o sponge_n for_o when_o they_o be_v full_a he_o will_v wring_v they_o and_o confiscate_v all_o they_o have_v and_o hang_v they_o some_o prince_n do_v place_n thecues_fw-mi in_o authority_n not_o know_v they_o but_o be_v discover_v it_o be_v happy_a for_o the_o common_a wealth_n and_o good_a for_o the_o prince_n if_o they_o be_v use_v as_o vespasian_n use_v his_o and_o julian_n the_o apostata_fw-la place_v a_o cruel_a and_o troublesome_a judge_n at_o alexandria_n in_o egypt_n and_o be_v tell_v he_o be_v unworthy_a to_o govern_v it_o be_v true_a say_v he_o and_o therefore_o i_o place_v he_o there_o that_o he_o may_v plague_v they_o as_o they_o deserve_v they_o be_v a_o troublesome_a and_o wicked_a people_n but_o good_a man_n be_v always_o to_o be_v place_v in_o government_n that_o the_o wicked_a
treasurer_n and_o magistrate_n who_o enrich_v themselves_o by_o the_o poverty_n of_o the_o people_n and_o of_o the_o increase_n of_o tax_n subsidy_n and_o imposition_n which_o orew_v the_o people_n into_o despair_n oppress_v also_o with_o famine_n and_o plague_n that_o when_o the_o king_n will_v have_v levy_v a_o other_o army_n he_o can_v not_o get_v the_o french_a to_o it_o a_o prince_n therefore_o shall_v love_v and_o cherish_v his_o subject_n but_o not_o oppress_v they_o for_o tiberius_n nero_n when_o some_o persuade_v he_o to_o take_v great_a tribute_n of_o the_o province_n say_v that_o a_o good_a shepherd_n shall_v shear_v his_o sheep_n but_o not_o devour_v they_o and_o lewes_n the_o nine_o king_n of_o france_n his_o chief_a care_n in_o spare_v be_v to_o ease_v the_o people_n by_o abate_v the_o tax_n and_o subsidy_n lay_v upon_o they_o by_o his_o predecessor_n and_o that_o state_n say_v thales_n be_v best_a order_v which_o have_v it_o neither_o too_o wealthy_a nor_o too_o poor_a 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