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INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I ? HOW MANY KINDS OF PRINCIPALITIES THERE ARE, AND BY WHAT MEANS THEY ARE ACQUIRED
CHAPTER II ? CONCERNING HEREDITARY PRINCIPALITIES
CHAPTER III ? CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES
CHAPTER IV ? WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEXANDER, DID NOT REBEL AGAINST THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER AT HIS DEATH
CHAPTER V ? CONCERNING THE WAY TO GOVERN CITIES OR PRINCIPALITIES WHICH LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS BEFORE THEY WERE ANNEXED
CHAPTER VI ? CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED BY ONE'S OWN ARMS AND ABILITY
CHAPTER VII ? CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED EITHER BY THE ARMS OF OTHERS OR BY GOOD FORTUNE
CHAPTER VIII ? CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED A PRINCIPALITY BY WICKEDNESS
CHAPTER IX ? CONCERNING A CIVIL PRINCIPALITY
CHAPTER X ? CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH THE STRENGTH OF ALL PRINCIPALITIES OUGHT TO BE MEASURED
CHAPTER XI ? CONCERNING ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIES
CHAPTER XII ? HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE, AND CONCERNING MERCENARIES
CHAPTER XIII ? CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, AND ONE'S OWN
CHAPTER XIV ? THAT WHICH CONCERNS A PRINCE ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ART OF WAR
CHAPTER XV ? CONCERNING THINGS FOR WHICH MEN, AND ESPECIALLY PRINCES, ARE PRAISED OR BLAMED
CHAPTER XVI ? CONCERNING LIBERALITY AND MEANNESS
CHAPTER XVII ? CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO BE LOVED THAN FEARED
CHAPTER XVIII(*) ? CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES SHOULD KEEP FAITH
CHAPTER XIX ? THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND HATED
CHAPTER XX ? ARE FORTRESSES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO WHICH PRINCES OFTEN RESORT, ADVANTAGEOUS OR HURTFUL?
CHAPTER XXI ? HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS TO GAIN RENOWN
CHAPTER XXII ? CONCERNING THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCES
CHAPTER XXIII ? HOW FLATTERERS SHOULD BE AVOIDED
CHAPTER XXIV ? WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATES
CHAPTER XXV ? WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS AND HOW TO WITHSTAND HER
CHAPTER XXVI ? AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANS
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THE LIFE OF CASTRUCCIO CASTRACANI OF LUCCA