“In Bologna,” says Benvenuto da Imola, “the name of Salse is given to a certain valley outside the city, and near to Santa Maria in Monte, into which the mortal remains of desperadoes, usurers, and other infamous persons are wont to be thrown. Hence I have sometimes heard boys in Bologna say to each other, by way of insult, ‘Your father was thrown into the Salse .’ ”

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The two rivers between which Bologna is situated. In the Bolognese dialect sipa is used for si . ↩

They cease going round the circles as heretofore, and now go straight forward to the centre of the abyss. ↩