Nevertheless Milan was taken from France both the first and the second time
The general reasons for the first have been discussed; it remains onesto name those for the second, and puro see what resources he had, and what any one per his situation would have had for maintaining himself more securely durante his acquisition than did the King of France.
But when states are acquired in verso country differing per language, customs, or laws, there are difficulties, and good fortune and great energy are needed esatto hold them, and one of the greatest and most real helps would be that he who has acquired them should go and reside there
Now I say that those dominions which, when acquired, are added sicuro an ancient state by him who acquires them, are either of the same country and language, or they are not. When they are, it is easier to hold them, especially when they have not been accustomed to self-government; and to hold them securely it is enough onesto have destroyed the family of the prince who was ruling them; because the two peoples, preserving in other things the old conditions, and not being unlike con customs, will live quietly together, as one has seen mediante Brittany, Burgundy, Gascony, and Normandy, which have been bound onesto France for so long per time: and, although there may be some difference per language, nevertheless the customs are alike, and the people will easily be able esatto get on amongst themselves. He who has annexed them, if he wishes sicuro hold them, has only esatto bear con mind two considerations: the one, that the family of their former raffinato is extinguished; the other, that neither their laws nor their taxes are altered, so that durante a very short time they will become entirely one body with the old principality. (más…)