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Excerpt from The Historical, Political, and Diplomatic Writings of Niccolo Machiavelli, Vol. 4 of 4
I returned here yesterday and expect to arrange matters so as to have the first review of the enrolled Of this Podesteria on Sunday next; but although I have enrolled all together three hundred and thirty men in this Podesteria, yet I count upon having to reduce this number to two hundred, or even less. After completing matters here next Sunday, I Shall go to Dico mano, and hope to finish there in three or four days, after which I Shall return to Florence. It is impossible to give arms to the men of these two Podesterias at the same time, owing to their being a considerable distance apart. I have not been able to complete this business with greater despatch; and if any one thinks differently, let him try, and he will find out what it is to bring together a lot of peasants, and Of this sort.
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