Book, Chapter
1 Int | Niccolo Machiavelli, the first great Italian historian, and one
2 I, I | Theodosius conquered them with great glory; and, being wholly
3 I, I | respect for whom was so great that he left Italy and retired
4 I, II | Italy.~Theodoric possessed great talents both for war and
5 I, II | latter he conferred very great benefits upon the cities
6 I, II | Symmachus and Boethius, men of great holiness, every point of
7 I, II | Benedict, who in those days had great reputation for sanctity,
8 I, II | Narses, a eunuch, a man of great military talent, who, having
9 I, II | now called Romagna. These great and rapid acquisitions made
10 I, II | secured; he therefore gave a great feast at Verona, and having
11 I, II | that upon occasion of such great joy she should drink with
12 I, III | king of Italy—Pisa becomes great—Order and division of the
13 I, III | country of his enemies, so great was the respect they had
14 I, III | Charlemagne, or Charles the Great. Theodore I. now succeeded
15 I, III | cardinals, and arrogated so great authority, that having excluded
16 I, III | Henry and Matilda, a man of great prudence and reputation,
17 I, IV | Roger. Inflated with so great an acquisition, Roger first
18 I, IV | at their own expense; so great was the influence of religion
19 I, IV | Pisans, and Genoese, acquired great reputation, till the time
20 I, IV | accepted by Henry; and thus a great king submitted to a sentence
21 I, IV | while the pope exercised so great authority over distant princes,
22 I, V | belonged, having collected a great force in Germany, marched
23 I, V | pretense of making the church great, conferred honors and emolument
24 I, V | either be a loser or run great hazards, had recourse to
25 I, VI | there. His coming occasioned great excitement in Lombardy;
26 I, VI | withdrew to Bohemia, to the great displeasure of the legate,
27 I, VI | which were afterward in a great measure settled by the Venetians.
28 I, VI | However, in consequence of a great number of people being drawn
29 I, VI | ancient form, and with so great reputation of justice and
30 I, VI | Niccolo, notwithstanding his great reputation, lost all energy
31 I, VII | Tortona, and had amassed great riches, finding his end
32 II, I | come to terms.~Among the great and wonderful institutions
33 II, I | worthy the attention of a great prince, or of a well-regulated
34 II, I | countries are held with great difficulty; districts once
35 II, II | ensigns were given with great pomp to the new men, and
36 II, II | provide for his defense; so great was the virtue then existing
37 II, II | the river Arbia, with so great slaughter, that those who
38 II, II | power in Italy had become great, even when its growth had
39 II, II | previously weak; his becoming great caused him also to be feared,
40 II, III | unhappy condition; for the great Guelphic families had become
41 II, III | to them, had acquired so great influence, that of their
42 II, III | against the people was as great as ever; for the decisions
43 II, III | justice, the people acquired great influence, and Giano della
44 II, III | thoroughly hated by the great, as the destroyer of their
45 II, III | thought he possessed too great authority. This became very
46 II, III | from the servitude of the great, become a voluntary exile.~
47 II, III | pride of the nobility was so great they would not submit unless
48 II, III | times: filled with men of great wealth and reputation; possessing
49 II, IV | emigrants but does not succeed—Great fire in Florence.~The Cerchi
50 II, IV | at which Veri exhibited great astonishment, saying that
51 II, IV | disturbance was the beginning of great evils; for the whole city
52 II, IV | Florence, so that their great numbers gave them almost
53 II, IV | The minds of men being in great excitement, it happened
54 II, IV | they were repulsed and great numbers of them wounded.
55 II, IV | having drawn together a great number of friends and people
56 II, IV | They sought refuge, with a great number of Ghibellines who
57 II, IV | Signory, seeing their danger great, sent for aid to the Lucchese,
58 II, IV | returned to the pope in great wrath, leaving Florence
59 II, V | of the occasion, and too great anxiety to be forward prevents
60 II, V | enemies of the state. But so great was the influence attached
61 II, V | design his conduct gave great appearance of probability,
62 II, V | that the enemy, although in great numbers, could not force
63 II, V | the discords of Florence. Great, certainly, but unhappy
64 II, V | Still his authority was not great, because the Signory and
65 II, VI | the mode of electing the great officers of state—The Squittini
66 II, VI | four thousand men. This great force being quickly brought
67 II, VI | difference of opinion was equally great; and as the matter spread
68 II, VI | so indignant against the great that the Signory refused
69 II, VI | favor of the exiles, so great was the anger of the multitude
70 II, VI | with him at Altopascio, a great battle ensued in which many
71 II, VI | prevent them from raising great sums of money, hiring troops,
72 II, VI | not to exceed 200,000; so great were the burdens with which
73 II, VII | which were restored with great care and expense.~In the
74 II, VII | disagreement arose. The great had two ways of increasing
75 II, VII | mode they considered of so great importance, that the ordinary
76 II, VII | this they defended with great bravery.~Jacopo d’Agobbio,
77 II, VIII| gave satisfaction to the great and to the plebeians;—to
78 II, VIII| power of the duke became great, and the influence of fear
79 II, VIII| Consider, my lord, how great the force must be that can
80 II, VIII| advance, you must, to the great injury of both, of necessity
81 II, VIII| but at the entreaty of a great number of citizens, they
82 II, VIII| see they had entertained great apprehensions and been in
83 II, VIII| for the restraint of the great; set at liberty those who
84 II, VIII| and therefore conferred great benefits upon the Aretini
85 II, VIII| inhabitants. He suspected the great, although he had been benefited
86 II, VIII| were formed; one of the great; another of the people,
87 II, VIII| particular grievance. The great found themselves deprived
88 II, VIII| forces of the duke was very great; but although the place
89 II, I | their proportion to the great, it became desirable to
90 II, I | have been in repose if the great had been content to live
91 II, I | left the bishop, and in great wrath, informed their associates
92 II, I | events took place there was a great scarcity in the city, and
93 II, I | price than others did, a great many people flocked to his
94 II, I | event, although an act of great temerity, and attended with
95 II, I | and the Donati, near the great church of St. Peter; and
96 II, I | both parties contended with great obstinacy, and were mutually
97 II, I | people were repulsed with great loss. Finding their labor
98 III, I | compare small things with great, held Florence in disunion;
99 III, I | happens in similar cases, a great number of people were drawn
100 III, I | and that it thus acquired great authority over the Ghibellines.
101 III, I | their intention, became great in consequence.~On this
102 III, I | assume that office. This gave great offense to Benchi, who,
103 III, I | In consequence of this a great number of citizens, out
104 III, I | speak of grievances already great and daily increasing in
105 III, I | corruption of the country is great, and much discretion will
106 III, II | Bologna, taking advantage of a great scarcity of food at Florence,
107 III, II | war; there still prevailed great confusion within; for the
108 III, II | ammoniti so numerous and so great a difficulty, that the whole
109 III, II | discovered, they would incur great risk. He thereupon judged
110 III, II | same time drawn together a great number of citizens to their
111 III, III | continued to patrol the city in great numbers; so that the Signory
112 III, III | end, after the many and great concessions we had made
113 III, III | have been laid upon the Great. When will there be an end
114 III, III | crimes are chastised, but great and serious ones rewarded.
115 III, III | observe that all who attain great power and riches, make use
116 III, III | becomes prudence, and in great affairs the brave never
117 III, IV | in such a manner, that a great majority of his own faction
118 III, IV | artificers, who considered how great must be the folly of those,
119 III, V | the emigrants, and that great numbers of those within
120 III, V | Hawkwood, an Englishman of great military reputation, who
121 III, V | flight. This act excited such great and universal animosity
122 III, V | completely alienated the great body of the people from
123 III, V | beheaded; which struck so great a terror into his party,
124 III, VI | death of Giorgio caused very great excitement; many took arms
125 III, VI | ancient nobility, called the GREAT, could not bear to be deprived
126 III, VI | plebeians, were banished, with a great number of the leaders of
127 III, VI | soon after slain there.~As great rejoicings were made in
128 III, VII | then went, accompanied by a great number of citizens, to the
129 III, VII | Acciajuoli, who thought of great authority, and the superior
130 III, VII | arms. These words gave so great offense, that being communicated
131 III, VII | being surrounded with a great multitude, assembled to
132 III, VII | pressure of so many and so great evils; and that they could
133 III, VII | who finding himself in great danger ceded to them the
134 III, VII | have brought Florence into great danger of losing her liberty.
135 III, VII | 1434, had conducted with great glory so many enterprises;
136 IV, I | if undertaken against so great a prince, would bring certain
137 IV, I | ambition and avarice of the great, declaring that, to gratify
138 IV, I | come to an engagement under great disadvantage. Thus the duke’
139 IV, I | vanquished. Nevertheless, in this great defeat, famous throughout
140 IV, II | the government, spoke at great length; showing that it
141 IV, II | error which would bring great mischief upon the republic;
142 IV, II | expense would not be so great as the former had been;
143 IV, II | new taxes, who finding the great quite subdued by the recent
144 IV, II | increasing the authority of the great; who, on account of former
145 IV, II | reduce the influence of the great, that now, the great having
146 IV, II | the great, that now, the great having been humbled, and
147 IV, III | Pagolo discharged, to the great injury and displeasure of
148 IV, III | check to the tyranny of the great, who could no longer oppress
149 IV, III | This proposal alarmed the great more than the Catasto had
150 IV, III | in the government are so great, that of themselves they
151 IV, III | troubles recommenced. The great citizens could not endure
152 IV, III | it; but the officers, in great wrath, committed eighteen
153 IV, IV | in office; not a man of great eloquence, but possessed
154 IV, IV | plebeian, but possessing great influence with his class,
155 IV, IV | and had frequently, at great hazard, received the Guelphs
156 IV, IV | foresaw, would be sufficiently great to alarm even a people that
157 IV, IV | which he acknowledged to be great; but the hazards were so
158 IV, IV | expend vast sums, incur great domestic dangers, and instead
159 IV, V | those who read it, of his great talents. This man pointed
160 IV, V | entire approbation of the great body of the people, they
161 IV, V | accusations were carried to so great a length that the captain
162 IV, VI | them to increase, and the great difficulty that would attend
163 IV, VI | arrested. Rinaldo, with a great number of armed men, and
164 IV, VI | you.” These words were of great relief to Cosmo, who, with
165 IV, VII | Florence, widowed of so great a citizen, one so generally
166 IV, VII | friends in Florence; for great offenders ought either to
167 IV, VII | likely to be attended with great evil. Among those who disliked
168 IV, VII | therefore left his house with a great number of armed men, and
169 IV, VII | of several citizens and a great number of disbanded soldiers
170 IV, VII | have trusted me, and the great trust I have reposed in
171 V, I | in cities and provinces, great warriors are produced before
172 V, I | Fortebraccio attacked Lione with great bravery, made him prisoner,
173 V, I | had restored him, and a great number of persons injured
174 V, I | obstacle to their ambition so great as the union of her people.~
175 V, I | considered that to allow the great offices to be filled by
176 V, II | thought it would give him a great opportunity of being sovereign
177 V, II | course. Alfonso was a man of great sagacity, and as soon as
178 V, II | powerful, that they are with great difficulty induced to submit
179 V, II | having conducted himself with great bravery in the action, he
180 V, II | their co-operation.~The great festival of St. John the
181 V, II | and casts from her the great mass of her children. Nor
182 V, II | occur such numerous and great evils, that a good and merciful
183 V, II | Serezana, and having committed great ravages, by way of further
184 V, III | his desire to prevent so great an acquisition from falling
185 V, III | prospect of this connection had great influence with the count,
186 V, III | discussed the subject at great length before the senate,
187 V, III | of their armies, and the great preponderance possessed
188 V, III | church having spoken at great length upon the subject,
189 V, IV | Francesco had, to the pope’s great dishonor, pillaged Spoleto,
190 V, V | opposed this design, for a great part of his troops fell
191 V, V | servant, a Dutchman, of great personal strength, and who
192 V, V | disgrace, and with the loss of great numbers of his men. He himself,
193 V, V | by the insolence of the great, would most assuredly not
194 V, V | cunning; and, having obtained great influence, was appointed
195 V, VI | words, he replied, that “the great do not make each other prisoners
196 V, VI | inhabitants, make it a place of great strength; for the peasantry
197 V, VII | Micheletto Attendulo observed great clouds of dust, and conjecturing
198 V, VII | called the troops to arms. Great confusion prevailed in the
199 V, VII | pursuit of amusement. So great was the diligence of the
200 V, VII | than at this; for in so great a defeat, and in a battle
201 V, VII | Poppi, he turned to Neri in great distress, and said, “Had
202 V, VII | That his having expected great results from men who were
203 V, VII | had led him to commit so great a fault against the republic
204 V, VII | To this, the count, in great anger, replied: “He wished
205 VI, I | which were accepted with great pleasure by the count, and
206 VI, II | than any other; for to the great authority which he possessed
207 VI, II | constant witness. This excited great suspicion in the other citizens,
208 VI, II | they must either retain at great peril, or discharge to their
209 VI, II | in the piazza, armed in great numbers, mourning the death
210 VI, II | offers of the Venetians were great, as also were their claims
211 VI, III | never have occurred. He had great hopes, that if the Milanese
212 VI, III | He was at Tivoli with a great body of horse and foot,
213 VI, III | Venetians refused, indulging great hopes of becoming masters
214 VI, III | either by fear or shame; for great men consider failure disgraceful,—
215 VI, III | the war had become very great, and they were doubtful
216 VI, III | have to attack him at a great disadvantage. The Venetian
217 VI, IV | thee. And if our sins be so great that in spite of our utmost
218 VI, IV | appeared to him that so great military superiority, combined
219 VI, V | for the count, being in great want of forage, could not
220 VI, V | mentioned the count, so great was the general indignation
221 VI, V | should give offense to so great a republic; but if they
222 VI, V | treaty was published with great pomp throughout all Italy.~
223 VI, V | miles of the city, to the great alarm and injury of the
224 VI, VI | dominions, by a young Pisan of great courage and address, named
225 VI, VI | considered by the Florentines of great importance; for had the
226 VI, VI | acquired no dominion and lost a great number of his men.~Upon
227 VI, VII | branches but borne to a great distance from the places
228 VI, VII | also joined him; so that a great part of the kingdom fell
229 VI, VII | of the war; and then in great anger left the city.~Thus
230 VII, I | by the influence of the Great. At the same time, the friends
231 VII, I | make them sensible of their great mistake; and when Donato
232 VII, I | and elegance adapted to so great a citizen, and four others,
233 VII, I | exceedingly eloquent, endowed with great natural capacity, generous
234 VII, I | company. His prudence, his great wealth, the uses to which
235 VII, I | of his life he suffered great affliction; for, of his
236 VII, I | so small a family.” His great mind also felt distressed
237 VII, I | who felt he had incurred great expense and trouble for
238 VII, II | rise to compassion and a great desire to see him. These
239 VII, II | Diotisalvi Neroni, a man of great influence and the highest
240 VII, II | affairs were found to be in great disorder, and Diotisalvi,
241 VII, II | had no kind of claim, took great offense, loaded him with
242 VII, II | for he was now become so great, that he disdained to submit
243 VII, II | violence they would incur great dangers; for mankind are
244 VII, II | into effect, he found so great a disposition to change
245 VII, III | drawn Gonfalonier of Justice—Great hopes excited in consequence—
246 VII, III | death and exiled. In this great vicissitude of affairs,
247 VII, III | changes of 1434. He possessed great influence, and was considered
248 VII, IV | Tommaso Soderini, a citizen of great reputation, declares himself
249 VII, IV | Galeazzo, who possessing great authority and little experience,
250 VII, IV | Clarice degli Orsini with great splendor; and it was accordingly
251 VII, IV | taken Negropont, to the great disgrace and injury of the
252 VII, IV | repose, Florence endured great oppression from her principal
253 VII, IV | with being masters of so great a city, and possessing among
254 VII, IV | and discussed with him at great length the condition of
255 VII, IV | commencement often produces great results, and men more readily
256 VII, V | Florentine people send here is so great, that as soon as they witness
257 VII, V | pomp and respect due to so great a prince, and one so intimately
258 VII, V | mercenaries, who, perceiving the great superiority of the Florentines,
259 VII, V | victory was received with great joy at Florence, and as
260 VII, V | of Lorenzo, he acquired great reputation. Upon which one
261 VII, VI | valuable acquisition and him of great glory; for he could have
262 VII, VI | upon St. Stephen’s day, in great solemnity, to the church
263 VII, VI | imploring her assistance. A great tumult immediately ensued,
264 VIII, I | nobility of birth and their great wealth, the most brilliant
265 VIII, I | usually observed toward great citizens, so that the Pazzi
266 VIII, I | government of Florence gave him great offense, he resided almost
267 VIII, I | considered him to possess great sagacity, an affectionate
268 VIII, I | two bold young men, under great obligations to the family
269 VIII, I | of April, 1478, to give a great feast; and, resolving to
270 VIII, II | offer of his services; so great were the popularity and
271 VIII, III | which he did, and with great tumult plundered many fortresses,
272 VIII, III | of the victory, which did great honor to the commanders,
273 VIII, IV | position, which was one of great strength, could give them
274 VIII, IV | thirteenth of November, to the great grief of the Florentines,
275 VIII, IV | entertained not only by the great body of the Florentine people,
276 VIII, V | about Rome and committed great devastation; while the Florentines,
277 VIII, V | now found himself in very great straits; for the city of
278 VIII, V | assembled, told him how great would be the honor, if he
279 VIII, V | funeral to be conducted with great pomp, and in a few days,
280 VIII, V | and having suffered so great a destruction of their fleet,
281 VIII, V | attack at first created great consternation, and roused
282 VIII, V | Ferrara had recovered a great part of his territories;
283 VIII, VI | the Venetians, after the great war, many years ago, the
284 VIII, VI | taken ill and died, to the great regret of all, so greatly
285 VIII, VI | Count di Montorio possessed great influence over it. The duke
286 VIII, VII | he thought it would be of great advantage, if to the friendship
287 VIII, VII | of Furli, was a man of great authority in that city,
288 VIII, VII | consequently, living under great apprehensions, was advised
289 VIII, VII | slaughter, and in the midst of a great tumult, the count’s body
290 VIII, VII | become lord of Faenza. A great tumult arose as soon as
291 VIII, VII | war of Serezana, lived in great prosperity until 1492, when
292 VIII, VII | to be erected in them, of great beauty, and thus enlarged
293 VIII, VII | nobility honored. He was a great admirer of excellence in
294 VIII, VII | abode at Florence. He took great delight in architecture,
295 VIII, VII | seemed consistent with so great a character; for he was
296 VIII, VII | struck with lightning, and great part of it thrown down,
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