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the_o mean_n to_o make_v use_n of_o it_o and_o become_v poor_a and_o abject_a or_o to_o avoid_v this_o poverty_n a_o extortioner_n and_o hateful_a person_n and_o among_o all_o those_o thing_n which_o a_o prince_n ought_v to_o beware_v of_o be_v to_o be_v despise_v and_o odious_a to_o one_o and_o the_o other_o of_o which_o liberality_n bring_v thou_o wherefore_o there_o be_v more_o discretion_n to_o hold_v the_o stile_n of_o miserable_a which_o beget_v a_o infamy_n without_o hatred_n than_o to_o desire_v that_o of_o liberal_a whereby_o to_o incur_v the_o necessity_n of_o be_v think_v a_o extortioner_n which_o procure_v a_o infamy_n with_o hatred_n chap._n xvii_o of_o cruelty_n and_o clemency_n and_o whether_o it_o be_v better_a to_o be_v belove_v or_o fear_v descend_v afterward_o unto_o the_o other_o fore-alledged_n quality_n i_o say_v that_o every_o prince_n shall_v desire_v to_o be_v hold_v pitiful_a and_o not_o cruel_a nevertheless_o ought_v he_o beware_v that_o he_o ill_o use_v 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into_o bolonia_n use_v the_o like_a course_n citadel_n than_o be_v profitable_a or_o not_o according_a to_o the_o time_n and_o if_o they_o advantage_v thou_o in_o one_o part_n they_o do_v thou_o harm_n in_o another_o and_o this_o part_n may_v be_v argue_v thus_o that_o prince_n who_o stand_v more_o in_o fear_n of_o his_o own_o people_n than_o of_o stranger_n aught_o to_o build_v fortress_n but_o he_o that_o be_v more_o afraid_a of_o stranger_n than_o of_o his_o people_n shall_v let_v they_o alone_o against_o the_o house_n of_o sforza_n the_o castle_n of_o milan_n which_o francis_n sforza_n build_v have_v and_o will_v make_v more_o war_n than_o any_o other_o disorder_n in_o that_o state_n and_o therefore_o the_o best_a citadel_n that_o may_v be_v be_v not_o to_o incur_v the_o people_n hatred_n for_o however_o thou_o hold_v a_o fortress_n and_o the_o people_n hate_v thou_o thou_o can_v hardly_o escape_v they_o for_o people_n when_o once_o they_o have_v take_v arm_n never_o want_v the_o 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