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e sotto l'ombra de le sacre penne | 7 | 'There it ruled the world beneath the shadow | |||||
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governò 'l mondo lì di mano in mano, | 8 | of its sacred wings, passing from hand to hand | |||||
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e, sì cangiando, in su la mia pervenne. | 9 | and, changing in this way, at last came into mine. | |||||
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Cesare fui e son Iustinïano, | 10 | 'Caesar I was and am Justinian, | |||||
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che, per voler del primo amor ch'i' sento, | 11 | who, by will of the Primal Love I feel, | |||||
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d'entro le leggi trassi il troppo e 'l vano. | 12 | pruned from the laws what was superfluous and vain. | |||||
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