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  The Prince
  the old。 And these are the kind of improvements which confer reputation
  and power upon a new prince。
  This opportunity; therefore; ought not to be allowed to pass for letting
  Italy  at   last   see   her   liberator   appear。   Nor   can   one   express   the   love   with
  which he would be received in all those provinces which have suffered so
  much   from   these   foreign   scourings;   with   what   thirst   for   revenge;   with
  what     stubborn    faith;  with   what   devotion;    with   what    tears。  What    door
  would be closed to him? Who would refuse obedience to him? What envy
  would hinder him? What Italian would refuse him homage? To all of us
  this barbarous dominion stinks。 Let; therefore; your illustrious house take
  up this charge with that courage and hope with which all just enterprises
  are   undertaken;     so   that  under   its  standard    our  native   country   may     be
  ennobled; and under its auspices may be verified that saying of Petrarch:
  Virtu contro al Furore Prendera l'arme; e fia il combatter corto: Che
  l'antico valore Negli italici cuor non e ancor morto。
  Virtue against fury shall advance the fight; And it i' th' combat soon
  shall put to flight: For the old Roman valour is not dead; Nor in th' Italians'
  brests extinguished。
  Edward Dacre; 1640。
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