“For when the water is up to your neck you must be truly stubborn not to cry for help.”

— Ludovico Ariosto , book Orlando Furioso

Che chi ne l'acqua sta fin'alla gola
Ben'e ostinato se merce non grida.
Canto I, stanza 50 (tr. G. Waldman)
Orlando Furioso (1532)

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Che chi ne l'acqua sta fin alla gola | ben è ostinato se mercé non grida.

canto I, ottava L, versi 3-4
Orlando furioso
Variant: Che chi ne l'acqua sta fin'alla gola
Ben'e ostinato se merce non grida.

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Italian poet 1474–1533

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