• Milton, Paradise Lost , IV 776:⁠— “Now had night measured with her shadowy cone Half-way up hill this vast sublunar vault.” ↩
• The first soul redeemed when Christ descended into Limbo. “The first shall be last, and the last first.” ↩
• The Crucifixion. If any one is disposed to criticise the play upon words in this beautiful passage, let him remember the Tu es Petrus et super banc petram edificabo ecclesiam meam . ↩
• Hebrews 11:31:⁠— “By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.” ↩
• Forgetful that it was in the hands of the Saracens. ↩
• The heathen Gods were looked upon by the Christians as demons. Hence Florence was the city of Satan to Dante in his dark hours, when he thought of Mars; but in his better moments, when he remembered John the Baptist, it was “the fairest and most renowned daughter of Rome.” ↩
• The Lily on the golden florin of Florence. ↩