“The mortal dame, too feeble to engage The lightning’s flashes and the thunder’s rage, Consumed amidst the glories she desired, And in the terrible embrace expired.”

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To the planet Saturn, which was now in the sign of the Lion, and sent down its influence warmed by the heat of this constellation. ↩

The peaceful reign of Saturn, in the Age of Gold. ↩

“As in Mars,” comments the Ottimo , “he placed the Cross for a stairway, to denote that through martyrdom the spirits had ascended to God; and in Jupiter, the Eagle, as a sign of the Empire; so here he places a golden stairway, to denote that the ascent of these souls, which was by contemplation, is more supreme and more lofty than any other.” ↩