INTRODUCTION  
 
 YOUTH   
 
 OFFICE   
 
 LITERATURE AND DEATH   
 
 THE MAN AND HIS WORKS  
 
 DEDICATION  

THE PRINCE  
 
 CHAPTER I  HOW MANY KINDS OF PRINCIPALITIES THERE ARE, AND BY WHAT MEANS THEY ARE ACQUIRED
 
 CHAPTER II   CONCERNING HEREDITARY PRINCIPALITIES
 
 CHAPTER III   CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES
 
 CHAPTER IV  WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEXANDER, DID NOT REBEL AGAINST THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER AT HIS DEATH
 
 CHAPTER V   CONCERNING THE WAY TO GOVERN CITIES OR PRINCIPALITIES WHICH LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS BEFORE THEY WERE ANNEXED
 
 CHAPTER VI   CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED BY ONE'S OWN ARMS AND ABILITY
 
 CHAPTER VII   CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED EITHER BY THE ARMS OF OTHERS OR BY GOOD FORTUNE
 
 CHAPTER VIII   CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED A PRINCIPALITY BY WICKEDNESS
 
 CHAPTER IX   CONCERNING A CIVIL PRINCIPALITY
 
 CHAPTER X   CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH THE STRENGTH OF ALL PRINCIPALITIES OUGHT TO BE MEASURED
 
 CHAPTER XI   CONCERNING ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIES
 
 CHAPTER XII   HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE AND CONCERNING MERCENARIES
 
 CHAPTER XIII   CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, AND ONE'S OWN
 
 CHAPTER XIV   THAT WHICH CONCERNS A PRINCE ON THE SUBJECT OF WAR
 
 CHAPTER XV   CONCERNING THINGS FOR WHICH MEN, AND ESPECIALLY PRINCES, ARE PRAISED OR BLAMED
 
 CHAPTER XVI   CONCERNING LIBERALITY AND MEANNESS
 
 CHAPTER XVII   CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO BE LOVED THAN FEARED
 
 CHAPTER XVIII   CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES SHOULD KEEP FAITH
 
 CHAPTER XIX   THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND HATED
 
 CHAPTER XX   ARE FORTRESSES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO WHICH PRINCES OFTEN RESORT, ADVANTAGEOUS OR HURTFUL?
 
 CHAPTER XXI   HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS TO GAIN RENOWN
 
 CHAPTER XXII   CONCERNING THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCES
 
 CHAPTER XXIII   HOW FLATTERERS SHOULD BE AVOIDED
 
 CHAPTER XXIV   WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATES
 
 CHAPTER XXV   WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS AND HOW TO WITHSTAND HER
 
 CHAPTER XXVI   AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANS