Canto XX

And I to him: “For your own dignity, Standing, my conscience stung me with remorse.” “Straighten thy legs, and upward raise thee, brother,” He answered: “Err not, fellow-servant am I 896 With thee and with the others to one power. If e’er that holy, evangelic sound, Which sayeth neque nubent , thou hast heard, 897 Well canst thou see why in this wise I speak. Now go; no longer will I have thee linger, Because thy stay doth incommode my weeping, With which I ripen that which thou hast said. 898 On earth I have a grandchild named Alagia, 899 Good in herself, unless indeed our house Malevolent may make her by example, And she alone remains to me on earth.”

Hugh Capet⁠—The earthquake.

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