The Moon, called in heaven Diana, on earth Luna, and in the infernal regions Proserpina; as in the curious Latin distich:⁠—

“Terret, lustrat, agit, Proserpina, Luna, Diana,

Ima, suprema, feras, sceptro, fulgore, sagittâ.”

“Terret, lustrat, agit, Proserpina, Luna, Diana, Ima, suprema, feras, sceptro, fulgore, sagittâ.”

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See Canto II 59:⁠—