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Petrarch, the First Modern Scholar and Man of Letters

Note 84 — JAMES HARVEY ROBINSON (continued 2)

James Harvey Robinson translation

Sen., ii., 1 (Opera, p. 751). Note Dante's bitterly sarcastic characterisation of the Florentine readiness to express an opinion, in the Purgatorio, vi., especially lines 127 sqq.:

Molti han giustizia in cuor; ma tardi scocca, Per non venir senza consiglio all' arco: Ma 'l popol tuo l' ha in sommo della bocca.

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