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 1      I,  V   |       and some others, who under pretense of friendship, were ensnared
 2      I,  V   |         own ambition; and, under pretense of making the church great,
 3     II,  IV  |   however, soon afterward, under pretense of some justifiable cause,
 4     II,  IV  |         he endeavored, under the pretense of an honorable design,
 5     II,  VIII|          assemble them under the pretense of public business; and
 6    III,  IV  |        than anything else, under pretense of guarding the lower doors,
 7     IV,  V   | assembled us in our church under pretense of wishing to speak with
 8     IV,  V   |        Piccinino, under the same pretense as he previously sent Count
 9     IV,  VII |        guessing the cause, under pretense of going for something that
10    VII,  II  |   resistance in the councils, on pretense that the alliance was made
11    VII,  III |         bad ones. Neither will a pretense of your patriotism excuse
12    VII,  VI  |      Venice and Milan (under the pretense of doing honor to the marriage
13   VIII,  II  |          Francesco forget, under pretense of endearment, to press
14   VIII,  II  |      with the gonfalonier, under pretense of having something to communicate
15   VIII,  VI  |      with his men-at-arms, under pretense of appeasing some disturbances