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iu._n wherefore_o darius_n his_o kingdom_n take_v by_o alexd_n rebel_v not_o against_o alexander_n successor_n after_o his_o death_n the_o difficulty_n be_v consider_v which_o a_o man_n have_v in_o the_o maintain_n of_o a_o state_n new_o get_v some_o may_v marvel_v how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o alexander_n the_o great_a subdue_v all_o asia_n in_o a_o few_o year_n and_o have_v hardly_o possess_v himself_o of_o it_o die_v whereupon_o it_o seem_v probable_a that_o all_o that_o state_n shall_v have_v rebel_v nevertheless_o his_o successor_n keep_v the_o possession_n of_o it_o nor_o find_v they_o other_o difficulty_n in_o hold_v it_o than_o what_o arise_v among_o themselves_o through_o their_o own_o ambition_n i_o answer_v that_o all_o the_o principality_n whereof_o we_o have_v memory_n leave_v we_o have_v be_v govern_v in_o two_o several_a manner_n either_o by_o a_o prince_n and_o all_o the_o rest_n vassal_n who_o as_o minister_n by_o his_o favour_n and_o allowance_n do_v help_n 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the_o rest_n be_v all_o his_o vassal_n and_o divide_v his_o whole_a kingdom_n into_o divers_a sangiacques_n or_o government_n he_o send_v several_a thither_o and_o those_o he_o chap_n and_o change_n as_o he_o please_v but_o the_o king_n of_o france_n be_v seat_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o a_o multitude_n of_o lord_n who_o of_o old_a have_v be_v acknowledge_v for_o such_o by_o their_o subject_n and_o be_v belove_v by_o they_o enjoy_v their_o preeminency_n nor_o can_v the_o king_n take_v their_o state_n from_o they_o without_o danger_n he_o than_o that_o consider_v the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o of_o these_o two_o state_n shall_v find_v difficulty_n in_o the_o conquest_n of_o the_o turk_n state_n but_o when_o once_o it_o be_v subdue_v great_a facility_n to_o hold_v it_o the_o reason_n of_o these_o difficulty_n in_o take_v of_o the_o turk_n kingdom_n from_o he_o be_v because_o the_o invader_n can_v be_v call_v in_o by_o the_o prince_n of_o that_o kingdom_n nor_o hope_v by_o the_o 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matter_n to_o himself_o and_o so_o shall_v he_o gain_v double_a glory_n to_o have_v give_v a_o beginning_n to_o a_o new_a principality_n adorn_v and_o strengthnd_v it_o with_o good_a law_n good_a arm_n good_a friend_n and_o good_a example_n as_o he_o shall_v have_v double_a shame_n that_o be_v bear_v a_o prince_n and_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o small_a discretion_n have_v lose_v it_o and_o if_o we_o shall_v consider_v those_o lord_n that_o in_o italy_n have_v lose_v their_o state_n in_o our_o day_n as_o the_o king_n of_o naples_n the_o duke_n of_o milan_n and_o other_o first_o we_o shall_v find_v in_o they_o a_o common_a defect_n touch_v their_o arm_n for_o the_o reason_n which_o have_v be_v above_o discourse_v at_o length_n afterward_o we_o shall_v see_v some_o of_o they_o that_o either_o shall_v have_v have_v the_o people_n for_o their_o enemy_n or_o be_v it_o they_o have_v the_o people_n to_o friend_n can_v never_o know_v how_o to_o assure_v themselves_o of_o the_o great_a one_o 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because_o they_o never_o have_v think_v during_o the_o time_n of_o quiet_a that_o they_o can_v suffer_v a_o change_n which_o be_v the_o common_a fault_n of_o man_n while_o fair_a weather_n lost_n not_o to_o provide_v for_o the_o tempest_n when_o afterward_o mischief_n come_v upon_o they_o think_v rather_o upon_o fly_v from_o they_o than_o upon_o their_o defence_n and_o hope_v that_o the_o people_n weary_a of_o the_o vanquisher_n insolence_n will_v recall_v they_o which_o course_n when_o the_o other_o fail_v be_v good_a but_o very_o ill_o be_v it_o to_o leave_v the_o other_o remedy_n for_o that_o for_o a_o man_n will_v never_o go_v to_o fall_v believe_v another_o will_v come_v to_o take_v he_o up_o which_o may_v either_o not_o come_v to_o pass_v or_o if_o it_o do_v it_o be_v not_o for_o thy_o security_n because_o that_o defence_n of_o he_o be_v vile_a and_o depend_v nor_o upon_o thou_o but_o those_o defence_n only_o be_v good_a certain_a and_o durable_a which_o depend_v upon_o thy_o own_o self_n and_o thy_o own_o virtue_n chap._n xxv_o how_o great_a power_n fortune_n have_v in_o humane_a affair_n and_o what_o mean_v there_o be_v to_o resist_v it_o it_o be_v not_o unknown_a unto_o i_o how_o that_o many_o have_v hold_v opinion_n and_o still_o hold_v it_o that_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o world_n be_v so_o govern_v by_o fortune_n and_o by_o god_n that_o man_n by_o their_o wisdom_n can_v amend_v or_o alter_v they_o or_o rather_o that_o there_o be_v no_o remedy_n for_o they_o and_o hereupon_o they_o will_v think_v that_o it_o be_v of_o no_o avail_n to_o take_v much_o pain_n in_o any_o thing_n but_o leave_v all_o to_o be_v govern_v by_o chance_n this_o opinion_n have_v gain_v the_o more_o credit_n in_o our_o day_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o great_a alteration_n of_o thing_n which_o we_o have_v of_o late_o see_v and_o do_v every_o day_n see_v beyond_o all_o humane_a conjecture_n upon_o which_o i_o sometime_o think_v be_o in_o some_o paret_fw-la incline_v to_o their_o opinion_n nevertheless_o not_o to_o extingush_v quite_o our_o own_o free_a will_n i_o think_v it_o may_v be_v true_a that_o fortune_n be_v the_o mistress_n of_o one_o half_a of_o our_o action_n but_o yet_o that_o she_o let_v we_o have_v rule_n of_o the_o other_o half_a or_o little_o less_o and_o i_o liken_v she_o to_o a_o precipitous_a torrent_n which_o when_o it_o rage_v overflows_a the_o plain_n overthrow_v the_o tree_n and_o building_n remove_v the_o earth_n from_o one_o side_n and_o lay_v it_o on_o another_o every_o one_o fly_n before_o it_o every_o one_o yield_v to_o the_o fury_n thereof_o as_o unable_a to_o withstand_v it_o and_o yet_o however_o it_o be_v thus_o when_o the_o time_n be_v calm_a man_n be_v able_a to_o make_v provision_n against_o these_o excess_n with_o bank_n and_o fence_n so_o that_o afterward_o when_o it_o swell_v again_o it_o shall_v all_o pass_v smooth_o along_o within_o its_o channel_n or_o else_o the_o violence_n thereof_o shall_v not_o prove_v so_o licentious_a and_o hurtful_a in_o like_a manner_n befall_v it_o we_o with_o fortune_n which_o there_o show_v her_o power_n where_o virtue_n be_v not_o ordain_v to_o resist_v she_o and_o thither_o turn_v she_o all_o her_o force_n where_o she_o perceive_v that_o no_o provision_n nor_o resistance_n be_v make_v to_o uphold_v she_o and_o if_o you_o shall_v consider_v italy_n which_o be_v the_o seat_n of_o these_o change_n and_o that_o which_o have_v give_v they_o their_o motion_n you_o shall_v see_v it_o to_o be_v a_o plain_a field_n without_o any_o trench_n or_o bank_n which_o have_v it_o be_v fence_v with_o convenienent_a virtue_n as_o be_v germany_n spain_n or_o france_n this_o inundation_n will_v never_o heave_v cause_v these_o great_a alteration_n it_o have_v or_o else_o will_v it_o not_o have_v reach_v to_o we_o and_o this_o shall_v suffice_v to_o have_v say_v touch_v the_o oppose_a of_o fortune_n in_o general_n but_o restrain_v myself_o more_o to_o particular_n i_o say_v that_o to_o 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year_n after_o they_o begin_v to_o make_v war_n how_o much_o the_o roman_n in_o their_o manner_n of_o proceed_v in_o their_o conquest_n do_v differ_v from_o those_o who_o now_o a_o day_n enlarge_v their_o dominion_n we_o have_v former_o discourse_v enough_o and_o how_o they_o suffer_v those_o town_n which_o they_o do_v not_o utter_o race_n to_o live_v with_o their_o own_o law_n as_o well_o those_o that_o yield_v to_o they_o as_o subject_n as_o those_o that_o come_v under_o their_o protection_n as_o associate_n and_o in_o they_o they_o leave_v no_o mark_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n but_o tie_v they_o to_o some_o certain_a condition_n which_o while_o they_o observe_v they_o still_o maintain_v they_o in_o their_o state_n and_o dignity_n and_o we_o know_v that_o these_o course_n be_v continue_v till_o they_o begin_v to_o conquer_v abroad_o out_o of_o italy_n and_o that_o they_o reduce_v kingdom_n and_o state_n into_o province_n whereof_o the_o example_n be_v very_o clear_a for_o the_o 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