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Io fui uom d'arme, e poi fui cordigliero, | 67 | 'A warrior was I, and then a corded friar, | |||||
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credendomi, sì cinto, fare ammenda; | 68 | thinking, cinctured so, to make amends. | |||||
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e certo il creder mio venìa intero, | 69 | And surely would my hopes have come to pass | |||||
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se non fosse il gran prete, a cui mal prenda!, | 70 | 'but for the Great Priest -- the devil take him! -- | |||||
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che mi rimise ne le prime colpe; | 71 | who drew me back to my old ways. | |||||
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e come e quare, voglio che m'intenda. | 72 | And I would like to tell you how and why. | |||||
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