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sort_n that_o he_o who_o live_v be_v happy_a yet_o can_v not_o be_v call_v happy_a if_o after_o his_o death_n he_o have_v ill_a 〈◊〉_d and_o be_v unfortunate_a in_o his_o child_n to_o give_v therefore_o his_o successor_n good_a education_n be_v a_o matter_n of_o much_o honour_n to_o prince_n and_o in_o case_n they_o prove_v not_o to_o have_v those_o virtue_n which_o be_v require_v in_o a_o prince_n he_o must_v not_o suffer_v paternal_a piety_n to_o prevail_v with_o he_o but_o whole_o abandon_v and_o utter_o this_o inherit_v they_o of_o the_o royal_a dignity_n though_o as_o aristotle_n say_v it_o be_v hard_a for_o a_o father_n to_o do_v this_o plato_n express_v in_o his_o common-weath_a who_o ordain_v that_o they_o shall_v be_v prince_n who_o in_o their_o nativity_n have_v gold_n mingle_v with_o earth_n meaning_n that_o if_o their_o son_n have_v together_o with_o earth_n either_o iron_n or_o brass_n in_o they_o they_o shall_v not_o then_o be_v admit_v to_o the_o kingdom_n qua_fw-la propter_fw-la ipsis_fw-la principibus_fw-la &_o primo_fw-la &_o maxim_n deus_fw-la praecepit_fw-la ut_fw-la nullius_fw-la rei_fw-la majorem_fw-la curam_fw-la custodiamque_fw-la 〈◊〉_d quam_fw-la natorum_fw-la ut_fw-la dignoscant_fw-la quid_fw-la ex_fw-la quatuor_fw-la his_fw-la potissimum_fw-la illorum_fw-la animus_fw-la sit_fw-la immixtum_fw-la &_o si_fw-la quis_fw-la ex_fw-la ipsis_fw-la nascatur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d aut_fw-la serreus_fw-la nullo_n pacto_fw-la misereantur_fw-la sed_fw-la honorem_fw-la illi_fw-la naturae_fw-la convenientem_fw-la tribuentes_fw-la interopifices_fw-la vel_fw-la agricolas_fw-la mittant_fw-la and_o therefore_o moses_n be_v content_v that_o our_o lord_n god_n shall_v choose_v josuah_n of_o another_o tribe_n to_o be_v his_o successor_n rather_o than_o his_o own_o son_n in_o consideration_n whereof_o saint_n hierome_n say_v moses_n amicus_fw-la dei_fw-la cui_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ad_fw-la faciem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d locutus_fw-la est_fw-la potuit_fw-la utique_fw-la successores_fw-la principatus_fw-la filios_fw-la suos_fw-la facere_fw-la &_o posteris_fw-la propriam_fw-la relinquere_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la sed_fw-la extraneus_fw-la de_fw-la alia_fw-la tribueligitur_fw-la jesus_n ut_fw-la sciremus_fw-la principatum_fw-la in_o populos_fw-la non_fw-la sanguini_fw-la deferendum_fw-la esse_fw-la sed_fw-la 〈◊〉_d and_o this_o be_v the_o true_a way_n for_o acquire_v of_o glory_n so_o much_o more_o as_o it_o be_v more_o repugnant_a to_o natural_a affection_n and_o if_o
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praeposuit_fw-la sororemque_fw-la svam_fw-la ei_fw-la in_o matrimonium_fw-la dedit_fw-la and_o because_o galba_n take_v not_o this_o course_n with_o otho_n which_o cyrus_n take_v with_o sybares_n and_o augustus_n with_o agrippa_n it_o lose_v he_o the_o empire_n as_o in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o tacitus_n history_n be_v to_o be_v see_v but_o yet_o in_o truth_n this_o course_n seem_v to_o i_o both_o very_a dangerous_a and_o very_o uncertain_a because_o although_o he_o to_o who_o their_o daughter_n or_o other_o of_o their_o blood_n be_v marry_v be_v himself_o a_o man_n ignoble_a and_o of_o little_a spirit_n yet_o he_o may_v have_v a_o son_n that_o may_v resemble_v his_o grandfather_n more_o than_o his_o father_n astyages_n be_v of_o this_o opinion_n and_o put_v it_o in_o practice_n doubt_v the_o future_a husband_n of_o his_o daughter_n and_o no_o less_o the_o nephew_n that_o shall_v be_v bear_v of_o they_o neque_fw-la claro_fw-la 〈◊〉_d say_v justin_n neque_fw-la civi_fw-la dedit_fw-la filiam_fw-la ne_fw-la paterna_fw-la maternaque_fw-la nobilitas_fw-la nepotis_fw-la animum_fw-la extolleret_fw-la sed_fw-la de_fw-la gente_fw-la obscura_fw-la tunc_fw-la temporis_fw-la persarum_fw-la cambysi_n mediocri_fw-la viro_fw-la in_o matrimonium_fw-la tradidit_fw-la and_o see_v how_o vain_a his_o conceit_n be_v see_v of_o she_o be_v bear_v cyrus_n who_o in_o few_o year_n take_v the_o kingdom_n from_o his_o grandfather_n astyages_n by_o force_n again_o this_o course_n take_v ill_a success_n oftentimes_o through_o the_o haughtiness_n of_o the_o woman_n who_o though_o marry_v to_o man_n of_o mean_a spirit_n and_o quiet_a disposition_n yet_o stir_v they_o up_o and_o provoke_v they_o to_o do_v thing_n which_o of_o themselves_o they_o will_v never_o do_v or_o at_o least_o not_o do_v so_o soon_o tullia_n the_o daughter_n of_o servius_n be_v one_o of_o these_o who_o impatient_a to_o wait_v upon_o succession_n force_v in_o a_o manner_n her_o husband_n orontes_n tarqvinius_n to_o enter_v upon_o the_o kingdom_n with_o the_o death_n of_o her_o father_n think_v it_o but_o fit_a that_o be_v bear_v of_o the_o blood-royal_a she_o shall_v be_v able_a both_o to_o give_v and_o to_o take_v away_o the_o kingdom_n at_o her_o pleasure_n whereof_o she_o oftentimes_o complain_v ipsa_fw-la regio_fw-la semine_fw-la orta_fw-la nullum_fw-la momentum_fw-la in_o dando_fw-la adimendoque_fw-la regno_fw-la faceret_fw-la thus_o tarqvinius_n by_o the_o instigation_n of_o this_o infernal_a fury_n get_v possession_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o it_o make_v servius_n no_o whit_n the_o safe_a that_o he_o have_v marry_v his_o daughter_n to_o orontes_n tarqvinius_n a_o man_n as_o livy_n report_v of_o a_o mild_a and_o peaceable_a disposition_n mitis_fw-la ingeniiiuvenem_fw-la to_o be_v brief_a the_o daughter_n of_o king_n either_o can_v or_o know_v not_o how_o to_o live_v in_o a_o private_a estate_n and_o therefore_o damarata_n the_o daughter_n of_o hiero_n king_n of_o syracuse_n and_o marry_v to_o andromadorus_fw-la with_o such_o violence_n instigate_v her_o husband_n that_o she_o force_v he_o extreme_o against_o his_o will_n to_o take_v possession_n of_o the_o kingdom_n which_o livy_n show_v where_o he_o allege_v the_o reason_n why_o andromadorus_fw-la be_v move_v to_o seize_v upon_o the_o kingdom_n say_v qui_fw-la fessus_fw-la tandem_fw-la uxoris_fw-la vocibus_fw-la monentis_fw-la nunc_fw-la esse_fw-la tempus_fw-la occupandi_fw-la regnum_fw-la a_o second_o way_n use_v by_o some_o for_o free_v themselves_o of_o this_o danger_n have_v be_v to_o make_v such_o woman_n to_o enter_v into_o monastery_n or_o to_o speak_v after_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o ancient_n into_o temple_n and_o so_o remove_v they_o from_o their_o husband_n and_o son_n of_o who_o there_o may_v be_v fear_n to_o the_o end_n that_o they_o in_o such_o place_n observe_v chastity_n the_o prince_n may_v live_v secure_a from_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o this_o course_n be_v follow_v by_o amulius_n who_o have_v drive_v out_o numitor_n and_o kill_v his_o son_n he_o make_v his_o daughter_n who_o only_o remain_v under_o colour_n of_o honour_n to_o become_v a_o vestal_a virgin_n think_v by_o this_o mean_n to_o secure_v himself_o both_o from_o she_o and_o from_o any_o who_o she_o shall_v marry_v and_o from_o any_o son_n that_o shall_v be_v bear_v of_o she_o where_o of_o livy_n 〈◊〉_d fratris_fw-la filiae_fw-la rheae_fw-la silviae_fw-la per_fw-la speciem_fw-la honoris_fw-la cum_fw-la vestalem_fw-la vestalâ—…_n legisset_fw-la perpetua_fw-la virginitate_fw-la spem_fw-la partus_fw-la adimit_fw-la but_o neither_o do_v this_o course_n do_v amulius_n any_o good_a for_o of_o she_o be_v bear_v romulus_n and_o remus_n who_o deprive_v he_o of_o his_o kingdom_n i_o find_v therefore_o another_o way_n perhaps_o better_a and_o it_o be_v to_o keep_v these_o woman_n at_o home_n with_o he_o of_o who_o husband_n or_o son_n there_o may_v be_v any_o doubt_n bear_v many_o prince_n in_o hand_n he_o mean_v to_o marry_v she_o to_o they_o but_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n not_o to_o bestow_v she_o upon_o any_o for_o by_o this_o mean_n not_o only_o they_o shall_v be_v safe_a from_o any_o danger_n of_o their_o own_o but_o from_o any_o also_o that_o may_v arise_v by_o enemy_n either_o foreign_a or_o at_o home_n see_v out_o of_o this_o hope_n every_o one_o will_v be_v ready_a to_o defend_v they_o and_o where_o by_o marry_v she_o they_o may_v have_v one_o defendor_n indeed_o but_o he_o with_o danger_n now_o hold_v they_o all_o at_o a_o bay_n they_o will_v have_v many_o defendour_n without_o danger_n this_o course_n be_v notable_o put_v in_o practice_n by_o the_o duke_n of_o burgundy_n who_o as_o argenton_n relate_v have_v one_o only_a daughter_n he_o promise_v she_o to_o the_o duke_n of_o guyenne_n and_o to_o nicholas_n duke_n of_o calabria_n and_o to_o philibert_n duke_n of_o savoy_n and_o final_o to_o maximilian_n duke_n of_o austria_n and_o as_o argentone_n very_o think_v never_o mean_v to_o marry_v she_o 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the_o empire_n in_o a_o â—…verse_a manner_n one_o that_o desire_v it_o but_o be_v unworthy_a another_o that_o be_v worthy_a but_o despise_v it_o a_o three_o able_a to_o discharge_v it_o and_o if_o occasion_n serve_v will_v attempt_v it_o of_o which_o three_o when_o augustus_n die_v there_o be_v none_o leave_v live_n but_o marcus_n lepidus_n who_o be_v the_o man_n that_o be_v worthy_a of_o it_o but_o despise_v it_o omnésque_fw-la praeter_fw-la lepidum_fw-la variis_fw-la mox_fw-la criminibus_fw-la struente_fw-la tiberio_fw-la circumventi_fw-la sunt_fw-la we_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o examine_v which_o of_o these_o will_v have_v do_v best_a in_o the_o case_n propose_v by_o tacitus_n but_o rather_o consider_v the_o like_a person_n in_o a_o dignity_n or_o office_n which_o the_o prince_n shall_v give_v we_o will_v therefore_o examine_v first_o which_o be_v best_a either_o to_o deserve_v a_o honour_n and_o despise_v it_o or_o else_o not_o deserve_v it_o to_o seek_v it_o second_o whether_o he_o that_o deserve_v aught_o to_o stay_v till_o the_o prince_n offer_v it_o or_o else_o put_v himself_o forward_o by_o some_o honest_a way_n to_o obtain_v it_o concern_v the_o first_o it_o