Upon this Arrivabeni, Comento Storico , p. 588, where I find this extract, remarks:⁠—

“Not Dante, but Lami, staring at the moon, fell into the hole.”

“Not Dante, but Lami, staring at the moon, fell into the hole.”

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Dante’s enemies had accused him of committing this act through impiety. He takes this occasion to vindicate himself. ↩