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listened
with the patience of an angel. When he had come to an end I asked him if he had had his dinner
and he
replied that he was dying of hunger. I gave him everything I had
which he devoured rather than ate; drinking
all my wine
and then becoming maudlin he began to weep
and finally to talk without rhyme or reason. I
asked him how he got into trouble
and he told me the following story:
My aim and my only aim has always been the glory of Godand of the holy Republic of Veniceand that its
laws may be exactly obeyed. Always lending an attentive ear to the plots of the wickedwhose end is to
deceiveto deprive their prince of his just duesand to conspire secretlyI have over and again unveiled their
secret plansand have not failed to report to Messer-Grande all I know. It is true that I am always paidbut the
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money has never given me so much pleasure as the thought that I have been able to serve the blessed St.
Mark. I have always despised those who think there is something dishonourable in the business of a spy. The
word sounds ill only to the ill-affected; for a spy is a lover of the statethe scourge of the guiltyand faithful
subject of his prince. When I [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]yilai:
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