“But that he wrought so high the specious tale,
As manifested plainly, 'twas a lie.”

—  Ludovico Ariosto , book Orlando Furioso

Se non volea pulir sua scusa tanto,
Che la facesse di menzogna rea.
Canto XVIII, stanza 84 (tr. W. S. Rose)
Orlando Furioso (1532)

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Se non volea pulir sua scusa tanto, Che la facesse di menzogna rea.

Orlando Furioso (1532)

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