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this_o history_n before_o i_o treat_v of_o florence_n i_o shall_v discourse_v of_o the_o mean_n by_o which_o italy_n fall_v under_o the_o dominion_n of_o those_o potentate_n which_o govern_v it_o at_o that_o time_n all_o which_o shall_v be_v comprehend_v in_o my_o four_o first_o book_n the_o first_o shall_v give_v a_o short_a recital_n of_o all_o transaction_n in_o italy_n from_o the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n to_o the_o year_n 1434._o the_o second_o shall_v give_v a_o account_n of_o all_o affair_n from_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o city_n of_o florence_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o war_n against_o the_o pope_n which_o commence_v upon_o the_o expulsion_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o athens_n the_o three_o shall_v conclude_v with_o the_o death_n of_o ladislaus_n king_n of_o naples_n and_o in_o the_o four_o we_o shall_v end_v with_o the_o year_n 1434_o from_o whence_o afterward_o to_o our_o present_a time_n we_o shall_v give_v a_o particular_a
our_o force_n and_o that_o for_o that_o reason_n the_o keep_n of_o pass_n be_v many_o time_n dangerous_a ib._n chap._n 24._o in_o well_o order_v government_n offence_n and_o desert_n be_v never_o set_v one_o against_o the_o other_o but_o he_o who_o do_v well_o be_v reward_v and_o he_o who_o do_v otherwise_o be_v punish_v 295_o chap._n 25._o though_o it_o be_v many_o time_n convenient_a to_o reform_v the_o old_a fundamental_a custom_n of_o a_o free_a city_n yet_o it_o be_v convenient_a still_o to_o retain_v some_o shadow_n and_o appearance_n of_o their_o ancient_a way_n 296_o chap._n 26._o a_o new_a prince_n in_o a_o new_a conquest_n be_v to_o make_v every_o thing_n new_a ib._n chap._n 27._o man_n be_v as_o seldom_o perfect_o bad_a as_o they_o be_v perfect_o good_a 297_o chap._n 28._o for_o what_o reason_n the_o roman_n be_v less_o ingrateful_a to_o their_o citizen_n than_o the_o athenian_n ib._n chap._n 29._o whether_o the_o prince_n or_o the_o people_n be_v most_o subject_a to_o be_v ingrateful_a 298_o chap._n 30._o what_o rule_n aâ—e_v to_o be_v observe_v by_o a_o prince_n or_o commonwealth_n to_o avoid_v this_o vice_n of_o ingratitude_n and_o how_o a_o general_n or_o great_a citizen_n be_v to_o demean_v himself_o to_o elude_v it_o 299_o chap._n 31._o that_o the_o roman_n use_v no_o extraordinary_a punishment_n towards_o their_o great_a captain_n when_o they_o commit_v a_o error_n of_o ignorance_n or_o malice_n provide_v the_o government_n be_v not_o damnify_v by_o it_o 300_o chap._n 32._o a_o commonwealth_n or_o prince_n be_v not_o to_o defer_v his_o beneficence_n till_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o object_n require_v it_o 301_o chap._n 33._o if_o a_o inconvenience_n increase_v either_o within_o a_o state_n or_o against_o it_o it_o be_v better_a to_o temporize_v and_o comply_v than_o to_o endeavour_v to_o remove_v it_o by_o violence_n 302_o chap._n 34._o the_o dictatorship_n be_v useful_a not_o hurtful_a to_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o rome_n and_o how_o that_o power_n which_o be_v usurp_v and_o illegal_o assume_v be_v pernicious_a to_o a_o state_n not_o that_o which_o be_v confer_v legal_o by_o the_o suffrage_n of_o the_o people_n 303_o chap._n 35._o how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o decemvirate_a be_v prejudicial_a to_o the_o liberty_n of_o that_o state_n though_o it_o be_v do_v free_o and_o by_o public_a suffrage_n 304_o chap._n 36._o citizens_z who_o have_v execute_v the_o great_a office_n ought_v not_o afterward_o to_o disdain_v or_o scruple_n the_o less_o 305_o chap._n 37._o what_o trouble_v and_o offence_n be_v create_v in_o rome_n by_o the_o agrarian_a law_n and_o how_o dangerous_a it_o be_v to_o make_v a_o new_a law_n opposite_a to_o a_o old_a custom_n with_o too_o much_o retro-spection_a ib._n chap._n 38._o weak_a commonwealth_n be_v general_o irresolute_a and_o ill_o advise_v as_o take_v their_o measure_n more_o from_o necessity_n than_o election_n 307_o chap._n 39_o divers_a people_n have_v many_o time_n the_o same_o accident_n 308_o chap._n 40._o the_o creation_n of_o the_o decemvirate_a in_o rome_n what_o thing_n be_v most_o remarkable_a in_o it_o and_o how_o far_o such_o a_o constitution_n may_v be_v useful_a or_o pernicious_a to_o a_o commonwealth_n 309_o chap._n 41._o for_o a_o mean_a man_n to_o grow_v immediate_o insolent_a or_o a_o meek_a man_n immmediat_o cruel_a without_o just_a step_n of_o gradation_n be_v both_o imprudent_a and_o unprofitable_a 311_o chap._n 42._o how_o easy_o man_n manner_n be_v corrupt_v ib._n chap._n 43._o those_o soldier_n which_o fight_v for_o their_o own_o honour_n be_v the_o best_a and_o most_o to_o be_v trust_v 312_o chap._n 44._o a_o multitude_n without_o a_o head_n be_v altogether_o unserviceable_a nor_o be_v any_o man_n to_o threaten_v that_o have_v any_o thing_n to_o desire_v ib._n chap._n 45._o it_o be_v a_o thing_n of_o ill_a example_n to_o break_v a_o new_a law_n especial_o for_o the_o maker_n and_o it_o be_v no_o less_o dangerous_a to_o the_o governor_n of_o a_o state_n to_o multiply_v injury_n and_o repeat_v they_o every_o day_n 313_o chap._n 46._o how_o man_n leap_v from_o one_o passion_n to_o another_o and_o how_o they_o who_o at_o first_o aim_n at_o nothing_o but_o self-preservation_n when_o secure_v of_o that_o grow_v oppressor_n of_o other_o people_n 314_o chap._n 47._o though_o the_o people_n in_o thing_n that_o be_v discuss_v in_o general_a be_v many_o time_n mistake_v yet_o when_o they_o be_v reduce_v to_o particular_n they_o be_v more_o sensible_a and_o judicious_a 317_o chap._n 48._o to_o prevent_v the_o advancement_n of_o mean_a people_n to_o the_o magistracy_n it_o be_v particular_o to_o be_v contrive_v that_o the_o competition_n be_v betwixt_o the_o best_a and_o most_o noble_a and_o the_o wickedist_n and_o most_o abject_a 318_o chap._n 49._o if_o those_o city_n which_o have_v be_v free_a from_o their_o foundation_n as_o rome_n have_v find_v it_o difficult_a to_o contrive_v such_o law_n as_o may_v maintain_v they_o so_o those_o which_o have_v be_v always_o servile_a will_v find_v it_o almost_o impossible_a 319_o chap._n 50._o no_o magistrate_n or_o council_n ought_v to_o have_v power_n to_o check_v or_o control_v the_o public_a act_n of_o the_o city_n 320_o chap._n 51._o a_o prince_n or_o commonwealth_n that_o be_v constrain_v to_o do_v a_o thing_n be_v to_o seem_v to_o do_v it_o frank_o and_o without_o any_o compulsion_n ib._n chap._n 52._o the_o best_a and_o most_o secure_a way_n to_o repress_v the_o insolence_n of_o a_o ambitious_a and_o powerful_a state_n be_v to_o preclude_v and_o stop_v up_o those_o way_n by_o which_o he_o will_v come_v to_o his_o greatness_n 321_o chap._n 53._o the_o people_n deceive_v with_o a_o false_a appearance_n of_o good_a do_v many_o time_n desire_v that_o which_o turn_v to_o their_o destruction_n and_o how_o great_a hope_n and_o large_a promise_n do_v easy_o debauch_v they_o 322_o chap._n 54._o how_o great_a the_o authority_n of_o a_o grave_a man_n be_v to_o assuage_v the_o tumultuousness_n of_o the_o people_n 323_o chap._n 55._o how_o easy_o thing_n be_v manage_v in_o a_o city_n where_o the_o commons_o be_v incorrupt_a how_o hard_o it_o be_v to_o erect_v a_o principality_n where_o there_o be_v not_o a_o equality_n and_o where_o it_o be_v not_o a_o commonwealth_n be_v impossible_a 324_o chap._n 56._o great_a accident_n before_o they_o happen_v to_o any_o city_n or_o province_n be_v common_o prognosticate_v by_o some_o sign_n or_o predict_v by_o some_o man_n 326_o chap._n 57_o the_o multitude_n unite_v be_v fornidable_a and_o strong_a but_o separate_v be_v weak_a and_o inconsiderable_a ib._n chap._n 58._o that_o the_o multitude_n be_v wise_a and_o more_o constant_a than_o a_o prince_n 327_o chap._n 59_o what_o league_n or_o confederacy_n be_v most_o to_o be_v trust_v those_o which_o be_v make_v with_o prince_n or_o those_o which_o be_v make_v with_o free_a state_n 329_o chap._n 60._o how_o the_o consulship_n and_o other_o dignity_n in_o rome_n be_v confer_v without_o respect_n of_o age_n 330_o book_n ii_o chap._n 1._o whether_o the_o virtue_n or_o fortune_n of_o the_o roman_n be_v the_o occasion_n of_o the_o greatness_n of_o their_o empire_n 333_o chap._n 2._o with_o what_o nation_n the_o roman_n contend_v and_o with_o what_o obstinacy_n those_o nation_n resist_v 335_o chap._n 3._o it_o contribute_v much_o to_o the_o grandeur_n of_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n that_o they_o ruin_v the_o neighbour_a city_n and_o admit_v stranger_n to_o their_o own_o dignity_n and_o privilege_n 337_o chap._n 4._o there_o be_v three_o way_n which_o commonwealth_n have_v take_v to_o enlarge_v their_o territory_n 338_o chap._n 5._o the_o variation_n of_o religion_n and_o language_n with_o the_o accident_n of_o deluge_n and_o plague_n have_v be_v the_o cause_n that_o many_o great_a thing_n have_v be_v forget_v 340_o chap._n 6._o how_o the_o roman_n proceed_v in_o make_v of_o war._n 341_o chap._n 7._o what_o proportion_n of_o land_n the_o roman_n allow_v to_o every_o man_n in_o their_o colony_n 342_o chap._n 8._o what_o it_o be_v that_o dispose_v some_o people_n to_o leave_v their_o native_a country_n to_o dispossess_v other_o people_n ib._n chap._n 9_o what_o those_o occasion_n be_v which_o do_v most_o common_o create_v war_n among_o prince_n 344_o chap._n 10._o that_o according_a to_o the_o common_a opinion_n money_n be_v not_o the_o sinew_n of_o war_n ib._n chap._n 11._o it_o be_v not_o discretion_n to_o enter_v into_o strict_a amity_n with_o a_o prince_n who_o reputation_n be_v great_a than_o his_o strength_n 346_o chap._n 12._o upon_o a_o apprehension_n of_o be_v invade_v whether_o it_o be_v better_a to_o make_v war_n or_o expect_v it_o ib._n chap._n 13._o that_o from_o mean_a to_o great_a fortune_n people_n rise_v rather_o by_o fraud_n than_o by_o force_n 348_o chap._n 13._o many_o people_n be_v mistake_v
who_o expect_v with_o meekness_n and_o humility_n to_o work_v upon_o the_o proud_a 349_o chap._n 15._o weak_a state_n be_v irresolute_a and_o uncertain_a in_o their_o council_n and_o slow_a council_n be_v most_o common_o pernicious_a 350_o chap._n 16._o how_o much_o the_o soldier_n of_o our_o time_n do_v differ_v from_o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o ancient_n 351_o chap._n 17._o how_o the_o army_n of_o our_o time_n be_v to_o judge_v of_o artillery_n and_o whether_o the_o general_a opinion_n of_o it_o be_v true_a 353_o chap._n 18._o how_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o roman_n and_o the_o universal_a discipline_n of_o the_o ancient_n the_o foot_n be_v more_o serviceable_a than_o the_o horse_n 355_o chap._n 19_o the_o conquest_n of_o commonwealth_n that_o be_v ill_o govern_v and_o contrary_a to_o the_o model_n of_o the_o roman_n do_v conduce_v more_o to_o the_o ruin_n than_o advancement_n of_o their_o affair_n 357_o chap._n 29._o no_o prince_n or_o commonwealth_n without_o manifest_a danger_n can_v employ_v foreign_a force_n either_o auxiliary_a or_o mercenary_a 359_o chap._n 21._o the_o first_o praetor_n which_o the_o roman_n ever_o send_v out_o of_o their_o own_o city_n be_v to_o capua_n and_o that_o be_v 400_o year_n after_o they_o begin_v first_o to_o make_v war_n 360_o chap._n 22._o how_o uncertain_a the_o judgement_n of_o most_o people_n be_v in_o thing_n of_o great_a importance_n 361_o chap._n 23._o how_o the_o roman_n upon_o any_o accident_n which_o necessitate_v they_o to_o give_v judgement_n upon_o their_o subject_n avoid_v always_o the_o midway_n 362_o chap._n 14._o that_o in_o the_o generality_n castle_n and_o citadel_n do_v more_o mischief_n than_o good_a 364_o chap._n 25._o to_o attempt_v a_o city_n full_a of_o intestine_a division_n and_o to_o expect_v to_o carry_v it_o thereby_o be_v uncertain_a and_o dangerous_a 367_o chap._n 26._o he_o who_o contemn_v or_o reproach_n another_o person_n incur_v his_o hatred_n without_o any_o advantage_n to_o himself_o ib._n chap._n 27._o wise_a prince_n and_o well_o govern_v state_n aught_o to_o be_v content_v with_o victory_n for_o many_o time_n whilst_o they_o think_v to_o push_v thing_n forward_o they_o lose_v all_o 368_o chap._n 28._o how_o much_o it_o be_v for_o the_o interest_n of_o all_o government_n that_o all_o injury_n be_v punish_v whether_o against_o the_o public_a or_o particular_a person_n 369_o chap._n 29._o fortune_n cast_v a_o mist_n before_o people_n eye_n when_o she_o will_v not_o have_v they_o oppose_v her_o design_n 370_o chap._n 30._o prince_n and_o republic_n that_o be_v true_o magnificent_a do_v not_o make_v their_o league_n and_o alliance_n with_o money_n but_o by_o their_o virtue_n reputation_n and_o force_v 372_o chap._n 31._o how_o dangerous_a it_o be_v to_o believe_v exile_n too_o far_o 373_o chap._n 32._o how_o many_o several_a way_n the_o roman_n use_v to_o conquer_v their_o town_n 374_o chap._n 33._o how_o the_o roman_n upon_o any_o expedition_n give_v their_o general_n general_a commission_n 375_o book_n iii_o chap._n 1._o that_o a_o sect_n or_o commonwealth_n be_v long-lived_a it_o be_v necessary_a to_o correct_v it_o often_o and_o reduce_v it_o towards_o its_o first_o principle_n 377_o chap._n 2._o it_o be_v the_o part_n of_o a_o wise_a man_n sometime_o to_o pretend_v himself_o a_o fool_n 379_o chap._n 3._o the_o liberty_n new_o acquire_v can_v not_o have_v be_v preserve_v but_o by_o the_o execution_n of_o brutus_n his_o son_n 380_o chap._n 4._o a_o prince_n be_v never_o safe_a in_o his_o new_a conquest_n whilst_o they_o be_v in_o be_v who_o he_o dispossess_v 381_o chap._n 5._o how_o a_o king_n may_v lose_v his_o kingdom_n though_o he_o come_v to_o it_o by_o inheritance_n ib._n chap._n 6._o of_o conspiracy_n 382_o chap._n 7._o how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o in_o the_o change_n of_o state_n from_o liberty_n to_o servitude_n and_o from_o servitude_n to_o liberty_n some_o be_v very_o innocent_a and_o other_o very_o bloody_a 391_o chap._n 8._o he_o who_o will_v change_v the_o form_n of_o a_o government_n be_v to_o consider_v serious_o upon_o what_o ground_n he_o do_v it_o and_o the_o disposition_n of_o the_o subject_n 392_o chap._n 9_o how_o he_o that_o will_v succeed_v must_v accommodate_v to_o the_o time_n 393_o chap._n 10._o a_o general_n can_v avoid_v fight_v when_o the_o enemy_n be_v resolve_v to_o engage_v he_o upon_o any_o term_n 394_o chap._n 11._o one_o person_n that_o have_v many_o enemy_n upon_o his_o hand_n though_o he_o be_v inferior_a to_o they_o yet_o if_o he_o consustain_v their_o first_o impression_n carry_v common_o the_o victory_n 396_o chap._n 12._o a_o wise_a general_n be_v to_o put_v a_o necessity_n of_o fight_v upon_o his_o own_o army_n but_o to_o prevent_v it_o to_o his_o enemy_n 397_o chap._n 13._o whether_o we_o be_v more_o safe_a in_o a_o good_a general_n with_o a_o bad_a army_n or_o a_o good_a army_n with_o a_o bad_a general_n 398_o chap._n 14._o what_o strange_a effect_n new_a invention_n have_v sometime_o in_o a_o battle_n and_o how_o new_a noise_n have_v the_o same_o 399_o chap._n 15._o one_o general_n be_v best_a for_o a_o army_n and_o that_o to_o govern_v it_o by_o commissioner_n be_v not_o so_o good_a 400_o chap._n 16._o that_o in_o time_n of_o difficulty_n virtue_n be_v in_o esteem_n in_o time_n of_o ease_n and_o luxury_n man_n of_o riches_n and_o alliance_n be_v in_o great_a request_n 401_o chap._n 17._o a_o man_n be_v not_o to_o be_v disoblige_v and_o employ_v afterward_o in_o any_o matter_n of_o importance_n 402_o chap._n 18._o nothing_o be_v more_o honourable_a in_o a_o general_n thâ—n_o to_o foresee_v the_o design_n of_o his_o enemy_n 403_o chap._n 19_o whether_o for_o the_o government_n of_o the_o multitude_n obsequiousness_n and_o indulgence_n be_v more_o necessary_a than_o punishment_n 404_o chap._n 20._o one_o instance_n of_o humanity_n wrought_v more_o upon_o the_o falisci_n than_o all_o the_o force_n of_o the_o roman_n 405_o chap._n 21._o how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o hannibal_n by_o method_n quite_o contrary_a to_o what_o be_v practise_v by_o scipio_n do_v the_o same_o thing_n in_o italy_n that_o the_o other_o do_v in_o spain_n ib._n chap._n 22._o how_o the_o austerity_n of_o manlius_n torquatus_n and_o the_o humanity_n of_o valerius_n corvinus_n gain_v each_o of_o they_o the_o same_o honour_n and_o reputation_n 406_o chap._n 23._o upon_o what_o occasion_n camillus_n be_v banish_v from_o rome_n 409_o chap._n 24._o the_o prolongation_n of_o commission_n bring_v rome_n first_o into_o servitude_n ib._n chap._n 25._o of_o the_o poverty_n of_o cincinnatus_n and_o several_a other_o citizen_n of_o rome_n 410_o chap._n 26._o woman_n be_v many_o time_n the_o destruction_n of_o state_n 411_o chap._n 27_o how_o the_o civil_a discord_n in_o a_o city_n be_v to_o be_v compose_v and_o of_o the_o falsity_n of_o that_o opinion_n that_o the_o best_a way_n to_o keep_v a_o city_n in_o subjection_n be_v to_o keep_v it_o divide_v ib._n chap._n 28._o a_o strict_a eye_n be_v to_o be_v keep_v upon_o the_o citizen_n for_o under_o pretence_n of_o officiousness_n and_o piety_n there_o be_v hide_v a_o principle_n of_o tyranny_n 413_o chap._n 29._o that_o the_o transgression_n of_o the_o people_n do_v spring_v common_o from_o the_o prince_n ib._n chap._n 30._o a_o citizen_n who_o will_v do_v any_o great_a matter_n by_o his_o own_o authority_n must_v first_o extinguish_v all_o envy_n in_o what_o matter_n thing_n be_v to_o be_v order_v upon_o the_o approach_n of_o a_o enemy_n and_o how_o a_o city_n be_v to_o be_v defend_v 414_o chap._n 31._o powerful_a state_n and_o excellent_a person_n retain_v the_o same_o mind_n and_o dignity_n in_o all_o kind_n of_o condition_n 416_o chap._n 32._o the_o way_n which_o some_o people_n have_v take_v to_o prevent_v a_o peace_n 417_o chap._n 33._o to_o the_o obtain_v a_o victory_n it_o be_v necessary_a your_o army_n have_v a_o confidence_n not_o only_o in_o one_o another_o but_o in_o their_o general_n 418_o chap._n 34._o what_o vogue_n fame_n or_o opinion_n dispose_v the_o people_n first_o to_o favour_v some_o particular_a citizen_n and_o whether_o they_o or_o a_o prince_n distributes_z their_o office_n with_o most_o prudence_n and_o judgement_n 419_o chap._n 35._o what_o danger_n they_o incur_v who_o make_v themselves_o author_n of_o any_o enterprise_n and_o the_o more_o extraordinary_a the_o design_n the_o great_a the_o danger_n 420_o chap._n 36._o the_o reason_n why_o at_o the_o first_o charge_n the_o french_a have_v be_v and_o still_o be_v account_v more_o than_o man_n but_o afterward_o less_o than_o woman_n 422_o chap._n 37._o whether_o fight_v in_o small_a party_n or_o pickeer_v before_o a_o battle_n be_v necessary_a and_o how_o the_o temper_n of_o a_o new_a enemy_n be_v to_o be_v find_v without_o they_o 423_o chap._n 38._o how_o a_o general_n be_v
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