君主論-the prince(英文版)

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y　knife　at　his　side。　The　barbarity　ofthis　spectacle　caused　the　people　to　be　at　once　satisfied　and　dismayed。But　let　us　return　whence　we　started。　I　say　that　the　duke；　findinghimself　now　sufficiently　powerful　and　partly　secured　from　immediatedangers　by　having　armed　himself　in　his　own　way；　and　having　in　a　greatmeasure　crushed　those　forces　in　his　vicinity　that　could　injure　him　if　hewished　to　proceed　with　his　conquest；　had　next　to　consider　France；　for　heknew　that　the　king；　who　too　late　was　aware　of　his　mistake；　would　notsupport　him。　And　from　this　time　he　began　to　seek　new　alliances　and　totemporize　with　France　in　the　expedition　which　she　was　making　towards　thekingdom　of　Naples　against　the　Spaniards　who　were　besieging　Gaeta。　It　washis　intention　to　secure　himself　against　them；　and　this　he　plished　had　Alexander　lived。Such　was　his　line　of　action　as　to　present　affairs。　But　as　to　the　futurehe　had　to　fear；　in　the　first　place；　that　a　new　successor　to　the　Churchmight　not　be　friendly　to　him　and　might　seek　to　take　from　him　that　whichAlexander　had　given　him；　so　he　decided　to　act　in　four　ways。　Firstly；　byexterminating　the　families　of　those　lords　whom　he　had　despoiled；　so　asto　take　away　that　pretext　from　the　Pope。　Secondly；　by　winning　to　himselfall　the　gentlemen　of　Rome；　so　as　to　be　able　to　curb　the　Pope　with　theiraid；　as　has　been　observed。　Thirdly；　by　converting　the　college　more　tohimself。　Fourthly；　by　acquiring　so　much　power　before　the　Pope　should　diethat　he　could　by　his　own　measures　resist　the　first　shock。　Of　these　fourthings；　at　the　death　of　Alexander；　he　had　acplished　three。　For　he　hadkilled　as　many　of　the　dispossessed　lords　as　he　could　lay　hands　on；　andfew　had　escaped；　he　had　won　over　the　Roman　gentlemen；　and　he　had　themost　numerous　party　in　the　college。　And　as　to　any　fresh　acquisitio