This arises from the reasons given above; for his ministers, being all slaves and bondmen, can only be corrupted with great difficulty, and one can expect little advantage from them when they have been corrupted, as they cannot carry the people with them, for the reasons assigned.
Perché sendoli tutti stiavi et obbligati, si possono con più difficultà corrompere; e, quando bene si corrompessino, se ne può sperare poco utile, non possendo quelli tirarsi drieto e' populi per le ragioni assignate.