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Editor's note; Introduction; Principals events in Machiavelli's life;Bibliographical note; Translator's note; Map; Dedicatory letter; 1. Thedifferent kinds of principality and how they are acquired; 2. Hereditaryprincipalities; 3. Mixed principalities; 4. Why the Kingdom of Darius,conquered by Alexander, did not rebel against his successors afterAlexander's death; 5. How one should govern cities or principalities that,before being conquered, used to live under their own laws; 6. Newprincipalities acquired by one's own arms and ability; 7. New principalitiesacquired through the power of others and their favour; 8. Those who becomerulers through wicked means; 9. The civil principality; 10. How the strengthof all principalities should be measured; 11. Ecclesiastical principalities;12. The different types of army, and mercenary troops; 13. Auxiliaries, mixedtroop and negative troops; 14. How a ruler should act concerning militarymatters; 15. The things for which men, and especially rulers, are praised orblamed; 16. Generosity and meanness; 17. Cruelty and mercifulness; andwhether it is better to be loved or feared; 18. How rulers should keep theirpromises; 19. How contempt and hatred should be avoided; 20. Whether buildingfortresses, and many other things that rulers frequently do, are useful ornot; 21. How a ruler should act in order to gain reputation; 22. Thesecretaries of rulers; 23. How flatterers should be shunned; 24. Why therulers of Italy have lost their states; 25. How much power fortune has overhuman affairs, and how it should be resisted; 26. Exhortation to liberateItaly from the Barbarian yoke; Appendixes; Bibliographical notes; Index ofsubjects; Index of proper names.