第9部分(第4/7 頁)

e。　Therefore；　any　one　wishing　to　maintain　among　men　thename　of　liberal　is　obliged　to　avoid　no　attribute　of　magnificence；　sothat　a　prince　thus　inclined　will　consume　in　such　acts　all　his　property；and　will　be　pelled　in　the　end；　if　he　wish　to　maintain　the　name　ofliberal；　to　unduly　weigh　down　his　people；　and　tax　them；　and　doeverything　he　can　to　get　money。　This　will　soon　make　him　odious　to　hissubjects；　and　being　poor　he　will　be　little　valued　by　any　one；　thus；with　his　liberality；　having　offended　many　and　rewarded　few；　he　isaffected　by　the　very　first　trouble　and　imperilled　by　whatever　may　be　thefirst　danger；　recognizing　this　himself；　and　wishing　to　draw　back　fromit；　he　runs　at　once　into　the　reproach　of　being　miserly。Therefore；　a　prince；　not　being　able　to　exercise　this　virtue　ofliberality　in　such　a　way　that　it　is　recognized；　except　to　his　cost；　ifhe　is　wise　he　ought　not　to　fear　the　reputation　of　being　mean；　for　intime　he　will　e　to　be　more　considered　than　if　liberal；　seeing　thatwith　his　economy　his　revenues　are　enough；　that　he　can　defend　himselfagainst　all　attacks；　and　is　able　to　engage　in　enterprises　withoutburdening　his　people；　thus　it　es　to　pass　that　he　exercises　liberalitytowards　all　from　whom　he　does　not　take；　who　are　numberless；　and　meannesstowards　those　to　whom　he　does　not　give；　who　are　few。We　have　not　seen　great　things　done　in　our　time　except　by　those　who　havebeen　considered　mean；　the　rest　have　failed。　Pope　Julius　the　Second　wasassisted　in　reaching　the　papacy　by　a　reputation　for　liberality；　yet　hedid　not　strive　afterwards　to　keep　it　up；　when　he　made　war　on　the　King　ofFrance；　and　he　made　many　wars　without　imposing　any　extraordinary　tax　onhis　subjects；　for　he　supplied　his　additional　expenses　out　of　his　longthriftiness。　The　present　King　of　Spain　would　not　have　undertaken　orc