Index:The Prince (translated by William K. Marriott).djvu

Title	The Prince
Author	Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527)
Translator	William K. Marriott (1847-1927)
Year	1908
Source	djvu
Progress	To be proofread
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CONTENTS

1. PAGE

2. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   vii

3. Dedication to The Magnificent Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   1

4. CHAPTER

5. I.

   How Many Kinds of Principalities there are, and by what Means they are acquired ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   5

6. II.

   Concerning Hereditary Principalities ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   9

7. III.

   Concerning Mixed Principalities ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   13

8. IV.

   Why the Kingdom of Darius, conquered by Alexander, did not rebel against the Successors of Alexander at his Death ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   29

9. V.

   Concerning the way to govern Cities or Principalities which lived under their own Laws before they were annexed ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   37

10. VI.

    Concerning Principalities which are acquired by one's own Arms and Ability ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    43

11. VII.

    Concerning new Principalities which are acquired either by the Arms of of others or by Good Fortune ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    51

12. VIII.

    Concerning those who have obtained a Principality by Wickedness ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    65

13. IX.

    Concerning a Civil Principality ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    75

14. X.

    Concerning the way in which the Strength of all Principalities ought to be measured ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    83

15. XI.

    Concerning Ecclesiastical Principalities ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    89

16. XII.

    How many Kinds of Soldiery there are, and concerning Mercenaries ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    95

17. XIII.

    Concerning Auxiliaries, Mixed Soldiery, and one's own ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    105

18. XIV.

    That which concerns a Prince on the Subject of the Art of War ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    113

19. XV.

    Concerning things for which Men, and especially Princes, are praised or blamed ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    119

20. XVI.

    Concerning Liberality and Meanness ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    125

21. XVII.

    Concerning Cruelty and Clemency, and Whether it is better to be loved then feared ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    131

22. XVIII.

    Concerning the Way in which Princes should keep Faith ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    139

23. XIX.

    That one should avoid being despised and hated ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    147

24. XX.

    Are Fortresses, and many other things to which Princes resort, advantageous or hurtful? ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    165

25. XXI.

    How A Prince should conduct Himself so as to gain Renown ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    175

26. XXII.

    Concerning the Secretaries of Princes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    183

27. XXIII.

    How Flatterers should be avoided ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    189

28. XXIV.

    Why the Princes of Italy have lost their States ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    195

29. XXV.

    What Fortune can effect in Human Affairs, and how to withstand Her ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    201

30. XXVI.

    An Exhortation to liberate Italy from the Barbarians ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    209

 

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1. Description of the Methods adopted by the Duke Valentino when murdering Vitellozzo Vitelli, Oliverotto da Fermo, the Signor Pagolo and the Duke di Gravini Orsini ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   217

2. The Life of Castruccio Castracani of Lucca, written By Nicolo Machiavelli, and sent to his Friends Zanobi Buondelmonti and Luigi Alamini ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   230

3. Notes and References ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   273

4. Index ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   281