| Item Description: | Rules : 1. A discourse touching regall and politique government. 2. A prince must be just in his sentence. 3. What man is fit to be a governour and to beare rule. 4. That a prince ought to be true of his word. 5. That a prince ought to be religious. 6. That a prince ought not to shed innocent bloud. 7. That a prince ought to be circumspect in giving credit to evill reports. 8. That a prince ought to beware of parasites. 9. What kind of men ought to be of the kings coucell. 10. That it is dangerous for a prince to take aid of a stranger. 11. How a prince may get and keep the love of his subjects. 12. That a prince ought to be well advised how he begin a war.
Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library. |
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