“Bad company will lead a man to the gallows!”

Le cattive compagnie conducono gli uomini alle forche.
Act IV, scene vi
The Mandrake (1524)

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Le cattive compagnie conducono gli uomini alle forche.

The Mandrake (1524)

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Italian politician, Writer and Author 1469–1527

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