Alciato at Glasgow: Dual Emblem Display

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Che sempre il vicin male apporta alcun male.

Close evils always bring some misfortune.

Porta duo vasi un rapido torrente,
Fatto di bronzo, l’un, l’altro di terra.
Quel dice a questo, accio che parimente
Frenian l’impeto homai, che ci fa guerra,
A me t’accosta. Disse il men possente
A lui, ch’appresso gia li si diserra,
A me grata non è tua compagnia,
Da cui proceder po la morte mia.
4. l’impeto: orig. l’mpeto

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Aiuto perpetuo.

Everlasting help.

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Di duo perigli il buono e fido scudo
Serbato m’ha: di l’un mentr’era a fronte
E combattea col mio nemico crudo,
C’havrià; potuto uccider Rodomonte:[1]
L’altro, ch’in mar sendo sommerso e spinto,
Portommi al lido, ond’ho la morte vinto.

Notes:

1. Rodomonte is the felon par excellence. Here the sense is that a shield helped defeat an enemy so strong that he could have killed even Rodomonte.

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