Machivael's [sic] discourses upon the first decade of T. Livius, translated out of the Italian. To which is added his Prince. With some marginal animadversions noting and taxing his errors. By E.D.

The Table of the third book. (Book book 3)

• FOr the maintenance of a Religion or Commonwealth long in being, it is necessary oftentimes to reduce them to their first grounds. Chap. 1.
• It is a very great part of wisdom sometimes to seem a fool. Chap. 2.
• That it was necessary for preservation of the new gotten liberty, to put Brutus his sons to death. Chap. 3.
• No Prince lives secure in his Principality, while those are living who were despoyled of it. Chap. 4.
• What it is that makes a Prince lose his Kingdome, which he injoys by right of in∣heritance. Chap. 5.
• Of Conspiracies. Chap. 6.
• From whence proceeds it, that of the chan∣ges from liberty to slavery, and from sla∣very to liberty, some are without blood, o∣thers exceeding bloody. Chap. 7.
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• He that will make alteration in a Repub∣lique, must consider the subject he is to worke upon. Chap. 8.
• How a man must of necessity change with the times, if he will alwaies have good suc∣cess in his undertakings. Chap. 9.
• That a Captain cannot avoid battel when his enemy will fight in any case. Ch. 10.
• He that hath to deal with many, however that he be the weaker, provided that he can but support their first violence, over∣comes. Chap. 11.
• That a wise Commander upon his own soldi∣ers, should lay all manner of necessity to fight, and take it, as much as he can, from his enemies. Chap. 12.
• Whether more trust is to be reposed in a good Commander having a weak army, or in a good army having a weak Commander. Chap. 13.
• New sleights and inventions that are used in the midst of a fight, and new cryes that are heard, what effects they produce. Chap. 14.
• That the command of an army ought to be given in charge onely to one, and where there are more, they alwaies erre. Chap. 15.
• In time of difficulty and peril, true worth

• and vertue is sought after; and in calm and quiet times, not their vertues but their wealth, friends and parentage prefer them. Chap. 16.
• That he who hath received any not able dis∣grace or injury done him from a Prince or Republique, should never be intrusted by them in any employment or service of importance. Chap. 17.
• There is nothing more worthy of a Comman∣der, then to be able to discover before∣hand and espy out the enemies practices. Chap. 18
• Whether in the government of a multitude, mildness or severity be of greater availe. Chap. 19.
• One example of humanity prevailed with the Falisci, more then all the force of Rome could. Chap. 20.
• From whence it came that Hannibal by a manner of proceeding different from that of Scipioes, wrought the same effect in Italy, which the other did in Spain. Chap. 21.
• How Manlius Torquatus his rigor, and Va∣lerius Corvinus his mildness gaind each of them the same glory. Chap. 22.
• For what cause Camillus was banished Rome. Chap. 23.
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• The continuation of governments brought Rome into thraldom. Chap. 24.
• Of Cincinnatus and many Romans poverties' Chap. 25.
• How that upon the occasion of Women, states have been ruined. Chap. 26.
• How a City at discord in it self is to be uni∣ted: and how that opinion is not true, that to maintain Cities in obedience, it is ne∣cessary to keep them in discord, and divided into factions. Chap. 27.
• That the Citizens actions ought to be well weighed: for many times under vertuous and charitable deeds, are laid the fouuda∣cions of Tyranny. Chap. 28.
• That the peoples faults grow from their Princes. Chap. 29.
• A Citizen, that will of his own authority do any good in his own City, of necessity must first extinguish all envy: and what order is to be taken for the defence of a City upon the enemies approach. Chap. 30.
• Powerful Commonwealths, and great and worthy personages in all manner of fortune retain the same courage and the same dig∣nity. Chap. 31.
• What means some have practised to disturb a treaty of peace. Chap. 32.
• It much furthers an army in the winning of

• a battel, to be confident of their own forces and their Generals valor. Chap. 33.
• What fame, report, or opinion causes the peo∣ple, to begin to cast their favors upon a Ci∣tizen: and whether a Prince or a People do bestow their Magistracies with better judgement. Chap. 34.
• What dangers they incur, that put themselves forwards as Principals to advise any de∣signe, which are so much the greater, by how much this carries with it the more difficulty and peril. Chap. 35.
• The reason wherefore the French have been and are thought in combats at the begin∣ning more then men, and afterwards less then women. Chap. 36.
• Whether slight skirmishes or battels are ne∣cessary before a great battel; and what is to be done to know a new enemy, when one would avoid those skirmishes. Chap. 37.
• What manner of man that General ought to be, on whose abilities an army may con∣fidently rely Chap. 38.
• That a Commander ought exactly to know scituations. Chap. 39.
• How deceit is commendable used against the enemy in time of war. Chap. 40.
• That the defence of ones countrey ought to be undertaken, either with ignominy or with

• glory, or whatsoever way it be done, it is well defended. Chap. 41.
• Promises extorted by force ought not to be kept. Chap. 42.
• Those men that are bred in the same Country, do throughout all ages keep very neere the same nature and dispositim. Chap. 43.
• By sudden supprisal and boldness many times more is obtained, then by ordinary means can be gotten. Chap. 44.
• Which course is the better in a battel, either at the first to sustain onely the enemies shock and reserve some forces till the latter end to give them a blow withall, or else as up∣on themaine to venture all upon the fury of the first onset Chap. 45.
• Whence proceeds it that one family in a City holds a long time the same manners and disposition. Chap. 46.
• That a good Citizen for the good of his Coun∣try ought to forget all private wrongs. Chap. 47.
• When we see the enemy commit a great error, we ought to beleeve there is some treachery in the business. Chap. 48.
• A Republique if one would preserve it free, hath every day neeed of provision of new orders: and in regard of his good deserts that way, Fabius was termed Magnus, Chap. 49.

FINIS.