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doubt_n be_v cancel_v by_o a_o neessitie_n that_o violent_o thrust_v they_o forward_o they_o remain_v always_o in_o suspense_n chap._n thirty-nine_o the_o same_o accident_n be_v see_v to_o befall_v several_a people_n this_o be_v easy_o know_v by_o any_o one_o that_o consider_v thing_n present_a and_o thing_n long_o pass_v that_o in_o all_o city_n and_o all_o people_n there_o be_v now_o the_o same_o desire_n and_o the_o same_o humour_n there_o be_v always_o so_o that_o it_o be_v very_o easy_a for_o he_o that_o examine_v with_o diligence_n the_o thing_n that_o be_v past_a to_o foresee_v the_o future_a in_o any_o commonwealth_n and_o to_o serve_v himself_o of_o those_o remedy_n which_o be_v in_o use_n among_o the_o ancient_n or_o not_o find_v of_o those_o which_o be_v use_v to_o devise_v new_a for_o the_o resemblance_n these_o accident_n have_v with_o the_o ancient_a but_o because_o these_o consideration_n be_v neglect_v or_o not_o understand_v by_o the_o reader_n or_o if_o understand_v 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the_o same_o and_o they_o begin_v to_o persuade_v themselves_o that_o by_o take_v away_o that_o magistracy_n they_o shall_v end_v their_o war_n so_o that_o have_v to_o make_v new_a they_o will_v not_o supply_v the_o place_n but_o rather_o suffer_v that_o magistracy_n to_o expire_v they_o refer_v their_o employment_n all_o to_o the_o senate_n which_o resolution_n be_v so_o hurtful_a that_o not_o only_o it_o end_v not_o the_o war_n as_o the_o generality_n be_v persuade_v but_o those_o man_n be_v put_v out_o of_o the_o employment_n who_o guide_v it_o with_o understanding_n there_o follow_v such_o confusion_n that_o beside_o pisa_n they_o lose_v arezzo_n and_o many_o other_o place_n in_o so_o much_o that_o the_o people_n perceive_v their_o error_n and_o that_o the_o fever_n occasion_v the_o mischief_n and_o not_o the_o physician_n they_o create_v anew_o the_o magistracy_n of_o ten_o the_o self_n same_o humour_n grow_v up_o in_o rome_n against_o the_o name_n of_o the_o consul_n for_o the_o people_n see_v one_o war_n arise_v from_o another_o give_v they_o no_o rest_n where_o they_o ought_v to_o have_v attribute_v it_o whole_o to_o their_o neighbour_n ambition_n who_o desire_v to_o suppress_v they_o they_o impute_v it_o rather_o to_o the_o ambition_n of_o the_o nobility_n who_o not_o be_v able_a in_o rome_n to_o chastise_v the_o people_n protect_v by_o the_o tribunitiall_a power_n endeavour_v to_o draw_v they_o our_o of_o rome_n under_o the_o consul_n and_o there_o to_o oppress_v they_o where_o they_o have_v no_o assistance_n and_o hereupon_o they_o think_v it_o necessary_a to_o take_v away_o the_o consul_n or_o so_o to_o limit_v their_o power_n that_o they_o shall_v have_v no_o authority_n over_o the_o people_n neither_o at_o home_n nor_o abroad_o the_o first_o that_o assaâ—d_v to_o put_v that_o law_n in_o practice_n be_v one_o
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humane_a policy_n and_o cunning_n yet_o i_o think_v it_o can_v satisfy_v a_o christian_a in_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o good_a and_o bad_a success_n of_o thing_n the_o life_n of_o man_n be_v like_o a_o game_n at_o table_n skill_n avail_v much_o i_o grant_v but_o that_o be_v not_o all_o play_v thy_o game_n well_o but_o that_o will_v not_o win_v the_o chance_n thou_o throw_v must_v accord_v with_o thy_o play_n examine_v this_o play_v never_o so_o sure_o play_v never_o so_o probable_o unless_o the_o chance_n thoucast_o lead_v thou_o forward_o to_o advantage_n all_o hazard_n be_v loss_n and_o thy_o sure_a play_n leave_v thou_o in_o the_o lurch_n the_o sum_n of_o this_o be_v set_v down_o in_o ecclesiastes_n chap_n 9_o v_o 11._o the_o race_n be_v not_o to_o the_o swift_a nor_o the_o battle_n to_o the_o strong_a neither_o yet_o bread_n to_o the_o wise_a nor_o yet_o riches_n to_o man_n of_o understanding_n nor_o yet_o favour_n to_o man_n of_o skill_n but_o time_n and_o chance_n hapen_v to_o they_o all_o our_o cunning_a author_n for_o all_o his_o exact_a rule_n he_o delivere_fw-la in_o his_o book_n can_v not_o fence_v against_o the_o despite_n of_o fortune_n as_o he_o complain_v in_o his_o epistle_n to_o this_o book_n nor_o that_o great_a example_n of_o policy_n duke_n valentine_n who_o cur_n author_n commend_v to_o prince_n for_o his_o crafts-master_n can_v so_o ruffle_v or_o force_v his_o mistress_n fortune_n that_o he_o can_v keep_v she_o in_o obedience_n man_n can_v contribute_v no_o more_o to_o his_o action_n that_o virtue_n and_o wisdom_n but_o the_o success_n depend_v upon_o a_o power_n above_o sure_o there_o be_v the_o finger_n of_o god_n or_o as_o prov._n 16._o v_o 33._o the_o lot_n be_v cast_v into_o the_o lap_n but_o the_o whole_a dispose_n thereof_o be_v of_o the_o lord_n it_o be_v nor_o joseph_n wisdom_n make_v all_o thing_n thrive_v under_o his_o hand_n but_o because_o the_o lord_n be_v with_o he_o &_o that_o which_o he_o do_v the_o lord_n make_v it_o to_o prosper_v gen_n 39_o sure_o this_o be_v a_o blessing_n proceed_v from_o the_o divine_a providence_n which_o beyond_o humane_a capacity_n so_o cooperate_v with_o the_o cause_n as_o that_o their_o effect_n prove_v answerable_a and_o sometime_o that_o we_o may_v know_v there_o be_v something_o above_o the_o ordinary_a cause_n the_o success_n return_v with_o such_o a_o supereminency_n of_o worth_n that_o it_o far_o exceed_v the_o virtue_n of_o the_o ordinary_a cause_n chap._n xxvi_o a_o exhortation_n to_o free_a italy_n from_o the_o barbarian_n have_v then_o weigh_v all_o thing_n above_o discourse_v and_o devise_v with_o myself_o whether_o at_o this_o present_a in_o italy_n the_o time_n may_v serve_v to_o honour_v a_o new_a prince_n &_o whether_o there_o be_v matter_n that_o may_v minister_v occasion_n to_o a_o wise_a and_o valorous_a prince_n to_o introduce_v such_o a_o form_n that_o may_v do_v honour_n to_o he_o and_o good_a to_o the_o whole_a generality_n of_o the_o people_n in_o the_o 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