This will soon make him odious to his subjects, and becoming poor he will be little valued by any one; thus, with his liberality, having offended many and rewarded few, he is affected by the very first trouble and imperilled by whatever may be the first danger; recognizing this himself, and wishing to draw back from it, he runs at once into the reproach of being miserly.
Il che comincerà a farlo odioso con sudditi, e poco stimare da nessuno, diventando povero; in modo che, con questa sua liberalità avendo offeso li assai e premiato e' pochi, sente ogni primo disagio, e periclita in qualunque primo periculo: il che conoscendo lui, e volendosene ritrarre, incorre subito nella infamia del misero.