609 By hatred and by envy from its body, As it declared, and not for crime committed, Pierre de la Brosse I say; and here provide 610 While still on earth the Lady of Brabant, So that for this she be of no worse flock! As soon as I was free from all those shades Who only prayed that someone else may pray, So as to hasten their becoming holy, Began I: “It appears that thou deniest, O light of mine, expressly in some text, That orison can bend decree of Heaven; 611 And ne’ertheless these people pray for this. Might then their expectation bootless be? Or is to me thy saying not quite clear?” And he to me: “My writing is explicit, And not fallacious is the hope of these, If with sane intellect ’tis well regarded; For top of judgment doth not vail itself, 612 Because the fire of love fulfils at once What he must satisfy who here installs him.