This vituperation of the Genoese reminds one of the bitter Tuscan proverb against them: “Sea without fish; mountains without trees; men without faith; and women without shame.” ↩

Friar Alberigo. ↩

The fourth and last division of the Ninth Circle, the Judecca⁠—

“the smallest circle, at the point

Of all the Universe, where Dis is seated.”

“the smallest circle, at the point Of all the Universe, where Dis is seated.”