Answer:
<em>There are three means of holding a newly acquired state that is accustomed to freedom.</em>
Explanation:
In this excerpt Niccolò Machiavelli is arguing for the prince that no place already accustomed to freedom such as republics and democracies will accept to be ruled by a prince without trying to defeat him, so he tells there are three ways which the prince can conquer it, this is the main idea here.
