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who_o be_v bear_v prince_n lose_v his_o inheritance_n by_o his_o own_o ill_a management_n and_o imprudence_n and_o if_o the_o sovereign_a prince_n in_o italy_n who_o in_o our_o time_n have_v lose_v their_o dominion_n be_v consider_v as_o the_o king_n of_o naples_n the_o duke_n of_o milan_n and_o other_o there_o will_v be_v find_v in_o their_o beginning_n one_o common_a defect_n as_o to_o the_o management_n of_o their_o arm_n for_o the_o reason_n large_o discourse_v of_o before_o beside_o some_o of_o they_o will_v appear_v to_o have_v be_v hate_v by_o the_o people_n or_o if_o they_o have_v have_v so_o much_o prudence_n as_o to_o preserve_v a_o friendship_n with_o they_o they_o have_v be_v ignorant_a how_o to_o secure_v themselves_o against_o the_o grandee_n for_o without_o these_o error_n no_o state_n be_v lose_v that_o have_v money_n and_o strength_n enough_o to_o bring_v a_o army_n into_o the_o field_n philip_n of_o macedon_n not_o alexander_n the_o great_a be_v father_n but_o he_o 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people_n that_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o world_n be_v so_o govern_v by_o fortune_n and_o divine_a providence_n that_o man_n can_v by_o his_o wisdom_n correct_v they_o or_o apply_v any_o remedy_n at_o all_o from_o whence_o they_o will_v infer_v that_o we_o be_v not_o to_o labour_v and_o sweat_n but_o to_o leave_v every_o thing_n to_o its_o own_o tendancy_n and_o event_n this_o opinion_n have_v obtain_v more_o in_o our_o day_n by_o the_o many_o and_o frequent_a revolution_n which_o have_v be_v and_o be_v still_o see_v beyond_o all_o humane_a conjecture_n and_o when_o i_o think_v of_o it_o serious_o sometime_o i_o be_o in_o some_o measure_n incline_v to_o it_o myself_o nevertheless_o that_o our_o own_o free_a will_n may_v not_o utter_o be_v explode_v i_o conceive_v it_o may_v be_v true_a that_o fortune_n may_v have_v the_o arbitrement_n of_o one_o half_a of_o our_o
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of_o their_o country_n they_o may_v attempt_v if_o they_o please_v but_o he_o hope_v with_o the_o same_o virtue_n which_o drive_v out_o the_o guelf_n he_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o defend_v the_o city_n this_o ferinata_n be_v a_o man_n of_o great_a courage_n excellent_a conduct_n head_n of_o the_o ghibiline_n and_o in_o no_o small_a esteem_n with_o manfredi_n himself_o these_o qualification_n and_o the_o consideration_n of_o his_o authority_n put_v a_o end_n to_o that_o resolution_n and_o they_o begin_v now_o to_o take_v new_a measure_n and_o contrive_v way_n of_o preserve_v the_o state_n the_o guelf_n who_o have_v flee_v to_o lucca_n be_v dismiss_v by_o the_o lucchesi_n upon_o the_o count_n commination_n they_o withdraw_v to_o bologna_n from_o whence_o be_v invite_v by_o the_o guelf_n of_o parma_n to_o go_v against_o the_o ghibiline_n pope_n they_o behave_v themselves_o so_o well_o that_o by_o their_o valour_n the_o adversary_n be_v overcome_v and_o their_o possession_n give_v to_o 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florence_n who_o be_v to_o administer_v justice_n to_o all_o under_o his_o ward_n and_o to_o every_o art_n a_o banner_n be_v assign_v that_o under_o that_o each_o company_n may_v appear_v in_o arm_n when_o ever_o the_o safety_n of_o the_o city_n require_v it_o at_o first_o these_o art_n or_o company_n be_v twelve_o seven_o great_a and_o five_o less_o the_o lesser_a increase_a afterward_o to_o fourteen_o their_o whole_a number_n advance_v to_o xxi_o as_o it_o remain_v at_o this_o day_n the_o reformation_n proceed_v quiet_o in_o this_o manner_n and_o contrive_v many_o thing_n for_o the_o common_a benefit_n of_o the_o people_n without_o interruption_n count_n guido_n think_v himself_o under_o a_o equal_a obligation_n to_o provide_v for_o his_o soldier_n cause_v a_o tax_n to_o be_v lay_v upon_o the_o citizen_n to_o raise_v money_n for_o their_o pay_n but_o he_o find_v such_o difficulty_n in_o the_o business_n he_o dare_v never_o collect_v it_o whereupon_o perceive_v all_o lose_v unless_o 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