Filippo, Rustico di: Sonnet XIII (Sonetti XIII in English)
Sonetti XIII (Italian)Una bestiuola ho vista molto fera, armata forte d'una nuova guerra, a cui risiede sì la cervelliera che de·legnaggio par di Salinguerra.
Se 'nsino 'l mento avesse la gorgiera, conquisterebbe il mar, non che la terra; e chi paventa e dotta sua visera al mio parer nonn·è folle ned erra.
Laida la cera e periglioso ha 'l piglio, e burfa spesso a guisa di leone: torrebbe l' tinto a cui desse di piglio;
e gli occhi ardenti ha via più che leone: de' suoi nemici asai mi maraviglio sed e' non muoion sol di pensagione.
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Sonnet XIII (English)A ferocius little animal I saw, armored strongly for a novel war: his helmet was set in such a way that he ssemed in lineage a Salinguerra.
If his gorget came to his chin, he would conquer the sea and land as well; and whoever is scared by his visor, in my opinion, is neither crazy nor mistaken.
Ugly his mien and dangerous his bearing, and he snorts often like a lion; he would make pale any man he struck.
And his fiery eyes dart farther than the lion’s; I shouldn’t wonder if his enemies died by merely thinking of him.
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