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prudence_n of_o the_o senator_n and_o with_o the_o great_a valour_n of_o the_o citizen_n in_o defend_v milan_n it_o have_v utter_o come_v to_o ruin_v and_o therefore_o augustus_n see_v non_fw-la aliud_fw-la discordantis_fw-la patriae_fw-la remedium_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la uno_fw-la regeretur_fw-la make_v himself_o emperor_n wherein_o notwithstanding_o christian_n must_v not_o imitate_v he_o who_o duty_n it_o be_v to_o set_v religion_n before_o country_n and_o life_n and_o commonwealth_n and_o all_o rather_o suffer_v death_n then_o be_v draw_v to_o commit_v any_o wickedness_n and_o rather_o than_o imitate_v augustus_n follow_v the_o course_n of_o marcus_n aurelius_n who_o though_o he_o see_v his_o country_n upon_o the_o point_n of_o lose_v and_o himself_o also_o through_o the_o wickedness_n of_o his_o companion_n yet_o he_o take_v all_o thing_n patient_o and_o will_v not_o put_v he_o to_o death_n though_o it_o be_v in_o his_o power_n to_o do_v it_o for_o conclusion_n i_o say_v that_o a_o prince_n ought_v not_o to_o govern_v his_o country_n by_o force_n although_o force_n be_v sometime_o necessary_a for_o correct_v of_o error_n as_o sallust_n teach_v where_o he_o say_v no_o vi_o quidem_fw-la regere_fw-la patriam_fw-la aut_fw-la parent_n quamquam_fw-la &_o possis_fw-la &_o delicta_fw-la corrigas_fw-la importunum_fw-la tamen_fw-la est_fw-la comparatione_fw-la deterrima_fw-la sibi_fw-la gloriam_fw-la quaesivisse_fw-la that_o to_o elect_v a_o wicked_a successor_n thereby_o to_o get_v glory_n to_o himself_o be_v a_o beastly_a course_n the_o seven_o and_o thirty_o discourse_n by_o that_o which_o tacitus_n and_o dio_n relate_v many_o conceive_v that_o augustus_n make_v choice_n of_o tiberius_n who_o he_o know_v to_o be_v a_o proud_a and_o cruel_a man_n to_o be_v his_o successor_n to_o the_o end_n that_o the_o ill_a condition_n of_o tiberius_n so_o much_o differ_v from_o his_o own_o may_v turn_v to_o his_o glory_n i_o can_v indeed_o deny_v but_o that_o a_o worse_a successor_n be_v apt_a enough_o to_o make_v a_o less_o evil_a predecessor_n be_v think_v a_o good_a one_o which_o galba_n well_o know_v speak_v of_o piso_n say_v nero_n a_o pessimo_fw-la quoque_fw-la desiderabitur_fw-la mihi_fw-la ac_fw-la tibi_fw-la providendum_fw-la est_fw-la ne_fw-la etiam_fw-la a_o bonis_fw-la desideretur_fw-la he_o see_v that_o if_o a_o wicked_a prince_n shall_v come_v after_o nero_n his_o error_n will_v be_v convert_v to_o the_o other_o glory_n and_o this_o be_v so_o true_a that_o the_o holy_a spirit_n in_o the_o mouth_n of_o ezechiel_n say_v that_o the_o wickedness_n of_o the_o hebrew_n before_o the_o come_n of_o our_o saviour_n make_v the_o people_n of_o sodom_n and_o samaria_n to_o seem_v just_a which_o can_v not_o certain_o happen_v but_o long_o of_o the_o comparison_n vivo_fw-la ego_fw-la dicit_fw-la dominus_fw-la deus_fw-la these_o be_v the_o word_n of_o ezechiel_n quia_fw-la non_fw-la fecit_fw-la sodoma_fw-la soror_fw-la tua_fw-la ipsa_fw-la &_o filiae_fw-la ejus_fw-la sicut_fw-la 〈◊〉_d tu_fw-la &_o filiae_fw-la tuus_fw-la and_o a_o little_a after_o et_fw-la samaria_n dimidium_fw-la peocatorum_fw-la tuorum_fw-la non_fw-la 〈◊〉_d say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sceleribus_fw-la tuis_fw-la &_o justificasti_fw-la sorores_fw-la tuas_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quas_fw-la operata_fw-la es_fw-la ergo_fw-la tu_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o porta_fw-la confusionem_fw-la tuam_fw-la quae_fw-la vicisti_fw-la sorores_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d agens_fw-la ab_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sunt_fw-la a_o te_fw-la and_o he_o that_o will_v see_v a_o passage_n more_o like_a to_o that_o of_o tacitus_n let_v he_o read_v those_o word_n in_o jeremy_n where_o he_o say_v justificavit_fw-la animam_fw-la svam_fw-la aversatrix_fw-la jsrael_n 〈◊〉_d praevaricatricis_fw-la judae_fw-la but_o yet_o this_o way_n of_o acquire_a glory_n attribute_v here_o to_o augustus_n be_v not_o to_o be_v imitate_v not_o only_o of_o christian_n but_o not_o so_o much_o as_o of_o impious_a barbarian_n see_v there_o be_v better_a and_o direct_a way_n i_o mean_v not_o to_o govern_v well_o but_o speak_v only_o of_o a_o successor_n because_o if_o they_o have_v child_n to_o succeed_v they_o in_o the_o kingdom_n there_o will_v glory_n enough_o accrue_v to_o the_o father_n if_o he_o give_v they_o good_a education_n whereby_o they_o may_v come_v to_o prove_v good_a this_o solomon_n affirm_v in_o his_o proverb_n where_o he_o say_v filius_fw-la sapiens_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o as_o other_o read_v it_o filius_fw-la sapiens_fw-la gloria_fw-la patris_fw-la that_o be_v a_o wise_a son_n be_v the_o honour_n and_o glory_n of_o his_o father_n and_o keep_v he_o alive_a after_o he_o be_v dead_a and_o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v in_o ecolesiasticus_fw-la mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la pater_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la est_fw-la mortuus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d enim_fw-la reliquit_fw-la sibi_fw-la post_fw-la se_fw-la and_o therefore_o prince_n need_v not_o desire_v their_o successor_n shall_v be_v worse_o than_o themselves_o see_v they_o may_v hope_v for_o more_o glory_n by_o they_o if_o they_o shall_v be_v better_o and_o therefore_o david_n take_v great_a joy_n to_o hear_v that_o solomon_n be_v like_a to_o be_v great_a than_o himself_o have_v ever_o be_v sed_fw-la &_o solomon_n sedet_fw-la super_fw-la solium_fw-la regni_fw-la &_o jngressi_fw-it servi_fw-la ejus_fw-la benedixerunt_fw-la domino_fw-la nostro_fw-la regi_fw-la david_n dicentes_fw-la amplificet_fw-la deus_fw-la nomen_fw-la 〈◊〉_d super_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o magnificet_fw-la thronum_fw-la ejus_fw-la super_fw-la thronum_fw-la tuum_fw-la rather_o indeed_o a_o wicked_a suecessour_n be_v a_o prejudice_n to_o a_o good_a prince_n therefore_o writer_n say_v that_o marcus_n aurelius_n have_v die_v a_o happy_a man_n if_o he_o have_v not_o leave_v commodus_n his_o successor_n for_o this_o cause_n many_o of_o the_o ancient_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v of_o opinion_n that_o child_n live_v may_v make_v their_o dead_a father_n unhappy_a in_o such_o 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
therefore_o when_o after_o the_o roman_n have_v enter_v afia_n and_o have_v get_v some_o victory_n a_o ambassador_n come_v to_o scipio_n from_o antiochus_n to_o demand_v peace_n he_o be_v answer_v by_o scipio_n quod_fw-la romanos_fw-la omnes_fw-la quod_fw-la i_o ad_fw-la quem_fw-la missus_fw-la es_fw-la ignoras_fw-la minus_fw-la miror_fw-la cum_fw-la te_fw-la fortunam_fw-la ejus_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la venis_fw-la ignorare_fw-la cernam_fw-la lyfimachia_n tenenda_fw-la erat_fw-la ne_fw-la chersonesum_fw-la intraremus_fw-la aut_fw-la ad_fw-la hellespontum_n obfistendum_fw-la ne_fw-la in_o afiam_fw-la trajiceremus_fw-la fi_fw-la pacem_fw-la à _fw-la sollicitis_fw-la de_fw-fr belli_fw-la eventu_fw-la petituri_fw-la eratis_fw-la concesso_fw-la vero_fw-la in_o afiam_fw-la tranfitu_fw-la &_o non_fw-la solum_fw-la fraenis_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la jugo_fw-la accepto_fw-la quae_fw-la disceptatio_fw-la ex_fw-la aequo_fw-la cum_fw-la imperium_fw-la patiendum_fw-la fit_a relicta_fw-la est_fw-la and_o final_o he_o give_v he_o this_o counsel_n nuntia_fw-la meis_fw-la verbis_fw-la bello_fw-la abstineat_fw-la pacis_fw-la conditionem_fw-la nullam_fw-la recuset_fw-la for_o this_o cause_n the_o etolian_o do_v ill_a to_o speak_v so_o bold_o after_o they_o be_v bring_v to_o the_o last_o cast_v and_o that_o they_o will_v not_o accept_v of_o such_o condition_n of_o peace_n as_o the_o roman_n offer_v they_o see_v it_o be_v a_o mere_a foolery_n to_o stand_v upon_o term_n with_o a_o conqueror_n as_o they_o at_o last_o perceive_v when_o the_o consul_n bring_v out_o his_o force_n they_o be_v glad_a to_o humble_v themselves_o and_o abate_v their_o boldness_n tunc_fw-la fracta_fw-la phaneae_fw-la ferocia_fw-la aetolisque_fw-la aliis_fw-la est_fw-la &_o tandem_fw-la cujus_fw-la conditionis_fw-la essent_fw-la sensere_fw-la &_o phanea_n se_fw-la quidem_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la adfint_fw-la aetolorum_fw-mi scire_fw-la facienda_fw-la esse_fw-la quae_fw-la imperentur_fw-la there_o be_v therefore_o in_o 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esset_fw-la de_fw-la pace_fw-la vobis_fw-la agentibus_fw-la quas_fw-la pares_fw-la paribus_fw-la forebamus_fw-la conditione_n easdem_fw-la nunc_fw-la victores_fw-la victis_fw-la ferimus_fw-la this_o way_n of_o do_v serve_v it_o seem_v to_o no_o other_o purpose_n but_o to_o encourage_v their_o enemy_n to_o cement_v their_o fortune_n till_o they_o shall_v be_v bring_v to_o extremity_n and_o i_o make_v no_o doubt_n but_o that_o antiochus_n have_v before_o he_o the_o example_n of_o the_o carthaginian_n will_v never_o be_v bring_v to_o accept_v condition_n of_o peace_n till_o he_o be_v bring_v upon_o his_o knee_n with_o the_o war._n to_o take_v away_o this_o difficulty_n it_o will_v not_o suffice_v to_o answer_v as_o scipio_n say_v that_o it_o come_v from_o generousness_n of_o spirit_n that_o they_o alter_v not_o for_o fortune_n see_v little_a praise_n can_v be_v give_v to_o such_o a_o dangerous_a and_o prejudicial_a generousness_n and_o therefore_o i_o shall_v rather_o attribute_v the_o cause_n to_o too_o great_a a_o greediness_n of_o get_v that_o which_o be_v another_o see_v the_o roman_n make_v war_n with_o antiochus_n and_o with_o the_o carthaginian_n as_o think_v they_o can_v not_o be_v quiet_a if_o the_o one_o be_v lord_n of_o this_o side_n the_o mountain_n taurus_n and_o the_o other_o be_v possess_v of_o africa_n and_o this_o be_v their_o motive_n there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o the_o war_n will_v neverend_a till_o they_o have_v triumph_v both_o over_o africa_n and_o over_o asia_n whereupon_o when_o war_n be_v wage_v with_o such_o people_n we_o must_v make_v account_n either_o to_o get_v the_o victory_n or_o otherwise_o to_o be_v absolute_o destroy_v and_o therefore_o when_o samuel_n mean_v to_o show_v saul_n that_o god_n intend_v to_o root_v out_o his_o house_n to_o the_o end_n he_o may_v know_v he_o will_v not_o pardon_v he_o till_o he_o be_v utter_o destroy_v he_o call_v our_o lord_n god_n by_o the_o name_n of_o triumpher_n porro_fw-la triumphator_fw-la in_o 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be_v able_a to_o present_v unto_o he_o withal_o i_o advertise_v that_o to_o blame_v a_o book_n may_v be_v the_o work_n of_o understand_a man_n but_o to_o blame_v the_o author_n of_o book_n the_o work_n of_o none_o but_o malignant_a man_n that_o i_o leave_v to_o every_o man_n liberty_n this_o i_o conceive_v he_o deserve_v not_o that_o be_v not_o conceit_v of_o his_o own_o wisdom_n the_o content_n of_o the_o several_a discourse_n discourse_v the_o first_o of_o the_o divers_a form_n of_o government_n that_o rome_n have_v and_o how_o it_o happen_v that_o city_n for_o the_o most_o part_n have_v their_o beginning_n under_o king_n rather_o than_o under_o any_o other_o form_n of_o government_n p._n 1_o discourse_n second_o how_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n come_v from_o be_v govern_v by_o king_n to_o be_v a_o free_a state_n and_o the_o difference_n be_v between_o a_o beginning_n and_o a_o cause_n p._n 8_o discourse_n three_o a_o parallel_n between_o the_o conspiracy_n of_o marcus_n brutus_n against_o caesar_n and_o that_o of_o lucius_n brutus_n against_o tarquin_n whereby_o we_o may_v see_v why_o the_o one_o bring_v in_o liberty_n and_o the_o other_o tyranny_n p._n 21_o discourse_n four_o that_o the_o power_n of_o a_o few_o can_v consist_v in_o any_o number_n better_a than_o three_o p._n 25_o discourse_n five_o of_o what_o kind_n of_o discord_n the_o author_n intend_v to_o speak_v p._n 28_o discourse_n six_o whether_o a_o external_a war_n with_o the_o enemy_n of_o the_o faith_n be_v the_o best_a mean_n to_o hinder_v discord_n among_o christian_n p._n 30_o discourse_n seven_o what_o be_v the_o fit_a time_n to_o proceed_v in_o discord_n with_o the_o enemy_n of_o the_o faith_n p._n 45_o discourse_n eight_o what_o discord_n conserve_v state_n and_o what_o corrupt_v they_o p._n 60_o discourse_n nine_o of_o concordant_a discord_n and_o how_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v manage_v for_o the_o good_a of_o city_n p._n 61_o discourse_n ten_o how_o hard_a and_o dangerous_a a_o matter_n it_o be_v to_o write_v history_n when_o the_o easy_a time_n be_v to_o find_v writer_n and_o which_o of_o they_o deserve_v most_o credit_n p._n 67_o discourse_n eleven_o from_o whence_o flattery_n proceed_v how_o many_o kind_n there_o be_v of_o it_o and_o which_o of_o they_o be_v hurtful_a to_o a_o city_n p._n 81_o discourse_n twelve_o what_o thing_n help_v augustus_n to_o the_o empire_n and_o what_o mean_v he_o use_v to_o maintain_v it_o p._n 91_o discourse_n thirteen_o how_o prince_n may_v get_v the_o people_n love_n how_o a_o private_a man_n ought_v to_o make_v use_n of_o the_o people_n favour_n and_o what_o part_n it_o have_v in_o bestow_v the_o empire_n p._n 99_o discourse_n fourteen_o how_o the_o donative_n which_o be_v give_v to_o soldier_n be_v profitable_a to_o raise_v a_o man_n and_o to_o maintain_v he_o in_o the_o empire_n and_o when_o it_o be_v that_o military_a discipline_n be_v corrupt_v by_o they_o p._n 107_o discourse_n fifteen_o how_o much_o it_o import_v a_o prince_n for_o get_v the_o people_n love_n to_o maintain_v plenty_n by_o what_o mean_v scarcity_n happen_v and_o how_o it_o may_v be_v help_v and_o how_o a_o prince_n may_v make_v use_n of_o it_o p._n 113_o discourse_n sixteen_o what_o kind_n of_o ease_n it_o be_v that_o tacitus_n speak_v of_o and_o how_o it_o may_v be_v reconcile_v with_o some_o place_n in_o other_o author_n p._n 121_o discourse_n seventeen_o that_o city_n subject_n to_o another_o city_n better_a like_o the_o government_n of_o a_o king_n than_o of_o a_o commonwealth_n and_o that_o every_o city_n will_v glad_o have_v their_o lord_n to_o live_v among_o they_o p._n 125_o discourse_n eighteen_o what_o mean_v a_o prince_n may_v use_v with_o safety_n to_o set_v they_o in_o a_o way_n that_o be_v to_o succeed_v they_o in_o the_o government_n p._n 137_o discourse_n nineteen_o that_o old_a man_n be_v apt_a to_o be_v carry_v away_o by_o woman_n and_o of_o what_o age_n a_o prince_n shall_v be_v p._n 145_o discourse_n twenty_o that_o to_o maintain_v and_o suffer_v magistrate_n to_o continue_v although_o without_o authority_n be_v a_o matter_n of_o great_a moment_n p._n 155_o discourse_v twenty_o one_o that_o tiberius_n be_v part_v good_a and_o part_v bad_a how_o it_o happen_v that_o he_o fall_v not_o into_o danger_n as_o nero_n do_v whether_o it_o be_v good_a to_o be_v bring_v up_o in_o the_o prince_n house_n and_o final_o how_o their_o secret_a vice_n may_v be_v know_v p._n 159_o discourse_v twenty_o two_o how_o much_o it_o import_v a_o prince_n to_o be_v chaste_a p._n 168_o discourse_v twenty_o three_o how_o and_o when_o the_o government_n of_o woman_n be_v odious_a p._n 171_o discourse_v twenty_o four_o that_o at_o one_o and_o the_o same_o time_n to_o make_v know_v the_o death_n of_o the_o prince_n and_o the_o assumption_n of_o the_o successor_n be_v
a_o thing_n very_o profitable_a for_o state_n that_o stand_v in_o danger_n p._n 179_o discourse_v twenty_o five_o that_o those_o man_n who_o possess_v the_o state_n of_o another_o be_v but_o in_o a_o dangerous_a condition_n as_o long_o as_o any_o of_o the_o former_a lord_n line_n remain_v alive_a and_o what_o course_n be_v to_o be_v take_v to_o free_v themselves_o from_o such_o danger_n p._n 183_o discourse_v twenty_o six_o a_o parallel_n between_o tiberius_n and_o solomon_n p._n 189_o discourse_v twenty_o seven_o that_o it_o be_v a_o dangerous_a thing_n to_o obey_v prince_n in_o service_n of_o cruelty_n and_o tyranny_n p._n 190_o discourse_v twenty_o eight_o that_o prince_n ought_v not_o to_o reveal_v the_o secret_n of_o their_o state_n and_o how_o it_o happen_v that_o oftentimes_o man_n be_v draw_v to_o speak_v some_o thing_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v conceal_v p._n 198_o discourse_v twenty_o nine_o how_o prince_n shall_v make_v use_n of_o counsel_n p._n 204_o discourse_v thirty_o how_o prince_n ought_v to_o make_v use_n of_o magistrate_n and_o officer_n p._n 210_o discourse_v thirty_o one_o why_o tiberius_n make_v a_o show_n he_o will_v not_o be_v emperor_n and_o that_o to_o make_v prince_n discover_v thing_n they_o will_v have_v conceal_v be_v dangerous_a p._n 219_o discourse_v thirty_o two_o what_o course_n a_o prince_n shall_v take_v to_o secure_v himself_o from_o general_n of_o army_n and_o what_o course_n general_n shall_v take_v to_o secure_v themselves_o from_o the_o prince_n and_o from_o a_o commonwealth_n p._n 329_o discourse_v thirty_o three_o of_o succession_n and_o election_n p._n 347_o discourse_v thirty_o four_o whether_o tiberius_n do_v ill_a in_o cause_v augustus_n his_o will_n to_o be_v read_v and_o why_o augustus_n in_o the_o three_o place_n make_v many_o his_o heir_n that_o be_v his_o enemy_n p._n 354_o discourse_v thirty_o five_o that_o corrupt_a commonwealth_n have_v need_n of_o a_o monarch_n to_o reform_v they_o p._n 357_o discourse_v thirty_o six_o why_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n from_o a_o regal_a power_n under_o romulus_n recover_v liberty_n under_o tarqvinius_n and_o from_o the_o regal_a power_n of_o augustus_n be_v never_o able_a to_o shake_v off_o servitude_n p._n 363_o discourse_v thirty_o seven_o that_o to_o elect_v a_o wicked_a successor_n â—…by_o to_o get_v glory_n to_o himself_o be_v a_o beastly_a course_n p._n 371_o discourse_v thirty_o eight_o that_o a_o prince_n shall_v be_v both_o love_v and_o fear_v p._n 378_o discourse_v thirty_o nine_o whether_o a_o aristocracy_n or_o a_o monarchy_n be_v the_o more_o profitable_a for_o a_o city_n p._n 388_o discourse_v forty_o that_o it_o be_v a_o great_a help_n for_o attain_v a_o kingdom_n to_o have_v a_o wife_n of_o the_o blood-royal_a and_o in_o what_o danger_n a_o prince_n be_v that_o have_v none_o but_o daughter_n p._n 408_o discourse_v forty_o one_o whether_o it_o be_v better_a to_o refuse_v dignity_n or_o to_o seek_v after_o they_o p._n 425_o discourse_v forty_o two_o that_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o pass_v from_o one_o extreme_a to_o another_o than_o from_o a_o extreme_a to_o the_o middle_n p._n 433_o discourse_v forty_o three_o that_o germanicus_n can_v not_o carry_v himself_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o to_o keep_v tiberius_n from_o suspect_v he_o and_o that_o he_o refuse_v the_o empire_n for_o fear_n of_o death_n and_o not_o out_o of_o goodness_n p._n 434_o discourse_v forty_o four_o that_o it_o be_v a_o hard_a matter_n to_o settle_v the_o insurrection_n of_o a_o army_n p._n 442_o discourse_v forty_o five_o that_o what_o kind_n of_o affair_n it_o be_v fit_a to_o carry_v their_o wife_n with_o they_o p._n 444_o discourse_v forty_o six_o whether_o germanicus_n do_v well_o to_o grant_v so_o many_o thing_n to_o the_o army_n be_v in_o mutiny_n what_o other_o course_n he_o may_v have_v take_v last_o that_o in_o diversity_n of_o time_n and_o upon_o diversity_n of_o occasion_n divers_a course_n be_v to_o be_v take_v p._n 448._o discourse_n forty_o 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