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Sonnet 19.
[Now, sith as well by conquest as succession]
Now, sith as well by conquest as successionFrance is thine owne; O keep it still therefore.
'Tis much to conquer: but, to keep possession
Is full as much, and if it be not more.
Who well would keep so plentifull a portion,
Must stablish first the heauenly Discipline;
Then humane Lawes, restraining all extortion;
And Princely wealth with publike weale combine.
A Princes safety lies in louing People:
His Fort is Iustice (free from Stratagem)
Without the which strong Cittadels are feeble.
The Subiects loue is wonne by louing them:
Of louing them, n'oppression is the triall:
And no oppression makes them euer loyall.
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