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Rh Then did he turn upon him his new shoulders,

And said to the other: "I'll have Buoso run,

Crawling as I have done, along this road."

In this way I beheld the seventh ballast

Shift and reshift, and here be my excuse

The novelty, if aught my pen transgress.

And notwithstanding that mine eyes might be

Somewhat bewildered, and my mind dismayed,

They could not flee away so secretly

But that I plainly saw Puccio Sciancato;

And he it was who sole of three companions,

Which came in the beginning, was not changed;

The other was he whom thou, Gaville, weepest.