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1332.

Irony (1332).If Petrarch was so fond of bay, it was because it is of a good taste in sausages and with tunny; I cannot put any value on their foolery.  667


Footnotes

377:667 : Conte Porro has published these lines in the Archivio Stor. Lombarda VIII, IV; he reads the concluding line thus: I no posso di loro gia (sic) co' far tesauro.--This is known to be by a contemporary poet, as Senatore Morelli informs me.


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