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Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2

CHAPTER VIII
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When Goffredo rejects the embassy of Atlete and Argante, he declares his firm intention of delivering Jerusalem in spite of overwhelming perils.

The crusaders can but perish: Noi morirem, ma non morremo inulti.

(i.

86.) This of course is a reminiscence of Dido's last words, and the difference between the two situations creates a disagreeable incongruity.

The nod of Jove upon Olympus is translated to express the fiat of the Almighty (xiii.


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