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Contents

Contents

TO THE KING OF CYPRUS

BOOK ONE

CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS MEANT BY THE WORD ‘KING’

CHAPTER 2 DIFFERENT KINDS OF RULE

CHAPTER 3 WHETHER IT IS MORE EXPEDIENT FOR A CITY OR PROVINCE TO BE RULED BY ONE MAN OR BY MANY

CHAPTER 4 THAT THE DOMINION OF A TYRANT IS THE WORST

CHAPTER 5 WHY THE ROYAL DIGNITY IS RENDERED HATEFUL TO THE SUBJECTS

CHAPTER 6 THAT IT IS A LESSER EVIL WHEN A MONARCHY TURNS INTO TYRANNY THAN WHEN AN ARISTOCRACY BECOMES CORRUPT

CHAPTER 7 HOW PROVISION MIGHT BE MADE THAT THE KING MAY NOT FALL INTO TYRANNY

CHAPTER 8 THAT MUNDANE HONOUR AND GLORY ARE NOT AN ADEQUATE REWARD FOR A KING

CHAPTER 9 THAT THE KING SHOULD LOOK TO GOD FOR ADEQUATE REWARD

CHAPTER 10 WHAT DEGREE OF HEAVENLY BEATITUDE THE KING MAY OBTAIN

CHAPTER 11 WHAT ADVANTAGES WHICH ARE RENDERED TO KINGS ARE LOST BY THE TYRANT

CHAPTER 12 WHAT PUNISHMENTS ARE IN STORE FOR A TYRANT

CHAPTER 13 ON THE DUTIES OF A KING

CHAPTER 14 WHAT IT IS INCUMBENT UPON A KING TO DO AND HOW HE SHOULD GO ABOUT DOING IT

CHAPTER 15 THAT THE OFFICE OF GOVERNING THE KINGDOM SHOULD BE LEARNED FROM THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 16 THAT REGAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE ORDAINED PRINCIPALLY TO ETERNAL BEATITUDE

BOOK TWO

CHAPTER 1 THAT IT BELONGS TO THE OFFICE OF A KING TO FOUND THE CITY

CHAPTER 2 THAT THE CITY SHOULD HAVE WHOLESOME AIR

CHAPTER 3 THAT THE CITY SHOULD HAVE AN ABUNDANT SUPPLY OF FOOD

CHAPTER 4 THAT THE CITY SHOULD HAVE A PLEASANT SITE

APPENDIX SELECTED PARALLEL TEXTS

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