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Like dog that in the garden keepeth ward,
Eating no melons, but allowing none
To eat thereof, he is of all abhorred.

— Matteo Maria Boiardo Timone (1487)

Siccome al Cane in guardia posto all'orto,
Che non mangia i poponi, e non congente,
Che altri ne mangi, ogni uomo gli dà torto.

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