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and_o as_o no_o government_n can_v consist_v unless_o some_o command_v and_o other_o obey_v 14._o obey_v naturam_fw-la dvas_fw-la necessarias_fw-la res_fw-la easdem_fw-la salutares_fw-la humanâ—_n generi_fw-la comparasse_fw-la ut_fw-la alii_fw-la cum_fw-la imperio_fw-la essent_fw-la alâ—i_fw-la ei_fw-la subjicerentur_fw-la nihilque_fw-la quod_fw-la citra_fw-la haec_fw-la nec_fw-la 〈◊〉_d quidem_fw-la queat_fw-la spatio_fw-la perdurare_fw-la dion_n lib._n 14._o every_o one_o will_v be_v head_n and_o depend_v on_o none_o but_o himself_o which_o be_v impossible_a he_o imagine_v his_o liberty_n consist_v in_o change_v the_o form_n of_o government_n and_o this_o be_v the_o great_a misfortune_n that_o can_v befall_v state_n and_o be_v often_o the_o chief_a cause_n of_o their_o ruin_n wherefore_o it_o be_v high_o necessary_a to_o use_v such_o method_n as_o that_o this_o lust_n after_o liberty_n and_o this_o humane_a ambition_n be_v remove_v far_o from_o the_o immediate_a administration_n shall_v be_v keep_v under_o by_o reason_n and_o the_o force_n of_o government_n so_o that_o this_o supreme_a authority_n which_o be_v the_o prince_n property_n shall_v
be_v grant_v to_o none_o else_o for_o he_o expose_v loyalty_n to_o evident_a danger_n who_o grant_v any_o one_o a_o power_n too_o absolute_a the_o royal_a crown_n put_v upon_o a_o subject_n head_n though_o but_o in_o jest_n will_v make_v he_o proud_a and_o think_v himself_o above_o what_o he_o be_v the_o mind_n of_o a_o subject_a shall_v not_o experience_n this_o royal_a grandeur_n and_o glory_n of_o reign_v for_o afterward_o abuse_v it_o he_o usurp_v it_o and_o that_o it_o may_v return_v to_o he_o from_o who_o he_o have_v it_o he_o plot_n and_o contrive_v his_o ruin_n the_o divine_a writ_n in_o one_o chapter_n give_v we_o example_n of_o king_n put_v to_o death_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o their_o subject_n for_o have_v raise_v they_o too_o high_a solomon_n for_o all_o his_o wisdom_n fall_v into_o this_o misfortune_n and_o run_v the_o same_o risque_n for_o have_v make_v jeroboam_fw-la precedent_n of_o all_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o house_n of_o joseph_n 28._o joseph_n 1_o kin._n 11._o 28._o and_o we_o read_v that_o he_o have_v the_o impudence_n to_o lift_v up_o his_o hand_n against_o his_o king_n 26._o king_n 1_o kin._n 11._o 26._o let_v prince_n then_o take_v it_o for_o a_o maxim_n of_o state_n not_o to_o promote_v one_o too_o much_o above_o other_o or_o if_o they_o be_v oblige_v to_o it_o let_v it_o not_o be_v one_o but_o several_a that_o they_o may_v balance_v one_o another_o and_o mutual_o keep_v each_o other_o in_o their_o devoir_n by_o a_o reciprocal_a examination_n of_o one_o another_o action_n and_o design_n 11._o design_n est_fw-la autem_fw-la omnis_fw-la monarchiae_fw-la cautio_fw-la communis_fw-la neminem_fw-la facere_fw-la nimis_fw-la magnum_fw-la aut_fw-la certè_fw-la plusquam_fw-la unum_fw-la facere_fw-la ipsi_fw-la enim_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la quid_fw-la cuique_fw-la agate_n observant_a arist._n 5._o pol._n c._n 11._o the_o emperor_n ferdinand_n ii_o do_v not_o sufficient_o observe_v this_o piece_n of_o policy_n when_o he_o give_v the_o absolute_a command_n of_o his_o army_n and_o province_n to_o the_o duke_n of_o fridland_n whence_o spring_v so_o many_o misfortune_n and_o among_o the_o rest_n the_o loss_n of_o that_o great_a man_n which_o be_v mere_o the_o effect_n of_o too_o much_o power_n let_v not_o prince_n be_v deceive_v by_o the_o example_n of_o pharaoh_n who_o commit_v all_o his_o power_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o joseph_n who_o preserve_v his_o kingdom_n 40._o kingdom_n gen._n 41._o 40._o for_o joseph_n be_v the_o emblem_n of_o christ_n and_o there_o be_v very_o few_o ioseph_n to_o be_v find_v now_o adays_o each_o will_v depend_v upon_o himself_o and_o not_o upon_o the_o body_n which_o this_o present_a emblem_n represent_v by_o a_o branch_n encircle_v with_o a_o wicker_n basket_n fill_v with_o earth_n such_o as_o gardiner_n use_n where_o it_o by_o degree_n take_v root_n and_o so_o be_v cut_v off_o insensible_o become_v a_o tree_n independent_a of_o the_o stock_n without_o the_o least_o respect_n to_o its_o greatness_n this_o example_n show_v the_o danger_n in_o make_v government_n of_o province_n perpetual_a for_o ambition_n have_v once_o take_v root_n claim_v they_o as_o its_o property_n he_o who_o be_v so_o accustom_a to_o command_n will_v afterward_o scarce_o be_v bring_v to_o obey_v france_n show_v we_o many_o example_n of_o this_o write_v in_o its_o own_o blood_n even_o god_n minister_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n be_v liable_a to_o slip_v 18._o slip_v job_n 4._o 18._o the_o perpetuity_n of_o great_a office_n be_v a_o alienation_n from_o the_o crown_n the_o sceptre_n will_v be_v useless_a and_o of_o no_o force_n and_o will_v stand_v in_o awe_n of_o that_o very_a power_n it_o have_v be_v so_o prodigal_a of_o liberality_n will_v want_v a_o dowry_n and_o virtue_n a_o reward_n the_o minister_n become_v a_o tyrant_n in_o the_o government_n which_o he_o be_v sure_a of_o for_o life_n that_o prince_n who_o he_o see_v preserve_v his_o authority_n he_o respect_v as_o his_o master_n but_o he_o who_o do_v not_o he_o despise_v and_o at_o last_o rebel_n against_o he_o therefore_o julius_n caesar_n limit_v the_o praetorship_n to_o one_o year_n and_o the_o consulship_n to_o two_o and_o the_o emperor_n charles_n v._o advise_v his_o son_n philip_n ii_o not_o to_o continue_v minister_n in_o office_n too_o long_o especial_o in_o place_n military_a to_o give_v the_o great_a to_o person_n of_o mean_a fortune_n and_o embassy_n to_o the_o rich_a thereby_o to_o weaken_v '_o they_o the_o bravery_n of_o the_o great_a captain_n in_o italy_n make_v king_n ferdinand_n the_o catholic_n suspect_v he_o so_o that_o he_o recall_v he_o and_o if_o he_o do_v not_o then_o whole_o mistrust_v he_o at_o least_o he_o will_v no_o long_o hazard_v his_o loyalty_n by_o the_o continuation_n of_o the_o vice-royship_a of_o naples_n and_o though_o that_o great_a politician_n tiberius_n continue_v minister_n in_o post_n all_o their_o life-time_n but_o this_o be_v upon_o such_o tyrannic_a consideration_n as_o ought_v not_o to_o enter_v into_o the_o thought_n of_o a_o prudent_a and_o just_a prince_n ann_n prince_n id_fw-la morum_fw-la tiberii_n suit_n continuare_fw-la imperia_n ac_fw-la plerosque_fw-la ad_fw-la fineâ—_n aquavitae_fw-la in_o eisdem_fw-la exercitibus_fw-la aut_fw-la jurisdictionibus_fw-la habere_fw-la tac._n 5._o ann_n prince_n ought_v therefore_o to_o take_v advice_n from_o nature_n the_o mistress_n of_o true_a politic_n who_o do_v not_o allow_v its_o celestial_a minister_n of_o light_a a_o perpetual_a authority_n and_o government_n of_o the_o world_n but_o certain_a fix_a season_n as_o we_o may_v see_v in_o the_o motion_n and_o reign_v of_o the_o planet_n that_o they_o may_v lose_v the_o right_n of_o dispose_v of_o they_o and_o to_o prevent_v the_o usurp_a her_o authority_n and_o power_n beside_o she_o consider_v that_o the_o earth_n will_v be_v ruin_v if_o it_o shall_v always_o be_v govern_v by_o the_o melancholy_a of_o saturn_n or_o the_o heat_n and_o fury_n of_o mars_n or_o the_o severity_n of_o jupiter_n or_o the_o subtlety_n of_o mercury_n or_o the_o levity_n of_o venus_n or_o the_o inconstancy_n of_o the_o moon_n in_o removal_n of_o this_o nature_n great_a care_n ought_v to_o be_v take_v that_o minister_n shall_v not_o take_v it_o to_o be_v a_o slur_n upon_o their_o reputation_n to_o be_v remove_v from_o great_a to_o lesser_a place_n for_o since_o there_o be_v not_o many_o that_o minister_n will_v be_v of_o no_o use_n who_o when_o he_o have_v be_v employ_v in_o the_o high_a will_v refuse_v to_o officiate_v in_o low_a place_n and_o though_o reason_n require_v that_o reward_n shall_v be_v equal_a to_o desert_n yet_o in_o this_o point_n the_o subject_n reason_n shall_v be_v guide_v by_o the_o prince_n interest_n when_o his_o service_n or_o the_o public_a advantage_n be_v in_o the_o case_n not_o that_o he_o ought_v to_o be_v put_v into_o any_o inferior_a post_n out_o of_o contempt_n or_o disgrace_n for_o so_o the_o importance_n of_o the_o negotiation_n make_v amends_o for_o the_o meanness_n of_o the_o office_n if_o any_o office_n may_v be_v continue_v long_o they_o be_v embassiesâ—_n for_o their_o business_n be_v only_o to_o intercede_v not_o command_n not_o to_o give_v order_n but_o to_o negotiate_v at_o their_o departure_n all_o acquaintance_n with_o their_o native_a country_n die_v and_o all_o intimacy_n with_o the_o prince_n with_o who_o they_o negotiate_v and_o his_o minister_n cease_v fort_n and_o garrison_n which_o be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o key_n of_o the_o kingdom_n shall_v be_v at_o the_o immediate_a power_n and_o disposal_n of_o the_o prince_n king_n sancho_n be_v ill_o advise_v when_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o minority_n of_o his_o son_n don_n alonso_n iii_o he_o order_v those_o of_o the_o nobility_n who_o be_v governor_n of_o city_n to_o remain_v till_o his_o son_n be_v fifteen_o year_n old_a which_o occasion_v many_o grievous_a calamity_n to_o that_o kingdom_n as_o for_o other_o office_n let_v they_o be_v but_o for_o a_o time_n for_o their_o too_o long_a continuance_n make_v the_o minister_n proud_a and_o endanger_v their_o loyalty_n this_o tiberius_n know_v though_o he_o do_v not_o practice_v ann_n practice_v superbire_fw-la homines_fw-la etiam_fw-la annua_fw-la designatione_fw-la quid_fw-la si_fw-la honorem_fw-la per_fw-la quinquennium_fw-la agitent_fw-la tac._n 2._o ann_n virtue_n be_v tire_v by_o industry_n and_o expectation_n yet_o shall_v not_o office_n be_v of_o too_o short_a continuance_n so_o as_o the_o minister_n can_v reap_v no_o benefit_n or_o experience_n in_o they_o or_o so_o as_o to_o make_v he_o too_o ravenous_a like_o hawk_n in_o norway_n because_o of_o the_o shortness_n of_o the_o day_n but_o in_o troublesome_a and_o dangerous_a time_n public_a office_n and_o place_n of_o trust_n ought_v to_o be_v continue_v long_o lest_o they_o shall_v upon_o removal_n be_v confer_v upon_o raw_a unexperienced_a person_n so_o augustus_n do_v upon_o the_o defeat_n of_o quintilius_n varus_n
to_o obtain_v the_o honour_n of_o assertor_n of_o his_o country_n be_v liberty_n 10._o liberty_n itaque_fw-la monarchas_n non_fw-la ut_fw-la sibi_fw-la vendicent_fw-la monarchiam_fw-la invadunt_fw-la sâ—d_fw-la ut_fw-la famam_fw-la &_o gloriam_fw-la adipiscantur_fw-la arist._n pol._n 5._o cap._n 10._o it_o shall_v therefore_o be_v the_o prince_n care_n to_o abolish_v this_o superstition_n of_o false_a honour_n and_o to_o promote_v the_o worship_n of_o the_o true_a let_v not_o a_o prince_n disdain_n to_o honour_v merit_n either_o in_o subject_n or_o stranger_n for_o this_o do_v not_o derogate_v from_o the_o prince_n honour_n no_o more_o than_o the_o light_n of_o a_o torch_n be_v diminish_v by_o the_o light_n of_o another_o by_o it_o for_o which_o reason_n ennius_n compare_v the_o charity_n of_o a_o person_n who_o instruct_v a_o wander_a traveller_n in_o his_o way_n to_o a_o flame_n he_o who_o to_o a_o wander_a man_n his_o way_n have_v show_v light_v tother_o torch_n and_o never_o hurt_v 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aliâ—_n taedio_fw-la caetus_fw-la â—â—idâ—m_fw-la tristitia_fw-la ingenii_fw-la &_o metâ—_n comparationis_fw-la quia_fw-la augustuâ—_n comiâ—er_fw-la â—â—â—fuisset_fw-la tac._n 1._o ann_n wherefore_o as_o soon_o as_o a_o prince_n come_v to_o the_o helm_n of_o affair_n he_o shall_v diligent_o inquire_v what_o thing_n be_v distasteful_a in_o the_o past_a reign_n that_o he_o may_v avoid_v they_o this_o be_v nero_n maxim_n at_o his_o accession_n to_o the_o throne_n prescribe_v it_o as_o a_o plan_n of_o his_o future_a government_n sedulous_o decline_v those_o thing_n which_o have_v late_o breed_v disgust_n ann_n disgust_n tum_o formam_fw-la futuri_fw-la principatus_fw-la prâ—scripsit_fw-la ca_fw-mi maximè_fw-la declinâ—â—_n querum_fw-la recens_fw-la flagrabat_fw-la inuidia_fw-la tac._n 13._o ann_n let_v a_o prince_n also_o adjust_a his_o action_n to_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o country_n and_o method_n of_o his_o predecessor_n for_o even_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o successor_n which_o be_v 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latus_fw-la venatu_fw-la epulis_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la alia_fw-la barbari_fw-la celebrant_a proceres_fw-la plebemâ—â—_n juxta_fw-la devinxerat_fw-la tac._n 2._o ann_n and_o if_o this_o difference_n of_o manner_n in_o the_o prince_n person_n produce_v these_o effect_n how_o much_o great_a will_v the_o alteration_n of_o the_o custom_n and_o way_n of_o the_o people_n create_v but_o if_o correction_n be_v necessary_a it_o must_v be_v apply_v with_o such_o moderation_n as_o may_v neither_o make_v the_o prince_n seem_v severe_a nor_o remiss_a but_o when_o the_o negligence_n of_o the_o predecessor_n be_v very_o great_a and_o the_o people_n require_v a_o remedy_n than_o the_o activity_n and_o diligence_n of_o the_o successor_n be_v very_o opportune_a as_o be_v visible_a in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o your_o royal_a highness_n renown_v father_n it_o be_v a_o generous_a piece_n of_o justice_n for_o a_o prince_n to_o begin_v his_o reign_n with_o pardon_v all_o offence_n against_o himself_o and_o 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camp_n and_o do_v you_o abide_v without_o the_o camp_n seven_o day_n whosoever_o â—â—th_v kill_v any_o person_n
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the_o tomb_n the_o short_a be_v the_o course_n of_o our_o labour_n and_o therefore_o job_n wish_v he_o have_v be_v immediate_o carry_v from_o the_o womb_n of_o his_o mother_n to_o that_o of_o the_o earth_n 19_o earth_n wherefore_o then_o have_v thou_o bring_v i_o forth_o out_o of_o the_o womb_n o_o that_o i_o have_v give_v up_o the_o ghost_n and_o no_o eye_n have_v see_v i_o i_o shall_v have_v be_v as_o though_o i_o have_v not_o be_v i_o shall_v have_v be_v carry_v from_o the_o womb_n to_o the_o grave_n job_n 10._o 18_o 19_o we_o be_v bind_v as_o soon_o as_o bear_v and_o all_o our_o life-time_n after_o involve_v in_o careâ—_n 4._o careâ—_n i_o be_v nourish_v in_o swaddle_a clothes_n and_o with_o careâ—_n wisd._n 7._o 4._o nor_o have_v king_n in_o this_o any_o privilege_n above_o the_o rest_n of_o mankind_n 5._o mankind_n for_o there_o be_v no_o king_n that_o have_v any_o oâ—â—er_a beginning_n of_o birth_n wisd._n 7._o 5._o do_v humane_a felicity_n consist_v in_o long_a life_n man_n 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and_o carybdis_n amid_o so_o many_o misery_n of_o nature_n constancy_n fail_v the_o prince_n and_o be_v reduce_v by_o the_o moisture_n of_o the_o sense_n to_o a_o second_o infancy_n he_o believe_v every_o thing_n and_o suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v govern_v by_o malice_n which_o be_v then_o most_o awake_a in_o those_o about_o he_o who_o at_o such_o a_o time_n offend_v with_o equal_a profit_n and_o impunity_n 1._o impunity_n cum_fw-la â—pud_fw-la infirmum_fw-la &_o credulum_fw-la minore_fw-la metu_fw-la &_o majore_fw-la praeâ—io_fw-la peccaretur_fw-la tac._n hist._n l._n 1._o woman_n get_v possession_n of_o his_o will_n as_o livia_n do_v of_o augustus_n when_o she_o make_v he_o banish_v his_o nephew_n agrippa_n 1._o agrippa_n nam_fw-la senem_fw-la augustum_fw-la deviâ—xerat_fw-la adeo_fw-la uti_fw-la nepotem_fw-la unicum_fw-la agrippam_n posthumuâ—_n in_o insulam_fw-la planasiam_fw-la projicâ—ret_fw-la tac._n annal._n l._n 1._o bring_v he_o to_o such_o a_o pass_n that_o he_o who_o before_o know_v how_o to_o maintain_v the_o whole_a world_n in_o peace_n become_v incapable_a of_o rule_v his_o own_o family_n ibid._n family_n nulla_fw-la in_o praesens_fw-la formidine_fw-la dum_fw-la augustus_n aetate_fw-la validus_fw-la seque_fw-la &_o domum_fw-la &_o pacem_fw-la sustentavit_fw-la postquam_fw-la profecta_fw-la jam_fw-la senectus_fw-la &_o agro_fw-la corpore_fw-la fatigabatur_fw-la aderatque_fw-la finis_fw-la &_o spei_fw-la novae_fw-la pauci_fw-la bonâ—_n liberâ—atis_fw-la incâ—ssum_fw-la disserere_fw-la ibid._n by_o this_o mean_n majesty_n be_v make_v the_o derision_n of_o all_o man_n of_o which_o galba_n be_v a_o instance_n 1._o instance_n ipsa_fw-la aetas_fw-la galbâ—e_fw-la &_o irrisuâ—_n &_o fastidâ—o_fw-la erat_fw-la tac._n hist._n l._n 1._o other_o nation_n despise_v he_o and_o be_v not_o afraid_a to_o rise_v up_o against_o he_o as_o arbanus_fw-la do_v against_o tiberius_n