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284 Fever, hectic, indications of, in early and late stages, 21; not at first discernable, 111

Florentines, the, appointed Paolo Vitelli captain, 101; being without arms, sent French to take Pisa, 108; permitted Pistoia to be destroyed to avoid reputation of cruelty, 133; support of the, sought by the members of the meeting at Magione, 220, 221; determine to restore the exiled Guelphs to Lucca, 238; seize Montecatini, 238; defeated by Castruccio Castracani, 240; again defeated by Castruccio, 254; send an enormous army against Castruccio, 257; are completely defeated on the banks of the Amo, 261 Fortune, what she can effect in human affairs, 203; is in some degree manageable, 204; a man must accommodate himself to changes of, 205; is mastered by the adventurous, 207

France, ruin of, attributed to greatness of the Church, 27; kingdom of, how governed, 32; easy to conquer, 33; difficult to hold, 33; army of, of a mixed character, 111; would have been imconquerable if ordnance of Charles VII. had been carried out, 111; one of the best ordered and governed kingdoms, 153; reason for the establishment of the parliament of, 153 Friendship, obtained by payment cannot be relied upon, 135

Germany, cities of, 86; fortified, 86; public depots containing a year's provision maintained, 86; military exercises held in repute in, 86

Giorgio degli Opizi, opposed to Castruccio Castracani, 236 Goliath, the Philistine champion, 110

Goths, enlistment of the, the first disaster to the Roman Empire, 111

Government, Roman method of, in conquered dominions, 21; of principalities, two different kinds, 31; of the Tiork, 32; of France, 33; extreme difficulty in introducing innovations into, and reasons of, 48; necessity of using force in introducing changes into, 48; change of form of, a time of danger to principalities, 81

Government, self, principalities that have been used to, unwilling to submit to princes, 17; only safe course to follow, in order to subdue cities accustomed to, 40

Gracchi, the, mistaken in trusting to the people of Rome, 81 Guido Ubaldo, Duke of Urbino, on recovering his dominion rased all the fortresses, 172

Guinigi, Francesco, a leader of the Ghibellines, 233; receives Castruccio Castracani into his house, 234; leaves his son Pagolo to the care of Castruccio Castracani, 236

Guinigi, Pagolo, son of Francesco, left to the care of Castruccio Castracani, 236; held in high estimation, 243; successor to Castruccio, 265; is not as fortunate as Castruccio, 266

Hannibal, held together his enormous array by his inhuman cruelty and valour, 136

"Happy shrewdness," a quality necessary to a prince, 77

Hiero the Syracusan, rose from a private station to be Prince of Syracuse, 49; his great ability, 49; his achievements, 50; found mercenary soldiers useless, 109; destroyed the