Is It an Italian Thing?

If machiavelli is also looking for his own progenie, so to speak, they'll also not be entirely his own. And itit is the fact that calimico a is a not fully italian. Is this an indication on machiavelliy's part that he's aware that this will be transnational? He often uses the word italy, italia, er really to mean the world. That's what he does in that tin last chapter of the prince. Yare e iwe great italian patriot. But he also tells you in chapter three of the prince how yo invaded latanv he is a great florentine patriot. Those two