Hence he says, ‘So that two beasts go underneath one skin’; that is, the beast who carries, and he who is carried, and is more beastly than the beast himself. And, truly, had the author lived at the present day he might have changed this phrase and said, ‘So that three beasts go underneath one skin’; namely, cardinal, concubine, and horse; as I have heard of one, whom I knew well, who used to carry his concubine to hunt on the crupper of his horse or mule. And truly he was like a horse or mule, in which there is no understanding; that is, without reason. On account of these things, Peter in anger cries out to God, ‘O Patience, that dost tolerate so much!’ ” ↩

• A cry so loud that he could not distinguish the words these spirits uttered. ↩
• The Heaven of Saturn continued; and the ascent to the Heaven of the Fixed Stars. ↩
• It is the spirit of St. Benedict that speaks. ↩