And gladness was the whip unto that top. 1690 Likewise for Charlemagne and for Orlando, 1691 Two of them my regard attentive followed As followeth the eye its falcon flying. William thereafterward, and Renouard, 1692 And the Duke Godfrey, did attract my sight 1693 Along upon that Cross, and Robert Guiscard. 1694 Then, moved and mingled with the other lights, The soul that had addressed me showed how great An artist ’twas among the heavenly singers. To my right side I turned myself around, My duty to behold in Beatrice Either by words or gesture signified; And so translucent I beheld her eyes, So full of pleasure, that her countenance Surpassed its other and its latest wont. And as, by feeling greater delectation, A man in doing good from day to day Becomes aware his virtue is increasing,

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