Translation of Il principe.

Niccolo Machiavelli to the Magnificent Lorenzo, Son of Piero de Medici -- Appendix A. The history of Florence [Extract from chapter 16 of The history of Florence / Guicciardini, F.] -- Appendix B (i). Public affairs are easily managed in a city where the body of the people is not corrupt: and where equality exists, there no principality can be established; nor can a republic be established where there is no equality [Extract from 'Discourses (I, 55) from The Historical, Political, and diplomatic writings of Niccolo Machiavelli / trans. C.E. Detmold] -- Appendix B (ii). What nations the Romans had to contend against, and with what obstinacy they defended their liberty [Extract from 'Discourses (II, 52) from The Historical, Political, and diplomatic writings of Niccolo Machiavelli / trans. C.E. Detmold] -- Appendix B (iii). To found a new republic, or to reform entirely the old institutions of an existing one, must be the work of one man only [Extract from 'Discourses (1. 9) from The Historical, Political, and diplomatic writings of Niccolo Machiavelli / trans. C.E. Detmold] -- Appendix C. To Francesco Vettori, his benefactor [Letter 137 from The Letters of Machiavelli : a selection / N. Machiavelli] -- The Art of war [Extract from 'Art of war', Vol. 2, Book, 1 from The Chief works and others / N. Machiavelli] -- Appendix D. History of Florence [Extract from 'The History of Florence', Vol. 1, Book 8, 36 from he Historical, Political, and diplomatic writings of Niccolo Machiavelli / trans. C.E. Detmold] -- Appendix F. Of how many kinds of republics and or what sort was the Roman republic ['Considerations on the Discourses' from Francesco Guicciardini : select writings.