第2部分(第3/7 頁)

intoItaly。And　as　if　it　were　not　enough　to　have　aggrandized　the　Church；　anddeprived　himself　friends；　he；　wishing　to　have　the　kingdom　of　Naples；divides　it　with　the　King　of　Spain；　and　where　he　was　the　prime　arbiter　ofItaly　he　takes　an　associate；　so　that　the　ambitious　of　that　country　andthe　malcontents　of　his　own　should　have　where　to　shelter；　and　whereas　hecould　have　left　in　the　kingdom　his　own　pensioner　as　king；　he　drove　himout；　to　put　one　there　who　was　able　to　drive　him；　Louis；　out　in　turn。The　wish　to　acquire　is　in　truth　very　natural　and　mon；　and　men　alwaysdo　so　when　they　can；　and　for　this　they　will　be　praised　not　blamed；　butwhen　they　cannot　do　so；　yet　wish　to　do　so　by　any　means；　then　there　isfolly　and　blame。　Therefore；　if　France　could　have　attacked　Naples　withher　own　forces　she　ought　to　have　done　so；　if　she　could　not；　then　sheought　not　to　have　divided　it。　And　if　the　partition　which　she　made　withthe　Veians　in　Lombardy　was　justified　by　the　excuse　that　by　it　she　gota　foothold　in　Italy；　this　other　partition　merited　blame；　for　it　had　notthe　excuse　of　that　necessity。Therefore　Louis　made　these　five　errors：　he　destroyed　the　minor　powers；he　increased　the　strength　of　one　of　the　greater　powers　in　Italy；　hebrought　in　a　foreign　power；　he　did　not　settle　in　the　country；　he　did　notsend　colonies。　Which　errors；　if　he　had　lived；　were　not　enough　to　injurehim　had　he　not　made　a　sixth　by　taking　away　their　dominions　from　theVeians；　because；　had　he　not　aggrandized　the　Church；　nor　brought　Spaininto　Italy；　it　would　have　been　very　reasonable　and　necessary　to　humblethem；　but　having　first　taken　these　steps；　he　ought　never　to　haveconsented　to　their　ruin；　for　they；　being　powerful；　would　always　havekept　off　others　from　designs　on　Lombardy；　to　which　the　Veians　wouldnever　have　consented　except　to　bee　mast