INTRODUCTION by H.Butterfield DEDICATION TO THE MAGNIFICENT LORENZO DI PIERO DE'MEDICI CHAPTER I.HOW MANY KINDS OF PRINCIPALITIES THERE ARE,AND BY WHAT MEANS THEY ARE ACQUIRED II.CONCERNING HEREDITARY PRINCIPALITIES III.CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES IV.WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS,CONQUERED BY ALEXANDER,DID NOT REBEL AGAINST THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER AT HIS DEATH V.CONCERNING THE WAY TO GOVERN CITIES OR PRINCIPALITIES WHICH LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS BEFORE THEY WERE ANNEXED VI.CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED BY ONE'S OWN ARMS AND ABILITY VII.CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED EITHER BY THE ARMS OF OTHERS OR BY GOOD FORTUNE VIII.CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED A PRINCIPALITY BY WICKEDNESS IX.CONCERNING A CIVIL PRINCIPALITY X.CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH THE STRENGTH OF ALL PRINCIPALITIES OUGHT TO BE MEAS-URED XI.CONCERNING ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIES XII.HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE, AND CONCERNING MERCENARIES XIII.CONCERNING AUXILIARIES,MIXED SOLDIERY, AND ONE'S OWN XIV.THAT WHICH CONCERNS A PRINCE ON THE SUB-JECT OF THE ART OF WAR ……