Come a comprar in piazza il poponi, Ne tagliarete cento e fra cotanti A pena due ne treverete bueni, Così hoggidì, fra lingue tante e tante Che fanno… - Pietro Nelli

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Come a comprar in piazza il poponi,
Ne tagliarete cento e fra cotanti
A pena due ne treverete bueni,
Così hoggidì, fra lingue tante e tante
Che fanno bel veder di fuora via
Due per cento rispendene al sembiante.

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About Pietro Nelli

Pietro Nelli (29 June 1672 – 1740) was an Italian poet and painter.

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Native Name: Pietro Antonio Nelli
Alternative Names: Pietro II Nelli
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Translation: As when you melons in the market buy.
You’ll cut a hundred, and, amongst the pile,
’Tis hard if you two good ones shall espy.
So, in our day, of all the tongues we deem,
From outward showing, free from every guile,
But two per cent, are really what they seem.
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