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    Io fui uom d'arme, e poi fui cordigliero, 67 'A warrior was I, and then a corded friar,
 
credendomi, sì cinto, fare ammenda; 68 thinking, cinctured so, to make amends.
 
e certo il creder mio venìa intero, 69 And surely would my hopes have come to pass
 
    se non fosse il gran prete, a cui mal prenda!, 70 'but for the Great Priest -- the devil take him! --
 
che mi rimise ne le prime colpe; 71 who drew me back to my old ways.
 
e come e quare, voglio che m'intenda. 72 And I would like to tell you how and why.
 
    Mentre ch'io forma fui d'ossa e di polpe 73 'While I still kept the form in flesh and bones
 
che la madre mi diè, l'opere mie 74 my mother gave me, my deeds were not
 
non furon leonine, ma di volpe. 75 a lion's but the actions of a fox.
 
    Li accorgimenti e le coperte vie 76 'Cunning stratagems and covert schemes,
 
io seppi tutte, e sì menai lor arte, 77 I knew them all, and was so skilled in them
 
ch'al fine de la terra il suono uscie. 78 my fame rang out to the far confines of the earth.
 
    Quando mi vidi giunto in quella parte 79 'When I saw I had reached that stage of life
 
di mia etade ove ciascun dovrebbe 80 when all men ought to think
 
calar le vele e raccoglier le sarte, 81 of lowering sail and coiling up the ropes,

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