645 Than to the other, Pier, who with him sings; Whence Provence and Apulia grieve already 646 The plant is as inferior to its seed, As more than Beatrice and Margaret 647 Costanza boasteth of her husband still. 648 Behold the monarch of the simple life, Harry of England, sitting there alone; 649 He in his branches has a better issue. He who the lowest on the ground among them Sits looking upward, is the Marquis William, 650 For whose sake Alessandria and her war 651 Make Monferrat and Canavese weep.”
The Guardian Angels and the serpent—Nino di Gallura—Currado Malaspina.