“That we may know
Whether the devil doth his looks belie,
And if he is as ugly as we paint him.”

—  Francesco Berni

LII, 1
Rifacimento of Orlando Innamorato

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Per saper se 'l demonio e come pare, S'egli e si brutto com' egli e dipinto.

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Italian poet 1497–1535

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