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Italy; for example; the Duke of Ferrara; who could not havewithstood the attacks of the Veians in '84; nor those of Pope Juliusin '10; unless he had been long established in his dominions。 For thehereditary prince has less cause and less necessity to offend; hence ithappens that he will be more loved; and unless extraordinary vices causehim to be hated; it is reasonable to expect that his subjects will benaturally well disposed towards him; and in the antiquity and durationof his rule the memories and motives that make for change are lost; forone change always leaves the toothing for another。1。 Discourses。CHAPTER IIICONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIESBUT the difficulties occur in a new principality。 And firstly; if it benot entirely new; but is; as it were; a member of a state which; takencollectively; may be called posite; the changes arise chiefly from aninherent difficulty which there is in all new principalities; for menchange their rulers willingly; hoping to better themselves; and thishope induces them to take up arms against him who rules: wherein theyare deceived; because they afterwards find by experience they have gonefrom bad to worse。 This follows also on another natural and monnecessity; which always causes a new prince to burden those who havesubmitted to him with his soldiery and with infinite other hardshipswhich he must put upon his new acquisition。In this way you have enemies in all those whom you have injured inseizing that principality; and you are not able to keep those friendswho put you there because of your not being able to satisfy them in theway they expected; and you cannot take strong measures against them;feeling bound to them。 For; although one may be very strong in armedforces; yet in entering a province one has always need of the goodwillof
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