John Le Mesurier: Guilio Basti

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• Guilio Basti : I told them, eh?

  Lucrezia Basti : Quiet, Guilio. Everyone will hear.

  Guilio Basti : Let them. Let everyone hear! Then other honest citizens will follow my example if there's enough talk about this.

  Lucrezia Basti : Never fear, you'll be the talk of every banquet table - and not to your advantage.

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  The Consul : Julio Basti, as a master butcher, you are required to pay a tax on each of the animals you slaughter. You have failed to do so. We therefore find you guilty of tax evasion.

  Guilio Basti : I protest and hereby file an appeal against the decision.

  Lucrezia Basti : Guilio...

  Guilio Basti : I did not evade the tax; I refuse to pay it until we get an accounting of public funds collected by the banking house of his Excellency, the Prince de Medici. If it's a public service, I say let's have a public accounting of funds!