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— Bem sabeis que vos devo obediencia, cavalheiro, e que não a faltarei nunca. Desejais que falle claramente; e a mim me parece que nada do que tenho dito póde ser mais claro do que é.
“You well know I owe you obedience, knight, and that I will never fail in it. You wish me to speak clearly; and to me it seems that nothing I have said could be plainer than it is.”
“You well know I owe you obedience, knight, and that I will never fail in it. You wish me to speak clearly; and to me it seems that nothing I have said could be plainer than it is.”
Loredano bows with exaggerated deference — ‘I owe you obedience' — and in the same breath refuses to retreat, insisting he has already been perfectly clear. The false submission is another feint, keeping the provocation alive while looking blameless.
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