“Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word, By thee, old Capulet and Montague, Have thrice disturbed the quiet of our streets, And made Verona’s ancient citizens Cast by their grave beseeming ornaments, To wield old partisans, in hands as old, Cankered with peace, to part your cankered hate.”

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Families of Orvieto. ↩

Santafiore is in the neighborhood of Siena, and much infested with banditti. ↩

The state of Rome in Dante’s time is thus described by Mr. Norton, Travel and Study , pp. 246⁠–⁠248:⁠—