Translated from the Italian

1. How many kinds of principles there are, and in what manner they are acquired
2. Of hereditary principalities
3. Of mixed principalities
4. Why the kingdom of Darius, which was conquered by Alexander, did not revolt against the successors of Alenxander after his death
5. How cities or principalities are to be governed that previous to being conquered had lived under their own laws
6. Of new principalities that have been acquired by the valour of the prince and his own troops
7. Of the new principalities that have been acquired by the aid of others and by good fortune
8. Of such as have achieved sovereignty by means of crimes
9. Of civil principalities
10. In what manner the powe of all principalities should be measured
11. Of ecclesiastical principalities
12. Of the different kinds of troops, and of mercenaries
13. Of auxiliaries, and of mixed and national troops
14. Of the duties of a prince in relation to military matters
15. Of the means by which men, and especially princes, win applause or incur censure
16. Of liberality persimoniousness
17. Of cruelty and clemency, and whether it is better to be loved than feared
18. In what manner princes should keep thier faith
19. A prince must avoid being contemned and hated
20. Whether the erection of fortresses, and many other things which princes often do, are useful or injurious
21. How princes should conduct themselves to acquire a reputation
22. Of the miniters of princes
23. How to avoid flatterers
24. The reason why the princes of Italy have lost thjer states
25. Of the influence of fortune in human affairs, and how it may be counteracted
26. Exhortation to deliver Italy from foreign barbarians