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this_o be_v one_o of_o those_o vice_n which_o do_v not_o pluck_v he_o from_o his_o throne_n and_o if_o any_o one_o shall_v say_v caesar_n by_o his_o liberality_n obtain_v the_o empire_n and_o many_o other_o because_o they_o both_o be_v and_o be_v esteem_v liberal_a attain_v to_o exceed_v great_a dignity_n i_o answer_v either_o thou_o be_v already_o come_v to_o be_v a_o prince_n or_o thou_o be_v in_o the_o way_n to_o it_o in_o the_o first_o case_n this_o liberality_n be_v hurtful_a in_o the_o second_o it_o be_v necessary_a to_o be_v account_v so_o and_o caesar_n be_v one_o of_o those_o that_o aspire_v to_o the_o principality_n of_o rome_n but_o if_o after_o he_o have_v get_v it_o he_o have_v survive_v and_o not_o forbear_v those_o expense_n he_o will_v quite_o have_v ruin_v that_o empire_n and_o if_o any_o one_o shall_v reply_v many_o have_v be_v prince_n and_o with_o their_o army_n have_v do_v great_a exploit_n who_o have_v be_v hold_v very_o liberal_a i_o answer_v either_o the_o 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goodness_n and_o valour_n maintain_v they_o free_a but_o their_o liberty_n be_v of_o no_o long_a conyinuance_n than_o his_o life_n as_o be_v that_o oâ—_n syracuse_n for_o dion_n and_o timoelon_n life_n who_o virtue_n in_o several_a time_n while_o they_o live_v keep_v that_o city_n free_a so_o soon_o as_o they_o be_v dead_a it_o fall_v into_o the_o former_a servitude_n we_o find_v not_o a_o brave_a example_n then_o that_o of_o rome_n which_o upon_o the_o tarquin_n banishment_n can_v present_o lay_v hold_v off_o and_o maintain_v that_o liberty_n but_o caesar_n be_v slay_v c._n caligula_n nero_n and_o the_o whole_a race_n of_o the_o caesar_n blot_v out_o it_o can_v not_o not_o only_o keep_v no_o not_o so_o much_o as_o give_v a_o beginning_n to_o their_o liberty_n neither_o do_v so_o great_a variety_n of_o accident_n in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o city_n proceed_v from_o other_o than_o that_o when_o the_o tarquin_n be_v expel_v the_o people_n of_o rome_n be_v not_o touch_v with_o this_o 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in_o our_o day_n and_o therefore_o i_o say_v that_o no_o mean_n can_v ever_o bring_v milan_n or_o naples_n to_o their_o freedom_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o infection_n of_o all_o their_o member_n which_o appear_v after_o the_o death_n of_o philip_n visconti_n when_o milan_n desire_v to_o recover_v her_o liberty_n neither_o be_v able_a nor_o know_v how_o to_o keep_v it_o yet_o that_o of_o rome_n be_v a_o great_a happiness_n that_o their_o king_n grow_v naught_o sudden_o that_o they_o be_v banish_v and_o that_o before_o the_o infection_n be_v go_v down_o into_o the_o bowel_n of_o that_o city_n which_o be_v the_o occasion_n that_o those_o many_o tumult_n which_o be_v raise_v in_o rome_n man_n do_v it_o to_o a_o good_a end_n do_v not_o hurt_v but_o help_v the_o commonwealth_n and_o we_o may_v make_v this_o conclusion_n that_o where_o the_o matter_n be_v corrupt_v law_n though_o well_o make_v profit_n little_a unless_o they_o have_v such_o a_o maker_n that_o with_o strong_a hand_n force_v 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when_o they_o do_v not_o give_v colour_n to_o a_o bad_a design_n with_o a_o good_a success_n chap._n xix_o a_o very_a mean_a prince_n may_v easy_o subsist_v succeed_v a_o brave_a and_o valorous_a prince_n but_o a_o mean_a one_o follow_v a_o mean_a bring_v a_o state_n into_o great_a hazard_n when_o we_o consider_v the_o valour_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o romulus_n numa_n and_o tullus_n proceed_n the_o first_o roman_a king_n we_o shall_v find_v that_o rome_n hit_v upon_o a_o very_a great_a fortune_n have_v the_o first_o king_n fierce_a and_o warlike_a the_o second_o peaceable_a and_o religious_a the_o three_o of_o like_a courage_n to_o romulus_n and_o a_o lover_n of_o war_n rather_o than_o peace_n for_o in_o rome_n it_o be_v necessary_a that_o in_o her_o infancy_n there_o shall_v arise_v some_o one_o to_o order_v she_o in_o the_o eourse_n of_o civil_a government_n but_o in_o like_a manner_n it_o be_v afterward_o needful_a that_o the_o other_o king_n shall_v betake_v themselves_o again_o 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