"See Naples and Die" (1741, 1788 in Italian)

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The Yale Book of Quotations doesn't appear to have "see Naples and die."  The 
quote has been attributed to Goethe (1780s), but may come from Domenico  
Balestrieri (1714-1780).
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Can anyone make sense of these Google Books cites?
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_Lagrime in morte di un gatto [poems by various authors, ed.  by D. 
Balestrieri - Page 51_ 
(http://books.google.com/books?id=WG8CAAAAQAAJ&q="VEDI+NAPOLI+E+POI+MORI"+date:1600
-1850&dq="VEDI+NAPOLI+E+POI+MORI"+date:1600-1850&num=100&ie=ISO-8859-1) 
by Lacrime - 1741
Vedi Napoli,  e poi mori, Se pò digh con ...
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_Collezione completa delle commedie del signor Carlo Goldoni  - Page 105_ 
(http://books.google.com/books?id=3XsNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA105&dq="Vedi+Napoli+e+poi+muor
i"+date:1500-1850&num=100&ie=ISO-8859-1) 
by  Carlo Goldoni - 1788
Vedi Napoli , e poi muori. Leand.  ...



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