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 Bertolde [Bar-told].Bertram (Henry), 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Bertram.
 
One of the conspirators against the Republic of Venice “in whom there was a hesitating softness fatal to a great enterprise.” He betrayed the conspiracy to the senate. (Byron: Marino Faliero.)   1
 


 Bertolde [Bar-told].Bertram (Henry), 

 
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