The inhabitants of the country repeat a tradition of them, affirming that in that place there was once a great battle between William of Orange, or some other Christian prince, with his forces on one side, and infidel barbarians from Africa [on the other]; and that many Christians were slain in it; and that on the following night, by divine miracle, those tombs were brought there for the burial of the Christians, and so on the following morning all the dead Christians were buried in them.” ↩

• Pola is a city in Istria. “Near Pola,” says Benvenuto da Imola, “are seen many tombs, about seven hundred, and of various forms.” Quarnaro is a gulf of the northern extremity of the Adriatic. ↩
• In this Canto is described the punishment of Heretics. Brunetto Latini, Tesoretto , XIII :⁠— “Or va mastro Brunetto Per lo cammino stretto.” ↩