Chapter 1

1. Chapter 1 2. INTRODUCTION 3. CHAPTER XXVI. AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANS 4. INTRODUCTION 5. CHAPTER I. 6. CHAPTER II. 7. CHAPTER III. 8. CHAPTER IV. 9. CHAPTER V. 10. CHAPTER VI. 11. introduction of a new order of things, because the innovator has for 12. CHAPTER VII. 13. CHAPTER VIII. 14. CHAPTER IX. 15. CHAPTER X. 16. CHAPTER XI. 17. CHAPTER XII. 18. CHAPTER XIII. 19. CHAPTER XIV. 20. CHAPTER XV. 21. CHAPTER XVI. 22. CHAPTER XVII. 23. CHAPTER XVIII.[1] 24. CHAPTER XIX. 25. CHAPTER XX. 26. 1. Some princes, so as to hold securely the state, have disarmed their 27. 2. There never was a new prince who has disarmed his subjects; rather 28. 3. Our forefathers, and those who were reckoned wise, were accustomed 29. 4. Without doubt princes become great when they overcome the 30. 5. Princes, especially new ones, have found more fidelity and 31. 6. It has been a custom with princes, in order to hold their states 32. CHAPTER XXI. 33. CHAPTER XXII. 34. CHAPTER XXIII. 35. CHAPTER XXIV. 36. CHAPTER XXV. 37. CHAPTER XXVI.