, thePhilistinechampion, and, togivehimcourage, Saularmedhimwithhisownweapons; whichDavidrejectedassoonashehadthemonhisback, sayinghecouldmakenouseofthem, , thearmsofotherseitherfallfromyourback, ortheyweighyoudown, ortheybindyoufast.
CharlestheSeventh,[3] thefatherofKingLouistheEleventh,[4] havingbygoodfortuneandvalourliberatedFrancefromtheEnglish, recognizedthenecessityofbeingarmedwithforcesofhisown, , KingLouis, abolishedtheinfantryandbegantoenlisttheSwitzers, whichmistake, followedbyothers, is, asisnowseen, asourceofperiltothatkingdom; because, havingraisedthereputationoftheSwitzers, hehasentirelydiminishedthevalueofhisownarms, forhehasdestroyedtheinfantryaltogether; andhismen-atarmshehassubordinatedtoothers, for, beingastheyaresoaccustomedtofightalongwithSwitzers, , , partlymercenaryandpartlynational, bothofwhicharmstogetheraremuchbetterthanmercenariesaloneorauxiliariesalone, butmuchinferiortoone', forthekingdomofFrancewouldbeunconquerableiftheordinanceofCharleshadbeenenlargedormaintained.
Butthescantywisdomofman, onenteringintoanaffairwhichlookswellatfirst, cannotdiscernthepoisonthatishiddeninit, , ifhewhorulesaprincipalitycannotrecognizeevilsuntiltheyareuponhim, heisnottrulywise; [5] shouldbeexamined, itwillbefoundtohavecommencedonlywiththeenlistingoftheGoths; becausefromthattimethevigouroftheRomanEmpirebegantodecline, andallthatvalourwhichhadraiseditpassedawaytoothers.
Iconclude, therefore, thatnoprincipalityissecurewithouthavingitsownforces; onthecontrary, itisentirelydependentongoodfortune, 'sownforcesarethosewhicharecomposedeitherofsubjects, citizens, ordependents; 'sownforceswillbeeasilyfoundiftherulessuggestedbymeshallbereflectedupon, andifonewillconsiderhowPhilip, thefatherofAlexandertheGreat, andmanyrepublicsandprinceshavearmedandorganizedthemselves, towhichrulesIentirelycommitmyself.
[1]FerdinandV (, ), surnamed "TheCatholic," born1542, died1516.
[2]JoannesCantacuzenus, born1300, died1383.
[3]CharlesVIIofFrance, surnamed "TheVictorious," born1403, died1461.
[4]LouisXI, sonoftheabove, born1423, died1483.
[5]", hesaidthatthiswas 'whollyunhistorical.' HemightwellhaveaddedthattheRomanpowerwasatitszenithwheneverycitizenacknowledgedhisliabilitytofightfortheState, butthatitbegantodeclineassoonasthisobligationwasnolongerrecognized."—PallMallGazette, 15thMay1906.
