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"_Fu da sua gioventudine nutricato di latte di eloquenza; buono / grammatico, megliore rettorico, autorista buono. Oh, come spesso / diceva, 'Dove sono questi buoni Romani? Dov'e loro somma giustizia? / Poterommi trovare in tempo che questi fioriscano? ' Era bell / 'omo. Accadde che uno suo frate fu ucciso, e non ne fu fatta vendetta / di sua morte: non lo poteo aiutare; pensa lungo mano vendicare 'l / sangue di suo frate; pensa lunga mano dirizzare la cittate di Roma male / guidata_. " -- "Vita di Cola di Rienzi" Ed. 1828. Forli.
"From his youth he was nourished with the milk of eloquence; a good / grammarian, a better rhetorician, well versed in the writings of / authors. Oh, how often would he say, 'Where are those good Romans? / Where is their supreme justice? Shall I ever behold such times as those / in which they flourished? ' He was a handsome man. It happened that a / brother of his was slain, and no retribution was made for his death: / he could not help him; long did he ponder how to avenge his brother's / blood; long did he ponder how to direct the ill guided state of / Rome. " -- "Life of Cola di Rienzi. "