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and_o populous_a which_o acquire_v he_o the_o affection_n of_o all_o the_o other_o be_v alphonso_n v._o king_n of_o naples_n who_o make_v himself_o extreme_o belove_v by_o the_o people_n by_o his_o care_n and_o prudence_n in_o affair_n by_o a_o due_a disposal_n of_o reward_n and_o punishment_n by_o liberality_n complaisance_n and_o easiness_n of_o access_n by_o his_o love_n for_o the_o public_a welfare_n and_o by_o so_o exact_a a_o conformation_n to_o the_o manner_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o kingdom_n that_o he_o seem_v a_o natural_a not_o a_o foreign_a prince_n those_o king_n who_o have_v their_o residence_n among_o their_o subject_n may_v gain_v their_o heart_n more_o easy_o than_o those_o who_o reside_v in_o distant_a province_n for_o if_o their_o loyalty_n do_v not_o grow_v quite_o cold_a it_o be_v at_o most_o but_o lukewarm_a and_o nothing_o but_o the_o excellence_n of_o the_o constitution_n can_v preserve_v its_o heat_n that_o be_v by_o provide_v able_a minister_n and_o by_o 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if_o it_o be_v elective_a fleece_v it_o of_o what_o he_o can_v during_o his_o reign_n according_a to_o the_o poet._n a_o short_a reign_n never_o spare_v the_o people_n statius_n people_n non_fw-la parcit_fw-la populis_fw-la regnum_fw-la breve_fw-la statius_n for_o it_o be_v very_o difficult_a to_o be_v moderate_a in_o grandeur_n which_o must_v die_v with_o we_o ann_n we_o difficilius_fw-la est_fw-la temperare_fw-la felicitati_fw-la qua_fw-la te_fw-la non_fw-la pute_fw-la diâ—_n usâ—rum_fw-la tac._n 2._o ann_n the_o prince_n ought_v moreover_o to_o be_v peaceable_a not_o a_o invader_n of_o other_o for_o elective_a kingdom_n fear_v such_o a_o master_n who_o mind_n be_v bend_v upon_o conquer_a other_o but_o they_o love_v he_o who_o be_v only_o careful_a in_o preserve_v his_o own_o as_o we_o see_v in_o poland_n for_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o all_o kingdom_n be_v at_o first_o elective_a and_o that_o it_o be_v only_a ambition_n of_o enlarge_a they_o by_o invade_v their_o neighbour_n by_o which_o so_o many_o have_v lose_v that_o liberty_n which_o they_o will_v have_v take_v from_o other_o nor_o be_v it_o possible_a that_o among_o so_o many_o casualty_n and_o danger_n of_o election_n this_o enlargement_n of_o state_n shall_v be_v last_v for_o those_o very_a arm_n which_o make_v those_o additional_a conquest_n will_v reduce_v they_o to_o hereditary_a kingdom_n which_o be_v hist._n be_v si_fw-mi immensum_fw-la imperii_fw-la corpus_fw-la starè_v ac_fw-la librari_fw-la sine_fw-la rectore_fw-la posset_n dignus_fw-la eram_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la respub_fw-la inciperet_fw-la tac._n 1_o hist._n galba_n excuse_n for_o not_o convert_v the_o empire_n into_o a_o commonwealth_n elective_a monarchy_n love_v liberty_n and_o so_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v govern_v without_o it_o and_o since_o election_n be_v the_o scale_n in_o which_o they_o weight_n it_o the_o prince_n shall_v always_o stand_v on_o that_o side_n for_o if_o he_o give_v the_o least_o suspicion_n that_o he_o intend_v to_o 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