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hprints-00683151, version 2 - 19 Mar 2013 [76] Sed de sua in hostes mansuetudine jam sermo desideratur, in qua re non erit absurdum, si ea de hoc principe dixerimus, quae de senatu populoque Romano 718 Scipio dixit: quem beneficio, quam metu obligare homines malle, exterasque gentes fide ac societate junctas habere, quam tristi subjectas servitio asseverabat. Qua laude hunc esse dignum ducem paucis colligemus exemplis. Victus adverso proelio Carolus 719 Malatesta captivus 720 duci deditur. Expectatis necem aut carceres? Nullo receptus supercilio fortunatius 721 sibi 722 fuisse vinci quam vicisse {11v} expertus est. Quid alios exercituum duces commemorem 723 , qui in hujus deducti potestate tantam clementiam invenerunt, ut jam plerique didicerint tutius esse huic principi adversari quam favere. 718 populoque romano: romanoque populo A 719 Karolus A, D 720 capitaneus Z 721 fortunatus B 722 omit. N 723 duces commemorem: commemorem duces B 140
hprints-00683151, version 2 - 19 Mar 2013 4.3.4. The duke’s clemency towards his enemies [76] We must now speak about his clemency towards enemies. It would be quite appropriate to say about this prince what Scipio 724 said about the Roman senate and people: They preferred to hold men by the bonds of kindness rather than by those of fear. They would rather have foreign nations united to them on terms of alliance and mutual good faith than kept down in hard and hopeless servitude. 725 We will show by a few examples how praiseworthy the duke is in this respect: Carlo Malatesta 726 had been defeated in battle and was brought to the duke as a prisoner. One would now expect death or prison, but no! Instead he was received with no severity at all: he was more fortunate in having been defeated than he would have been if he had been victorious. And I could mention other army commanders who came into his power and were treated so mercifully that they might actually conclude that it was better to be against this prince than to be for him! 724 Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus: Roman statesman and general (235–183 BC), also known as Scipio Africanus and Scipio the Elder. Fought in the Second Punic War 725 Livius, Ab urbe condita, 26, 49 726 Carlo Malatesta: Italian condottiere and Lord of Rimini (1368-1429) 141
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