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1 HOW MANY KINDS OF PRINCIPALITIES THERE ARE, AND BY WHAT MEANS THEY ARE ACQUIRED
2 CONCERNING HEREDITARY PRINCIPALITIES
3 CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES
4 WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEXAN DER, DID NOT REBEL AGAINST THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEX- ANDER AT HIS DEATH
5 CONCERNING THE WAY TO GOVERN CITIES OR PRINCIPALI TIES WHICH LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS BEFORE THEY WERE ANNEXED
6 CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED BY ONE'S OWN ARMS AND ABILITY
7 CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIKS WHICH ARE ACQUIRED EI THER BY THE ARMS OF OTHERS OR BY GOOD FORTUNE
8 CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED A PRINCIPALITY BY WICKEDNESS
9 CONCERNING A CIVIL PRINCIPALITY
10 CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH THE STRENGTH OF ALL PRINCIPALITIES OUGHT TO BE MEASURED
11 CONCERNING ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIES .
12 HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE, AND CON- CERNING MERCENARIES
13 CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, AND ONE'S OWN
14 THAT WHICH CONCERNS A PRINCE ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ART OF WAR
15 CONCERNING THINGS FOR WHICH MEN, AND ESPECIALLY PRINCES, ARE PRAISED OR BLAMED
16 CONCERNING LIBERALITY AND MEANNESS
17 CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETHER IT IS BETI'ER TO BE LOVED THAN FEARED
18 CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES SHOULD KEEP FAITH
19 THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND HATED
20 ARE FORTRESSES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO WHICH PRINC- ES OF1EN RESORT, ADVANTAGEOUS OR HURTFUL?
21 HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS TO GAIN RENOWN
22 CONCERNING THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCES
23 HOW FLATI'ERERS SHOULD BE AVOIDED
24 WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE IDST THEIR STATES
25 WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS AND HOW TO WITHSTAND HER
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