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If thou hast Conquered a Land, whose Language differs not from thine, change not their Laws and Taxes, and the two Kingdoms will in a short time incorporate and make one body. But if the Laws and Language differ, it is difficult to maintain thy Conquest, which that thou mayst the ea∣sier do, observe three things; First, to live there in Person, (or rather send Colonies.) Secondly, to assist the weak Inhabitants and weaken the mighty. Thirdly,
To admit no powerful Foreig∣ner to reside there. Remem∣ber Lewis XIII. of France, how suddenly he took Milan, and how soon he lost it.