The left was such to look upon as those Who come from where the Nile falls valley-ward. 520 Underneath each came forth two mighty wings, Such as befitting were so great a bird; Sails of the sea I never saw so large. 521 No feathers had they, but as of a bat Their fashion was; and he was waving them, So that three winds proceeded forth therefrom. Thereby Cocytus wholly was congealed. With six eyes did he weep, and down three chins Trickled the tear-drops and the bloody drivel. At every mouth he with his teeth was crunching 522 A sinner, in the manner of a brake, So that he three of them tormented thus. To him in front the biting was as naught Unto the clawing, for sometimes the spine Utterly stripped of all the skin remained. “That soul up there which has the greatest pain,” The Master said, “is Judas Iscariot; 523 With head inside, he plies his legs without.

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