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parti vostre in esso Testamento che detto Maestro Lionardo ha in Santa Maria Nuova nelle mani del Camerlingo segnato,
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contiene circa alle parte vostre nec plura, se non che vo offero tutto quello vaglio è posso prontissimo, e paratissimo alle
voglie vostre, e di continuo raccomandomi.
Data in Ambriosa die primo Iunii 1519.
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