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1 Pre|   PREFACE BY~NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI~CITIZEN AND SECRETARY OF FLORENCE
2 1  |    friend among friends and in a citizen of his country. For I do
3 1  |     lived immaculately, no great citizen ever presumed by means of
4 1  | profession, as Rome did. And any citizen who has other aims in (using)
5 1  |        or if it is a Republic, a citizen who for the time should
6 1  |         easier to corrupt, and a citizen who becomes powerful can
7 1  | concerning such a proposal, if a citizen (skilled) in (the use of)
8 7  |     Principality, and if he be a Citizen, his City. And I complain