The Prince The Prince The Prince ( ) is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. From correspondence a version appears to have been distributed in 1513, using a Latin title, "De Principatibus" ("Of Principalities"). However, the printed version was not published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli's death. This was done with the permission of the Medici pope Clement VII, but "long before then, in fact since the first appearance of "The Prince" in manuscript, controversy had swirled about his writings". Although it was written as if it were a traditional work in the "mirrors
English Prince (winner of the Dante Stakes) and Straight As A Die (Royal Lodge Stakes). English won in race record time from Straight As A Die, to whom he was conceding four pounds. Nine days after his win at Ascot, English Prince was sent to Ireland to contest the Irish Sweeps Derby at the Curragh with the French champion Yves Saint-Martin taking over the ride from Eddery, who was serving a suspension. Roger Hue-Williams' Imperial Prince, runner-up to Snow Knight in the Epsom Derby, started favourite ahead of the French-trained colts Caracolero (Prix du Jockey Club and Mississipian (Grand Criterium) with English