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COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY CHARLES ELIOT NORTON.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Sunrise. The Poets on the shore. Coming of a
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boat, guided by an angel, bearing souls to Purga-
tory. - Their landing. Casella and his song.
Cato hurries the souls to the mountain
CANTO III
Ante-Purgatory. Souls of those who have died in con-
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tumacy of the Church.
Ante-Purgatory.
CANTO IV
Ascent to a shelf of the mountain.
The negligent, who postponed repentance to the
last hour. Belacqua .
CANTO V
Ante-Purgatory. - Spirits who had delayed repentance,
and met with death by violence, but died repentant.
- Jacopo del Cassero.
Pia de' Tolomei .
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CANTO VI
More spirits who had deferred re-
pentance till they were overtaken by a violent death.
Efficacy of prayer. Sordello. Apostrophe to
Virgil makes himself known to Sordello. Sordello
leads the Poets to the Valley of the Princes who
had been negligent of salvation.
out by name
He points them
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CANTO VIII
Valley of the Princes. -Two Guardian Angels. Nino
- The Serpent. - Corrado Malaspina
Visconti.
CANTO IX
Slumber and Dream of Dante.
The Eagle.
Lucia.
-The Gate of Purgatory. -The Angelic Gate-
keeper. - Seven P's inscribed on Dante's Forehead.
Entrance to the First Ledge
Purgatory proper.
ples of Humility sculptured on the rock
First Ledge the Proud. Exam-
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ment of Pride graven on the pavement.
Meeting
with an Angel who removes one of the P's. As-
cent to the Second Ledge .
CANTO XIII
Second Ledge the Envious. Examples of Love.
The Shades in haircloth, and with sealed eyes.
Sapia of Siena
CANTO XIV
Guido del Duca.
Second Ledge: the Envious.
Rinieri de' Calboli. Instances of the punishment
of Envy.
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- An Angel removes the
second P from Dante's forehead. Discourse con-
cerning the Sharing of Good. Ascent to the Third
Ledge: the Wrathful. — Vision of Examples of For-
His discourse on Free Will, and the corruption of
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the Wrathful. - Issue from the Smoke.
-Vision of Instances of the punishment of Anger.
- Ascent to the Fourth Ledge, where Sloth is
purged. Second Nightfall in Purgatory. — Virgil
explains how Love is the root alike of Virtue and of
Sin.
CANTO XVIII
Discourse of Virgil on
Throng of Spirits running in
Fourth Ledge: the Slothful.
Love and Free Will.
haste to redeem their Sin. - Examples of Zeal.
The Abbot of San Zeno. Instances of the punish-
ment of Sloth. Dante falls asleep
CANTO XIX
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Fifth Ledge the Avaricious. The Spirits celebrate
examples of Poverty and Bounty. - Hugh Capet.-
His discourse on his descendants. Instances of the
punishment of Avarice. -Trembling of the Moun-
tain
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CANTO XXI
Fifth Ledge. -The shade of Statius. Cause of the
trembling of the Mountain. Statius does honor to
Virgil
Ascent to the Sixth Ledge. Discourse of Statius and
Virgil. Entrance to the Ledge: the Gluttonous.
The Mystic Tree. - Examples of Temperance.
CANTO XXIII
Sixth Ledge the Gluttonous. Forese Donati.
Nella.
- Rebuke of the women of Florence.