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the answer is:

to persuade readers that a conquering prince must destroy a former republic if he hopes to hold it.

in the excerpt from "the prince," the author niccolò machiavelli suggests that to take possession of a city and endure the control over it, it is necessary to destroy it first. otherwise, people who have known freedom will eventually turn against the new rulers and fight back to recover their power.

if the italicized words are he ran switfly, we can rewrite the sentence using a verbal phrase as follows:

running swiftly he was able to overtake the child.