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che vostra gente onrata non si sfregia 128 your honored race does not disgrace
 
del pregio de la borsa e de la spada. 129 the glory of its purse and of its sword.
 
    Uso e natura sì la privilegia, 130 'No matter how a wicked chief may warp the world,
 
che, perché il capo reo il mondo torca, 131 privileged both by nature and by custom,
 
sola va dritta e 'l mal cammin dispregia." 132 your race alone goes straight and scorns the evil path.'
 
    Ed elli: "Or va; che 'l sol non si ricorca 133 Then he said: 'Enough. Not seven times

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