Et Ignosce mihi inquit amplissime comes, necessitate non voluntate ad haec quae novi scelesta, prolapso; egere me praecipitem iniqui flagitatores, ut nosti, quorum avaritiae ne tua quidem excelsa illa fortuna, propugnans miseriis meis, potuit refragari.
Then, Pardon me, said he, most illustrious Count, since it is from necessity and not voluntarily that I have descended to this conduct, which I know to be infamous. It was unjust duns, as you know, that drove me mad, whose avarice not even your lofty station, which tried to protect my wretchedness, could check.
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