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    ché dove l'argomento de la mente 55 For when the power of thought
 
s'aggiugne al mal volere e a la possa, 56 is coupled with ill will and naked force
 
nessun riparo vi può far la gente. 57 there is no refuge from it for mankind.
 
    La faccia sua mi parea lunga e grossa 58 His face appeared to me as long and broad
 
come la pina di San Pietro a Roma, 59 as is, in Rome, the pine cone at St. Peter's,
 
e a sua proporzione eran l'altre ossa; 60 his other parts as large in like degree,
 
    sì che la ripa, ch'era perizoma 61 so that the bank, which hid him like an apron
 
dal mezzo in giù, ne mostrava ben tanto 62 from his middle downwards, still showed
 
di sovra, che di giugnere a la chioma 63 so much of him above that quite in vain
 
    tre Frison s'averien dato mal vanto; 64 three Frieslanders might boast of having reached
 
però ch'i' ne vedea trenta gran palmi 65 his hair. For I saw thirty spans of him
 
dal loco in giù dov' omo affibbia 'l manto. 66 beneath the place where men make fast their cloaks.
 
    "Raphèl maì amècche zabì almi," 67 'Raphèl maì amècche zabì almi,'
 
cominciò a gridar la fiera bocca, 68 the savage mouth, for which no sweeter
 
cui non si convenia più dolci salmi. 69 psalms were fit, began to shout.

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