The Works of Nicholas Machiavel, Secretary of State to the Republic of Florence, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from The Works of Nicholas Machiavel, Secretary of State to the Republic of Florence, Vol. 2: Newly Translated From the Originlas, Illustrated With Notes, Anecdotes, Dissertations, and the Life of Machiavel, Never Before Published, and Several New Plans in the Art of WarBeing defirous, therefore, to undeceive thofe that may pofiibly have fallen into this error, I thought the heft method I could take for that purpofe, would be to write fuch a comment upon thofe books of Livy's Roman Hi¿ory, which have been fpared' us by the malevolence of time, as may befi conduce to make them clearly under¿ood, and mo'¿ profitable to themfelves, when they have matu'rely compared the courfe of ancient and modern times and circumftances that fo they may reap that advantage from thefe difcourfes, which ought to be the true and only end of reading Hiftory. And though indeed this is an arduous undertaking, yet with the afiiftance of thofe that encouraged me to embark in it, I am not altogether without h0pe that I {hall be able to acquit myfelf in fuch a manner, as may, in fome meafure, anfwer the end pmpofed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.