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più è tacer che ragionare onesto. 45 it is more modest to be silent than to speak.
 
    Tutti color ch'a quel tempo eran ivi 46 'All who lived there then, fit to bear arms,
 
da poter arme tra Marte e 'l Batista, 47 and who dwelt between Mars and the Baptist,
 
erano il quinto di quei ch'or son vivi. 48 amounted to a fifth of those who live there now,
 
    Ma la cittadinanza, ch'è or mista 49 'but the city's bloodline, now mixed
 
di Campi, di Certaldo e di Fegghine, 50 with that of Campi, of Certaldo, and Figline,
 
pura vediesi ne l'ultimo artista. 51 was then found pure in the humblest artisan.
 
    Oh quanto fora meglio esser vicine 52 'Ah, how much better would it be
 
quelle genti ch'io dico, e al Galluzzo 53 had those cities which I name remained but neighbors,
 
e a Trespiano aver vostro confine, 54 had you kept your borders at Galluzzo and Trespiano,
 
    che averle dentro e sostener lo puzzo 55 'than to have them in your midst and bear the stench
 
del villan d'Aguglion, di quel da Signa, 56 of the lout from Aguglion and of him from Signa
 
che già per barattare ha l'occhio aguzzo! 57 who already has so sharp an eye for graft!
 
    Se la gente ch'al mondo più traligna 58 'If that tribe, which is the most degenerate
 
non fosse stata a Cesare noverca, 59 in all the world, had not been like a stepmother

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