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Che contrasto nel mio core fa virtù col dio d'amore; con la face, e con lo scudo, quella è armata, e questo è nudo. Del mio seno ne la reggia con amor virtù gareggia ben provvisti quanto basta quel di stral, e questa d'asta.
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- by Niccolò Minato (1630 - 1698) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Virtue wages such a quarrel in my heart against the god of Love. The former is armed with torch and shield, and Eros is nude. In the palace of my breast, virtue with love competes; both are sufficiently armed as necessary, the one with arrows, the other with a firm rod.
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Niccolò Minato (1630 - 1698)
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