The Prince

1513 AD
NICOLO MACHIAVELLI

Translated by
William Kenaz Marriott
1908

Nicolo Machiavelli, born at Florence on 3rd May 1469. From 1494 to 1512 held an official post at Florence which included diplomatic missions to various European courts.

Imprisoned in Florence, 1512; later exiled and returned to San Casciano. Died at Florence on 22nd June 1527.

• Introduction
• Youth Æt. 1-25—1469-94
• Office Æt. 25-43—1494-1512
• Literature and Death Æt. 43-58—1512-27
• The Man and His Works
• Dedication

1. How Many Kinds of Principalities There Are, and by What Means They Are Acquired
2. Concerning Hereditary Principalities
3. Concerning Mixed Principalities
4. Why the Kingdom of Darius, Conquered by Alexander, Did Not Rebel Against the Successors of Alexander at His Death
5. Concerning the Way to Govern Cities or Principalities Which Lived Under Their Own Laws Before They Were Annexed
6. Concerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired by One’s Own Arms and Ability
7. Concerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired Either by the Arms of Others or by Good Fortune
8. Concerning Those Who Have Obtained a Principality by Wickedness
9. Concerning a Civil Principality
10. Concerning the Way in Which the Strength of All Principalities Ought to Be Measured
11. Concerning Ecclesiastical Principalities
12. How Many Kinds of Soldiery There Are, and Concerning Mercenaries
13. Concerning Auxiliaries, Mixed Soldiery, and One’s Own
14. That Which Concerns the Prince on the Subject of the Art of War
15. Concerning Things for Which Men, and Especially Princes, Are Praised or Blamed
16. Concerning Liberality and Meanness
17. Concerning Cruelty and Clemency, and Whether It Is Better to Be Loved Than Feared
18. Concerning the Way in Which Princes Should Keep Faith
19. That One Should Avoid Being Despised and Hated
20. Are Fortresses, and Many Other Things to Which Princes Often Resort, Advantageous or Hurtful?
21. How a Prince Should Conduct Himself So as to Gain Renown
22. Concerning the Secretaries of Princes
23. How Flatterers Should Be Avoided
24. Why the Princes of Italy Have Lost Their States
25. What Fortune Can Effect in Human Affairs and How to Withstand Her
26. An Exhortation to Liberate Italy from the Barbarians

• Description of the Methods Adopted by the Duke Valentino When Murdering Vitellozzo Vitelli, Oliverotto da Fermo, the Signor Pagolo, and the Duke Di Gravina Orsini

• The Life of Castruccio Castracani of Lucca

Source:
FLORENTINE HISTORY
London & Toronto
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons L^TD in New York
By E.P. Dutton & Co.
Published in 1909, 1912, & 1922