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there_o great_o respect_v and_o employ_v in_o public_a affair_n and_o so_o much_o there_o want_v that_o there_o they_o hold_v a_o school_n of_o wickedness_n that_o contrary_a only_o they_o hold_v the_o country_n in_o peace_n every_o one_o in_o his_o own_o country_n and_o do_v see_v justice_n administer_v to_o their_o subject_n i_o will_v not_o deny_v but_o there_o be_v gentleman_n in_o alemaigne_n in_o the_o country_n of_o swiss_n in_o france_n and_z other_o where_o which_o be_v bad_a enough_o and_o which_o be_v violent_a and_o vicious_a yet_o for_o some_o few_o we_o must_v not_o condemn_v all_o in_o general_a as_o machiavelli_n do_v here_o who_o say_v they_o be_v dangerous_a people_n in_o a_o country_n and_o that_o they_o be_v enemy_n to_o a_o estate_n politic_a i_o know_v not_o if_o those_o he_o name_v be_v such_o namely_o the_o gentleman_n of_o naples_n of_o romania_n of_o lombardy_n and_o of_o rome_n and_o i_o be_o content_a to_o confess_v unto_o he_o because_o i_o will_v not_o 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