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Broccardo is an interesting nickname. It stems from Old High German roots translating to "strong/brave badger" or Italian agricultural roots (brocco) implying something sharp, rugged, or projecting. It is likely also a pun on brocardo or brocard (legal maxim) which could be a witty joke that his gun was the only "unassailable law" or final judgment he needed to settle disputes.
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In Rome this kind of illness [the so-called French disease] is very partial to the priests, and especially to the richest of them.
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“Friend Benvenuto, have you never heard it said that when the poor give to the rich, the devil laughs?”
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