Besides, that the fortune of princes has many things attending it that are but too apt to train them out of the way, as pleasure, liberty, flattery, excess; for which cause he should the more diligently endeavor and set a watch over himself, lest perhaps he be led aside and fail in his duty.
Gainera, agintaritzak hainbat ahalbide biltzen ditu bide zuzenetik aldenarazten diotenak, hala nola, plazerak, askatasuna, lausengaldiak, luxua; beraz komeni da bipilki saiatzea eta kontu handiz zaintzea bere egitekotik ezertan urrun ez dadin, ezta badaezpadan ere.