abode_n and_o keep_v it_o in_o good_a strength_n and_o the_o citizen_n thereof_o well_o dispose_v whereby_o he_o may_v be_v able_a to_o support_v the_o enemy_n violence_n till_o either_o some_o accord_n or_o some_o foreign_a aid_n come_v to_o his_o relief_n all_o other_o design_n be_v expensive_a in_o time_n of_o peace_n and_o unfruitful_a in_o time_n of_o war_n and_o whosoever_o shall_v well_o weigh_v all_o this_o that_o i_o have_v say_v shall_v perceive_v that_o the_o roman_n as_o they_o be_v in_o all_o other_o their_o affair_n very_o judicious_a so_o be_v they_o very_o well_o advise_v in_o this_o judgement_n they_o give_v upon_o the_o latin_n and_o the_o privernates_n where_o take_v no_o care_n at_o all_o for_o citadel_n they_o assure_v themselves_o of_o they_o by_o wise_a and_o better_a way_n chap._n xxv_o it_o be_v a_o wrong_a course_n to_o assail_v a_o city_n fall_v into_o discord_n think_v by_o mean_n thereof_o to_o master_v it_o in_o the_o roman_a republic_n the_o people_n 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the_o roman_n add_v the_o reproach_n of_o word_n from_o which_o every_o prudent_a commander_n ought_v to_o restrain_v his_o soldier_n so_o that_o they_o be_v thing_n that_o incense_n and_o provoke_v the_o enemy_n to_o revenge_v and_o be_v no_o defence_n as_o it_o be_v say_v against_o the_o hurt_n he_o do_v insomuch_o that_o they_o be_v all_o weapon_n throw_v from_o thou_o which_o return_v again_o upon_o thou_o whereof_o there_o follow_v a_o notable_a example_n a_o good_a while_n since_o in_o asia_n where_o gabades_n a_o commander_n of_o the_o persian_n have_v a_o long_a while_n lie_v encamp_v before_o amida_n and_o determine_v upon_o the_o tediousness_n of_o the_o siege_n to_o depart_v and_o therefore_o to_o that_o purpose_n rise_v with_o his_o camp_n those_o of_o the_o town_n be_v come_v all_o upon_o the_o wall_n and_o grow_v insolent_a upon_o their_o victory_n forbear_v no_o kind_n of_o outrage_n disgrace_v blame_v and_o reproach_v the_o enemy_n with_o his_o baseness_n and_o 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the_o people_n and_o confirm_v they_o in_o their_o evil_a opinion_n already_o conceive_v of_o these_o have_v make_v the_o people_n their_o own_o friend_n and_o though_o i_o can_v bring_v example_n enough_o i_o will_v be_v content_a with_o this_o one_o the_o florentine_a army_n be_v in_o the_o field_n at_o lucca_n command_v by_o john_n guicchiard_n a_o able_a captain_n either_o his_o government_n be_v so_o ill_o or_o the_o success_n prove_v so_o unlucky_a that_o he_o fail_v in_o take_v the_o town_n so_o that_o howsoever_o the_o case_n stand_v john_n be_v blame_v for_o it_o say_v he_o have_v be_v bribe_v by_o the_o luccheses_n which_o slander_n be_v favour_v by_o his_o enemy_n bring_v john_n to_o extreme_a despair_n and_o though_o to_o justify_v himself_o he_o offer_v his_o submission_n to_o trial_n and_o imprisonment_n yet_o can_v he_o never_o wipe_v away_o that_o blur_v because_o in_o that_o commonwealth_n there_o be_v not_o the_o mean_n to_o do_v it_o whereupon_o grow_v much_o 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