Wer es unterläßt, muß wenigstens hinreichende Kriegsmacht daselbst halten. Die Colonien kosten dem Fürsten nicht viel. Er besetzt sie ohne vielen Aufwand und beleidigt nur diejenigen, die von Haus und Hof vertrieben werden, um neuen Bewohnern Platz zu machen. Dies ist immer nur der kleinere Theil.
A prince does not spend much on colonies, for with little or no expense he can send them out and keep them there, and he offends a minority only of the citizens from whom he takes lands and houses to give them to the new inhabitants; and those whom he offends, remaining poor and scattered, are never able to injure him; whilst the rest being uninjured are easily kept quiet, and at the same time are anxious not to err for fear it should happen to them as it has to those who have been despoiled.