; itremainstonamethoseforthesecond, andtoseewhatresourceshehad, andwhatanyoneinhissituationwouldhavehadformaintaininghimselfmoresecurelyinhisacquisitionthandidtheKingofFrance.
NowIsaythatthosedominionswhich, whenacquired, areaddedtoanancientstatebyhimwhoacquiresthem, areeitherofthesamecountryandlanguage, , itiseasiertoholdthem, especiallywhentheyhavenotbeenaccustomedtoself-government; andtoholdthemsecurelyitisenoughtohavedestroyedthefamilyoftheprincewhowasrulingthem; becausethetwopeoples, preservinginotherthingstheoldconditions, andnotbeingunlikeincustoms, willlivequietlytogether, asonehasseeninBrittany, Burgundy, Gascony, andNormandy, whichhavebeenboundtoFranceforsolongatime: and, althoughtheremaybesomedifferenceinlanguage, neverthelessthecustomsarealike, , ifhewishestoholdthem, hasonlytobearinmindtwoconsiderations: theone, thatthefamilyoftheirformerlordisextinguished; theother, thatneithertheirlawsnortheirtaxesarealtered, sothatinaveryshorttimetheywillbecomeentirelyonebodywiththeoldprincipality.
