Aretino may have been rebuffed, but as he claimed, certain "Gherardos and Tommasos" were showered with gifts.
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Aretino declared that the fame of his father had proved too heavy a burden for the eldest son.
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But he continued to live in Venice with his family and his friends, the best of whom was Pietro Aretino, a magnificent and magnificently bearded scoundrel.
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