The Prince, pt. 2

In the last chapter, Machiavelli seemed to switch rather rapidly from a calm observance of what princes should and should not do to a plea to the Medici family. He ends the book with an urge to the family to learn from and apply all he has written, and use this information and methods to retake Italy from the "barbarians." The switch was rather abrupt, and now I see how some individuals think that 'The Prince' was written in an attempt to get his old job back.