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 1 IX  |            or by the favour of the nobles. Because in all cities these
 2 IX  |         ruled nor oppressed by the nobles, and the nobles wish to
 3 IX  |   oppressed by the nobles, and the nobles wish to rule and oppress
 4 IX  |            by the people or by the nobles, accordingly as one or other
 5 IX  |           the opportunity; for the nobles, seeing they cannot withstand
 6 IX  |     finding they cannot resist the nobles, also cry up the reputation
 7 IX  |           by the assistance of the nobles maintains himself with more
 8 IX  |      injury to others, satisfy the nobles, but you can satisfy the
 9 IX  |         righteous than that of the nobles, the latter wishing to oppress,
10 IX  |          too many, whilst from the nobles he can secure himself, as
11 IX  |          by them; but from hostile nobles he has not only to fear
12 IX  |           do well without the same nobles, being able to make and
13 IX  |            clearer, I say that the nobles ought to be looked at mainly
14 IX  |        prince by the favour of the nobles, ought, above everything,
15 XII |         took up arms against their nobles, who, formerly favoured
16 XIX |        every care not to drive the nobles to desperation, and to keep
17 XIX |       founded in fear, against the nobles, he wished to protect them,
18 XIX |        would be liable to from the nobles for favouring the people,
19 XIX |           people for favouring the nobles, he set up an arbiter, who
20 XIX |        prince ought to cherish the nobles, but not so as to make himself
21 XIX | principalities the ambition of the nobles and the insolence of the
22 XIX |      people or the soldiers or the nobles — you have to submit to
23 XXIV|            known how to secure the nobles. In the absence of these
24 XXIV|          the people and secure the nobles, he sustained the war against