That weak Republics are irresolute and undecided; and that the course they may take depends more on Necessity than Choice XXXIX.

That often the same accidents are seen to befall different Nations XL.

Of the creation of the Decemvirate in Rome, and what therein is to be noted.

Wherein among other matters it is shown how the same causes may lead to the safety or to the ruin of a Commonwealth XLI.

That it is unwise to pass at a bound from leniency to severity, or to a haughty bearing from a humble XLII.