“Void is contract made in fear.”

—  Ludovico Ariosto , book Orlando Furioso

Fatto per timor, nullo è il contratto.
Canto XXI, stanza 43 (tr. W. S. Rose)
Orlando Furioso (1532)

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Orlando Furioso (1532)

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