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[Princess enters] Hello Aurora We're happy to have you here today. Tell us a little about yourself. [princes sit in chairs] Now, let's bring back our princess who is looking for her Machiavelli dream boat. Now Aurora, i understand you have some questions to ask these hunky guys. Prince 1 Define liberality. Prince 2 Define parsimony. Prince 3 Is it wise to give your people money when they call for it? Prince 1 What should money be spent on? Prince 1 Is it right to tax your people? Prince 2 Is it right to give away the property of others? Prince 2 Is it a good idea to give away ones own resources? Prince 1 When at war should taxes be increased? Prince 3 Is it better to be well liked or better to be considered parsimonious? Prince 3 How should you rule your people? Prince 2 How should you prevent revolt? Prince 3 How do you view generosity? All 3 Princes Do you consider yourself liberal or parsimonious?
 * Caesar **: Hello and welcome to the second most watched show which is rated second, right behind who wants to be the next prince which aired yesterday. Are you all ready for Find your perfect prince. *applause, applause* lol Today we have the Princess of Andalasia, Aurora. Please give a warm welcome to the fairest princess in the world, Aurora
 * Princess **: Thank you Caesar. I am so excited to be here. I really want to find the Machiavelli Prince of my dreams. I live in Andalasia and I am to take the throne very soon and I need a prince that has the qualities Machiavelli has written in his new book The Prince. I would like to know the contestant's views on liberality and parsimony which are essential need to know qualities for any good, successful prince.
 * Caesar **: Well Aurora you came to the right place. Please go backstage in the sound proof room while we introduce our wonderful contestants. We'll see you in a few. Let us now meet today's hunky bachelors. First, we have Prince 1. Prince 1 please tell us a little about yourself. (prince 1 introduces himself) Alrighty then, let's meet Prince 2. (prince 2 introduces himself) Awesome, now please welcome our final bachelor, Prince 3. (prince 3 introduces himself) Incredible! Let's get you fine, handsome looking things over to your chairs and we'll begin our show.
 * Princess **: Yes, I certainly do.
 * Caesar **: Then, let us begin Find Your Perfect Prince!
 * Princess: **

Hello, I am King Louis XII. I am the King of France. I aquired my position as king upon the death of my cousin King Charles VII. After taking his position as King, I divorced my wife and married his widow, Anne of Brittany. She has recently died and I am here today to win the heart of the princess. I mean, obviously I will be chosen to marry the Princess. it's just a matter of time.
 * Louis XII (Katie)**

1. Liberality can be defined as being generous and/or. This can be a bad thing if a ruler is too generous with his people. The money will eventually run out and then what is left but a poor prince and a defenseless group of people who thought they could trust their prince.

4. I believe that ones money should be spent on things such as war and and on projects that will help the good of the people. If one has saved his money correctly there will be plenty of money to spend on going to war and taking over countries. I have taken over a counrty or two in my day and it is not cheap, let me tell you. Also, I believe in giving to those who do not have as much as others. I cut taxes for the poor, and I believe they benefited greatly from this.

5. Yes. I believe it is right to tax one's people. I taxed my people and in the long run it helped a great deal. My people paid a small, continuous tax and after a while that money adds up. The money I saved from my people was used for any problems that arose and I was more relaxed knowing that I had money in case of an emergency. By making my people pay taxes, I ensured the safety of all who were under my rule, I was ready for anything.

8. No, I think that when a country is at war the people should not be burdened with increased taxes. If one was a smart prince, like myself, he would have been collecting taxes from his people long before a war arose. To make sure my people knew that collecting taxes was the only way to ensure their safety in a time of struggle, I taxed them from my first day as King. This way, I could save the money I collected and my people would be safe in the event of a war. Because I was not a very liberal, or generous, King, I was kind to my people in the way that I was prepared for war and ready to fight without a second thought as to how i would pay for it. The safety of my people has always been the most important thing to me. I am sure at times my people grew angry with me because I taxed them, but that is a small price to pay for the benefits of being highly prepared for war and ensuring the safety of my land and people.

16. I consider myself parsimonious. I know when to be strick with my people, but also look out for their well being at the same time. I realized that taxes are a burden to everyone, but in the long run they will help when problems arise. A prince who does not tax his people will be liked for a time, but once problems come up and the Prince is not able to keep his people from falling into poverty of keeping them safe in general, the ppl will start to hate the Prince. Protecting the people is the most important thing to me, if I am hated for a time, then so be it. In the long run Ill be looked at as a great Prince who protected his people was ultimately loved by them.

Katie's Closing: Princess Aurora, i am surely the right choice for you. I am well liked by my people and demonstrate all of the qualities of a good prince almost perfectly. I show just the right amount of kindness to my people, without being a push over. I give the people what they need, such as safety and security and in return they pay taxes to me. I am a great leader and have taken over many strong nations. For all these reasons, I should be chosen to marry the princess.

** Ferdinand (Ashley) ** Intro: Hola! Me llamo Ferdiand II. Soy de Espana. Translation: Hi! My name is Ferdinand II. I am from Spain. I am the ruler of Spain looking for my dream girl. I am a Catholic and I have been married in the past but my wife Isabella is no longer with us. I am here today to hopefully make a connection with this beautiful bachelorette. I like taking moonlit walks on the beach, spicy food, and being careful with my money.

2. Parsimony is the quality of being careful with money and/or resources. It’s a state of being stingy, which is not necessarily a bad thing.

6. Well, as an energetic conqueror myself, giving away the property of conquered land is fine with me. The property involved is not mine or my subjects’ so the honor of the state is not harmed. Armies live off looting so as their leader I should give some items to my soldiers so they won’t leave. Destroying a foreign state gives me the obligation to take the possessions of that state if I am to raise money without overly taxing my people.

7. It is not good to give away one’s resources that often. If you are too generous and build up that reputation for generosity it is impossible to be seen as wise. The only way for a prince to keep this generosity going and keep up a lavish display is to burden his subjects with taxes. Raising taxes will cause resentment among the people and no one will respect him because he is poor from giving away his own resources. Once a prince is poor, he is forced to use his subjects’ resources which does real harm to everyone, even the prince.

14. From my experience, the Moors and Jews seemed to be causing disorder in my country, therefore, I had wars against the Moors and later had an Inquisition to get rid of anyone who would not convert. I gave them the choice of converting, but if they chose not to then that was there problem. When my late wife and I united our thrones, Catholicism was something common to both kingdoms and prevalent through all of Spain. Thus, religion was a more powerful means of appealing to the people and creating unity than any other form of unity that legislation could have prescribed. Being constantly busy in planning and executing all of these events, I kept the minds of my subjects in suspense, admiration, and occupied with the results of my actions, which arose one out of another in such close succession. These great actions left my subjects neither time nor opportunity to oppose them and revolt against me.

16. I would say that I am parsimonious. If I had a reputation for generosity, I never could have engaged or succeeded in so many enterprises. I’m a penny-pincher and people could see that when I was unsure about financing a certain explorer. One of these princes can even tell you that they were shocked when they saw how ragged the appearance of my troops were. People wouldn’t think of attacking my men for the sake of money based on their appearance. I even drained the royal treasury and pawned some of my late wife’s jewels to defray the costs of war. With the money of the Church and of my subjects I was able to maintain my armies and lay the foundations of military discipline that made me famous. But sometimes I could see the necessity of supporting my kinsmen. I sent some money to a commander who had proven himself in the wars against the Moors in Spain and the Turks in the Ionian Islands. I am financially wise as I was committed to warfare and therefore, I have been able to rule effectively by being parsimonious.

Closing Statement: I just have a few words to say. I am the prince you want princess Aurora i am parsimonious which is a quality that is great for rulers to have. my people do not completely hate me. they are amazed by my success and great endeavors not to mention my dashing good looks. if you choose me you definately wont be sorry. I am perfecto!

Intro: My name as many of you should know I’m Pope Julius THE 2nd. I preside over the entire Catholic Church in beautiful Italy. I am quite impetuous, and I never like to be inactive. If I have a feeling about something then I follow my heart. In addition to my impetuousness, I am handsome, I always know what I want, and I always get what I want because I am the pope duh. I as well as everyone else in this building should know that I am the best bachelor for this fair maiden.
 * Pope (Steph):**

3) While I was attempting to become the next pope, I definitely would be considered liberal. I wanted that title, and I gave the people what they wanted so I would attain full power. So yes I would give them money when they were in need to become the Pope; however, I changed by opinion about just handing out money once I became the Pope because I needed all of my country’s money to engage in war to unite Italy into a whole instead of little feuding states. I can’t just hand out money to everything little being when they want it or else I could not and would not be taking part in this great war to create a dominating a Italy.

11) As I answered previously, you should by far want to be considered well-liked as you try to attain the throne, but once you attain the throne then you need to incorporate the quality of being parsimonious. But, if you are not liked by your people as you rule, then you will be overtaken by revolts. That is why I am well-liked as well as parsimonious with them. You need to have a balance between the two characteristics or you will not be a good ruler for your people and your country.

12) One should rule his people in a way that is stingy. Without being stingy, my people would walk all over me and treat me with no respect. By being stingy, my people honor my words and trust my judgment. And since we’re in a time of war, it’s crucial that my people trust what I say and do what I ask. If they did not trust me then I would not have a conquering army that intimidates every little peon to surrender.

15) I believe that your people should think that you’re generous, but I view that by actually being generous towards your people, you are showing weakness. If a person is generous as they rule, they will be asked by their people to deal with every little minor mishap. Generosity should be used to attain the crown but once the crown is in your control, generosity should be kept to a minimum or else disaster will break. By not being generous, I intimidated many of Italy’s city-states to join in the country that I am building. The great rulers of today are not kind, and I feel that to be a great ruler, you should not have a reputation for being generous because my assets would be depleted. And if my assets are depleted then I have to tax my people and that’s not what they or I want to do.

16) I consider myself parsimonious. If I were to be liberal, I would not be engaged in war. By being liberal, it only creates disaster. Liberality should only be used in trying to obtain the crown but liberality should not be used once you become a said ruler. Liberality will lead to hatred because as the money begins to disintegrate, I will need to become stingy. Consequently, my people will hate me because I’m not giving them what they want at all time so only more hostility will come about.

Closing statement: I by far am the most deserving ruler to marry this beautiful young maiden. Although I may be rash with most of my actions, I follow my heart and that’s what should matter to the princess. I do what I can to get the job done and most of the time I am successful at doing whatever it is that I do. Even though my people may suffer from this war to unite all of Italy, I am benefiting my becoming the most powerful ruler that all of Italy has ever had and this princess would become the most powerful princess in all of the land. As you can tell from my answers to the princess’ questions, I am the obvious choice to be the winner of the princess’ love. [audience votes and the votes are counted and revealed] It looks like prince(#) has won over the audience. He will be walking away with a nice big check of $1000. Princess i am not trying to toot my own horn here but before we go to our commercial break how about I explain to you what Machievelli thought about me. You know just in case it doesn't work out with one of these lame guys. Even though I still think Machivelli didn't think to highly of me I did have some good characterstics, I knew how to keep by people in control, no one could ever overpower me, and by denying the crown three times I really was telling the people that I would rule when I was ready to rule. By the time I became a ruler I knew everything anbout the job. Sure I told I few white lies to keep my power. The people didn't need to know EVERYTHING, just enough to keep them happy. Oh and I think you would make a really amzing bride so here is my card just in case. (then winks at princess). Now, the moment of truth...............who will the princess choose. It has been a tough decision. Based on what I have heard today my Machiavelli Prince is....................Prince 2! [ferdinand jumps for joy and stuff]  <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Caesar: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Now, we would like each prince to give a closing statement that could possibly make them or break them when it comes to the final decision; prince 1 you may begin. [prince1 give closing statement] Thank you prince 1. Prince 2 you may now give your statement. [prince 2 gives closing statement] Gracias, prince 2. And now our final contestant, prince 3. [prince 3 gives closing statement] Thank you prince 3. It is now time for our audience to vote on which prince they think is the best based on what they had to say. Audience, your vote could possibly sway Princess Aurora's decision. Please, write the number of the prince you would like Princess Aurora to end up with. Please consider the Machiavelli qualities while voting. Machiavelli knows what he's talking about when it comes to the qualities of rulers.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Princess: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> I chose this prince because he has the qualities Machiavelli talked about in chapter 16 of his book, liberality and parsimony. A prince should be parsimonious. Only men with reputations for parsimony have been able to rule effectively and I need that quality for my Prince. A wise prince should be willing to be thought of as stingy than be hated for trying to be too generous. Prince 2 had those qualities and more like being an energetic conqueror but also having thrifty habits.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Caesar: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> Now, let's have prince 2 and princess Aurora meet. They will be going on a nice getaway to get to know eachother better before they start to rule. Join us next time on Find your perfect prince. Goodnight everyone!