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a_o discourse_n upon_o grant_n and_o resumption_n show_v how_o our_o ancestor_n have_v proceed_v with_o such_o minister_n as_o have_v procure_v to_o themselves_o grant_v of_o the_o crown-revenue_n and_o that_o the_o forfeit_v estate_n ought_v to_o be_v apply_v towards_o the_o payment_n of_o the_o public_a debt_n by_o the_o author_n of_o the_o essay_n on_o way_n and_o mean_n apud_fw-la sapientes_fw-la cassa_fw-mi habebantur_fw-la quae_fw-la neque_fw-la dari_fw-la neque_fw-la accipi_fw-la saluà _fw-la republicâ_fw-la poterant_fw-la tacit._n hist_o lib._n iii_o london_n print_v for_o james_n knapton_n at_o the_o crown_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n 1700._o index_n section_n i._o introduction_n all_o government_n wise_o constitute_v have_v set_v a_o aside_o a_o proportion_n of_o their_o wealth_n for_o public_a use_v page_z 1_o in_o the_o kingship_n settle_v by_o the_o goth_n hunns_n and_o vandal_n the_o conquer_a country_n be_v divide_v 3_o good_a prince_n have_v always_o reckon_v their_o revenue_n as_o belong_v to_o the_o public_a ibid._n thrift_n in_o the_o public_a necessary_a because_o indigent_a prince_n have_v seldom_o be_v know_v to_o compass_v great_a thing_n 5_o profusion_n in_o a_o court_n destroy_v all_o sort_n of_o order_n 6_o king_n reduce_v to_o strait_n ever_o involve_v in_o dark_a and_o mean_a intrigue_n ibid._n wise_a one_o therefore_o have_v retreat_v as_o soon_o as_o possible_a from_o so_o dangerous_a a_o step_n 8_o but_o in_o case_n of_o negligence_n how_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o law_n have_v provide_v for_o they_o 9_o by_o inflict_v severe_a punishment_n on_o such_o as_o deceive_v he_o ibid._n especial_o on_o such_o who_o break_v their_o trust_n ibid._n and_o by_o resumption_n 10_o however_o it_o be_v always_o difficult_a to_o keep_v the_o prince_n from_o be_v rob_v ibid._n the_o people_n repine_v not_o to_o see_v a_o prince_n conser_fw-fr his_o favour_n upon_o deserve_a man_n if_o with_o moderation_n 11_o those_o who_o rob_v he_o try_v to_o be_v safe_a by_o their_o number_n 13_o but_o yet_o they_o have_v be_v reach_v ibid._n how_o maladministration_n sometime_o get_v foot_v but_o be_v afterward_o correct_v page_z 14_o our_o happiness_n under_o a_o stout_a and_o wise_a prince_n 17_o the_o present_a disorder_n to_o be_v attribute_v to_o the_o corruption_n of_o the_o time_n 20_o the_o king_n character_n with_o a_o description_n of_o his_o action_n and_o virtue_n 20_o to_o 24_o a_o prince_n who_o will_v reform_v the_o state_n must_v expect_v to_o meet_v with_o great_a difficulty_n 25_o what_o artifices_fw-la such_o as_o be_v guilty_a will_n use_v 26_o what_o they_o will_v allege_v in_o their_o defence_n 28_o the_o false_a colour_n they_o will_v endeavour_v to_o give_v to_o their_o action_n and_o council_n 31_o they_o will_v poison_v the_o prince_n ear_n with_o false_a whisper_v and_o misrepresent_v to_o he_o his_o best_a friend_n 33_o whither_o it_o be_v politic_a to_o nourish_v faction_n in_o a_o court_n 34_o why_o some_o people_n in_o certain_a juncture_n withdraw_v from_o public_a employment_n 38_o how_o all_o the_o able_a man_n may_v be_v induce_v to_o embrace_v the_o service_n of_o the_o government_n 39_o a_o prince_n who_o will_v correct_v abuse_n seldom_o want_v assistance_n 40_o the_o author_n reason_n and_o inducement_n to_o handle_v this_o matter_n of_o the_o grant_n 42_o the_o method_n he_o intend_v to_o observe_v in_o discourse_v upon_o this_o subject_a 43_o 44_o sect_n ii_o observation_n on_o the_o management_n of_o the_o roman_n in_o their_o public_a revenue_n valerius_n publicola_n first_o lodge_v the_o public_a money_n of_o rome_n in_o the_o temple_n of_o saturn_n page_n 46_o as_o the_o empire_n extend_v the_o roman_n more_o solicitous_a to_o gather_v a_o public_a stock_n this_o do_v that_o they_o may_v not_o burden_n the_o plebear_n 47_o the_o exact_a fidelity_n of_o their_o commander_n in_o bring_v the_o spoil_n gain_v by_o war_n into_o the_o common_a treasury_n ibid._n till_o some_o time_n after_o the_o last_o punic_a war_n none_o think_v of_o grow_v rich_a by_o spoil_n get_v in_o the_o war_n 48_o they_o who_o do_v it_o be_v man_n who_o hatch_v wicked_a design_n against_o their_o country_n ibid._n the_o roman_n make_v every_o war_n bear_v its_o own_o charge_n 49_o instance_n of_o great_a sum_n from_o time_n to_o time_n bring_v into_o the_o common_a treasury_n 49_o to_o 52_o no_o empire_n strong_a enough_o to_o carry_v on_o a_o long_a war_n single_o upon_o its_o own_o revenue_n 53_o the_o immense_a treasure_n gather_v by_o augustus_n and_o which_o tiberius_n leave_v behind_o he_o at_o his_o death_n 57_o all_o which_o caligula_n consume_v in_o less_o than_o a_o year_n ibid._n the_o difference_n the_o roman_a emperor_n make_v in_o the_o public_a revenue_n and_o the_o prince_n private_a patrimony_n 58_o profusion_n in_o wicked_a prince_n the_o first_o spring_n of_o all_o their_o other_o vice_n 62_o the_o prodigious_a debt_n into_o which_o rome_n be_v plunge_v in_o the_o course_n of_o three_o bad_a reign_n 63_o the_o debt_n of_o the_o empire_n force_v vespasian_n a_o good_a prince_n upon_o dishonourable_a course_n of_o raise_v money_n 64_o the_o vast_a treasure_n gather_v and_o leave_v by_o nerva_n trajan_n adrian_n and_o antoninus_n pius_n 66_o antoninus_n pius_n will_v not_o account_v the_o public_a revenue_n to_o be_v his_o own_o ibid._n what_o have_v be_v gather_v in_o five_o wise_a reign_n be_v waste_v by_o commodus_n in_o less_o than_o thirteen_o year_n ibid._n the_o profusion_n of_o caracalla_n 72_o a_o brief_a account_n of_o the_o roman_a coin_n 73_o 74_o coin_n the_o pulâ—e_n of_o a_o nation_n 77_o when_o the_o roman_n begin_v to_o buy_v peace_n 78_o what_o a_o number_n of_o reign_v rome_n see_v in_o 89_o year_n 79_o when_o the_o goth_n begin_v to_o invade_v the_o roman_a dominion_n 80_o the_o care_n of_o mesitheus_n chief_a minister_n to_o the_o emperor_n gordian_n 81_o original_a of_o the_o ruin_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n 83_o 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