Referring back to line 31:⁠—

“In order that thou see with how great reason

Men move against the standard sacrosanct,

Both who appropriate and who oppose it.”

“In order that thou see with how great reason Men move against the standard sacrosanct, Both who appropriate and who oppose it.”

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The Golden Lily, or Fleur-de-lis of France. The Guelfs, uniting with the French, opposed the Ghibellines, who had appropriated the imperial standard to their own party purposes. ↩