Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius. Niccolò Machiavelli

       CHAPTER XIII.— Whether we may trust more to a valiant Captain with a. weak Army, or to a valiant Army with a weak Captain.

       CHAPTER XIV.— Of the effect produced in Battle by strange and. unexpected Sights or Sounds.

       CHAPTER XV.— That one and not many should head an Army: and why it is. harmful to have more Leaders than one.

       CHAPTER XVI.— That in Times of Difficulty true Worth is sought after;. whereas in quiet Times it is not the most deserving, but those who are. recommended by Wealth or Connection who are most in favour.

       CHAPTER XVII.— That we are not to offend a Man, and then send him to. fill an important Office or Command.

       CHAPTER XVIII.— That it is the highest Quality of a Captain to be able. to forestall the designs of his Adversary.

       CHAPTER XIX.— Whether Indulgence or Severity be more necessary for. controlling a Multitude.

       CHAPTER XX.— How one humane act availed more with the men of Falerii,. than all the might of the Roman Arms.

       CHAPTER XXI.— How it happened that Hannibal pursuing a course contrary. to that taken by Scipio, wrought the same results in Italy which the. other achieved in Spain.

       Chapter XXII.— That the severity of Manlius Torquatus and the. gentleness of Valerius Corvinus won for both the same Glory.

       CHAPTER XXIII.— Why Camillus was banished from Rome.

       CHAPTER XXIV.— That prolonged Commands brought Rome to Servitude .

       CHAPTER XXV.— Of the poverty of Cincinnatus and of many other Roman. Citizens.

       CHAPTER XXVI.— How Women are a cause of the ruin of States.

       CHAPTER XXVII.

       CHAPTER XXVIII.

       CHAPTER XXIX.— That the Faults of a People are due to its Prince.

       CHAPTER XXX.— That a Citizen who seeks by his personal influence to. render signal service to his Country, must first stand clear of Envy.. How a City should prepare for its defence on the approach of an Enemy.

       CHAPTER XXXI.— That strong Republics and valiant Men preserve through. every change the same Spirit and Bearing.

       CHAPTER XXXII.— Of the methods which some have used to make Peace. impossible .

       CHAPTER XXXIII.— That to insure victory in battle you must inspire your. Men with confidence in one another and in you.

       CHAPTER XXXIV.— By what reports, rumours, or surmises the Citizens of. a Republic are led to favour a Fellow-citizen: and-whether the. Magistracies are bestowed with better judgment by a People or by a. Prince.

       CHAPTER XXXV.— Of the Danger incurred in being the first to recommend. new Measures; and that the more unusual the Measures the greater the. Danger .

       CHAPTER XXXVI.— Why it has been and still may be affirmed of the Gauls,. that at the beginning of a fray they are more than Men, but afterwards. less than Women .

       CHAPTER XXXVII.— Whether a general engagement should be preceded by. skirmishes; and how, avoiding these, we may get knowledge of a new. Enemy.

       CHAPTER XXXVIII.— Of the Qualities of a Captain in whom his Soldiers. can confide.

       CHAPTER XXXIX.— That a Captain should have good knowledge of Places.

       CHAPTER XL.— That Fraud is fair in War.

       CHAPTER XLI.— That our Country is to be defended by Honour or by. Dishonour; and in either way is well defended.

       CHAPTER XLII.— That Promises made on Compulsion are not to be. observed.

       CHAPTER XLIII.— That Men born in the same Province retain through all. Times nearly the same Character.

       CHAPTER XLIV.— That where ordinary methods fail, Hardihood and Daring. often succeed.

       CHAPTER XLV.— Whether in battle it is better to await and repel the. Enemy's attack, or to anticipate it by an impetuous onset.

       CHAPTER XLVI.— How the Characteristics of Families come to be. perpetuated.

       CHAPTER XLVII.— That love of his Country should lead a good Citizen to. forget private Wrongs.

       CHAPTER XLVIII.— That on finding an Enemy make what seems a grave. blunder, we should suspect some fraud to lurk behind.

       CHAPTER XLIX.— That a Commonwealth to preserve its Freedom has constant. need of new Ordinances. Of the services in respect of which Quintius. Fabius received the surname of Maximus.

      BOOK I.

      PREFACE

      CHAPTER

      I. Of the beginnings of Cities in general, and in particular of that of

       Rome

      II.