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  • Beatrice. ↩
  • In God, or, as Dante says in Canto XXIV 42:⁠— “There where depicted everything is seen.” And again, Canto XXVI 106:⁠— “For I behold it in the truthful mirror, That of Himself all things parhelion makes, And none makes Him parhelion of itself.” ↩
  • “Say what it is,” and “whence it came to be.” ↩
  • The answer to these two questions involves no self-praise, as the answer to the other would have done, if it had come from Dante’s lips. ↩
  • This definition of Hope is from Peter Lombard’s Lib. Sent. , Book III Dist. 26:⁠— “Est spes certa expectatio futurae beatitudinis, veniens ex Dei gratia, et meritis praecedentibus.” ↩
  • The Psalmist David. ↩
  • In his divine songs, or songs of God. Psalm 9:10:⁠— “And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee.” ↩
  • Your rain; that is, of David and St. James. ↩
  • According to the legend, St. James suffered martyrdom under Herod Agrippa. ↩
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