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    Ahi quant' elli era ne l'aspetto fero! 31 Ah, how ferocious were his looks
 
e quanto mi parea ne l'atto acerbo, 32 and fierce his gesturing,
 
con l'ali aperte e sovra i piè leggero! 33 with wings spread wide and nimble feet!
 
    L'omero suo, ch'era aguto e superbo, 34 One of his shoulders, which were high and pointed,
 
carcava un peccator con ambo l'anche, 35 was laden with the haunches of a sinner
 
e quei tenea de' piè ghermito 'l nerbo. 36 he held hooked by the tendons of his heels.
 
    Del nostro ponte disse: "O Malebranche, 37 From our bridge he said: 'O Malebranche,
 
ecco un de li anzïan di Santa Zita! 38 here is one of Santa Zita's Elders.
 
Mettetel sotto, ch'i' torno per anche 39 Thrust him under, while I head back for more
 
    a quella terra, che n'è ben fornita: 40 'to that city, where there's such a fine supply.
 
ogn' uom v'è barattier, fuor che Bonturo; 41 Every man there -- except Bonturo -- is a swindler.
 
del no, per li denar, vi si fa ita." 42 There money turns a No into a Yeah.'
 
    Là giù 'l buttò, e per lo scoglio duro 43 He flung him down and turned back up
 
si volse; e mai non fu mastino sciolto 44 the stony ridge. Never did a mastiff
 
con tanta fretta a seguitar lo furo. 45 set loose to chase a thief make greater haste.

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