slipfile c.1513 Macchiavelli [1]to Francesco Vettori,Rome"I feared that you
had stopped writing to me because you heard that I was not a good guardian
of your letters; and I know that outside of Fillipo [Casavecchia] and Paolo
[Vettori], no one else, as far as I know, has seen them"
slipfile c. 1506 Machiavelli [2]to Giovan Battista Soderini or Piero
Soderini,Perugia[2]"A disguised letter of yours reached me- but I knew it
was yours after reading 10 words of it…[The man who does not know how to
fence confuses one who does]1. Your letter was brief, but I manage to make
it longer by rereading it."
"1. material in brackets represents marginal notes from the original
manuscript of the letter"
CHAPTER XXVI A NEW PRINCE, IN A CITY OR PROVINCE HE HAS TAKEN, SHOULD MAKE
EVERYTHING OVER ANEW'
""a handbook for tyrants advocating pernicious doctrine""
new from indecoress [clean screen architect for site-building ruins]

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