That God restore them to the better life: Currado da Palazzo, and good Gherardo, 848 And Guido da Castel, who better named is, In fashion of the French, the simple Lombard: Say thou henceforward that the Church of Rome, Confounding in itself two governments, Falls in the mire, and soils itself and burden.” “O Marco mine,” I said, “thou reasonest well; And now discern I why the sons of Levi Have been excluded from the heritage. 849 But what Gherardo is it, who, as sample Of a lost race, thou sayest has remained In reprobation of the barbarous age?” “Either thy speech deceives me, or it tempts me,” He answered me; “for speaking Tuscan to me, It seems of good Gherardo naught thou knowest. By other surname do I know him not, Unless I take it from his daughter Gaia. 850 May God be with you, for I come no farther. Behold the dawn, that through the smoke rays out, Already whitening; and I must depart⁠—