perform notable services in the wars. The third are Favorites original: Gratiosi, those who do not exceed this limit original: "scantling": to be a comfort to the Sovereign and harmless to the people. And the fourth are Equals in Business original: Negotiis pares, those who hold great office under Princes and perform their duties with competence original: "sufficiency".

Of Faction.

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Many have a new kind of "wisdom" indeed—a foolish original: "fond" opinion: that for a Prince to govern his state, or for a great person to govern his proceedings according to the interests of factions, is the principal part of politics original: "policy". On the contrary, the greatest wisdom is found either in managing those things that are general—where men of various factions nevertheless agree—or in dealing with people individually original: "with correspondence"