• Judges 7:5, 6:⁠— “So he brought down the people unto the water: and the Lord said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink. And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men; but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.” ↩
• The Angel of the Seventh Circle. ↩
• The ascent to the Seventh Circle of Purgatory, where the sin of Lust is punished. ↩
• When the sign of Taurus reached the meridian, the sun, being in Aries, would be two hours beyond it. It is now two o’clock of the afternoon. The Scorpion is the sign opposite Taurus. ↩
• Shakespeare, Hamlet , I 2:⁠— “And did address Itself to motion, like as it would speak.” ↩