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The abbe de Sade (tom. i. Notes, p. 61 - 66) has applied the vith Canzone of Petrarch, Spirto Gentil, &c., to Stephen Colonna the younger:
Orsi, lupi, leoni,aquile e serpi
Al una gran marmorea colonna
Fanno noja sovente e a se danno

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