Wer aber gegen den Willen des Volks durch den Beistand der Großen Fürst wird, muß vor allen Dingen suchen das Volk zu gewinnen, was ja sehr leicht ist, wenn er es nur in Schutz nimmt.
But one who, in opposition to the people, becomes a prince by the favour of the nobles, ought, above everything, to seek to win the people over to himself, and this he may easily do if he takes them under his protection.