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  In outcry as is usual; but the vengeance
  Shall witness to the truth that doth dispense it。

Thou shalt abandon everything beloved
  Most tenderly; and this the arrow is
  Which first the bow of banishment shoots forth。

Thou shalt have proof how savoureth of salt
  The bread of others; and how hard a road
  The going down and up another's stairs。

And that which most shall weigh upon thy shoulders
  Will be the bad and foolish company
  With which into this valley thou shalt fall;

For all ingrate; all mad and impious
  Will they become against thee; but soon after
  They; and not thou; shall have the forehead scarlet。

Of their bestiality their own proceedings
  Shall furnish proof; so 'twill be well for thee
  A party to have made thee by thyself。

Thine earliest refuge and thine earliest inn
  Shall be the mighty Lombard's courtesy;
  Who on the Ladder bears the holy bird;

Who such benign regard shall have for thee
  That 'twixt you twain; in doing and in asking;
  That shall be first which is with others last。

With him shalt thou see one who at his birth
  Has by this star of strength been so impressed;
  That notable shall his achievements be。

Not yet the people are aware of him
  Through his young age; since only nine years yet
  Around about him have these wheels revolved。

But ere the Gascon cheat the noble Henry;
  Some sparkles of his virtue shall appear
  In caring not for silver nor for toil。

So recognized shall his magnificence
  Become hereafter; that his enemies
  Will not have power to keep mute tongues about it。

On him rely; and on his benefits;
  By him shall many people be transformed;
  Changing condition rich and mendicant;

And written in thy mind thou hence shalt bear
  Of him; but shalt not say it〃and things said he
  Incredible to those who shall be present。

Then added: 〃Son; these are the commentaries
  On what was said to thee; behold the snares
  That are concealed behind few revolutions;

Yet would I not thy neighbours thou shouldst envy;
  Because thy life into the future reaches
  Beyond the punishment of their perfidies。〃

When by its silence showed that sainted soul
  That it had finished putting in the woof
  Into that web which I had given it warped;

Began I; even as he who yearneth after;
  Being in doubt; some counsel from a person
  Who seeth; and uprightly wills; and loves:

〃Well see I; father mine; how spurreth on
  The time towards me such a blow to deal me
  As heaviest is to him who most gives way。

Therefore with foresight it is well I arm me;
  That; if the dearest place be taken from me;
  I may not lose the others by my songs。

Down through the world of infinite bitterness;
  And o'er the mountain; from whose beauteous summit
  The eyes of my own Lady lifted me;

And afterward through heaven from light to light;
  I have learned that which; if I tell again;
  Will be a savour of strong herbs to many。

And if I am a timid friend to truth;
  I fear lest I may lose my life with those
  Who will hereafter call this time the olden。〃

The light in which was smiling my own treasure
  Which there I had discovered; flashed at first
  As in the sunshine doth a golden mirror;

Then made reply: 〃A conscience overcast
  Or with its own or with another's shame;
  Will taste forsooth the tartness of thy word;

But ne'ertheless; all falsehood laid aside;
  Make manifest thy vision utterly;
  And let them scratch wherever is the itch;

For if thine utterance shall offensive be
  At the first taste; a vital nutriment
  'Twill leave thereafter; when it is digested。

This cry of thine shall do as doth the wind;
  Which smiteth most the most exalted summits;
  And that is no slight argument of honour。

Therefore are shown to thee within these wheels;
  Upon the mount and in the dolorous valley;
  Only the souls that unto fame are known;

Because the spirit of the hearer rests not;
  Nor doth confirm its faith by an example
  Which has the root of it unknown and hidden;

Or other reason that is not apparent。〃



Paradiso: Canto XVIII


Now was alone rejoicing in its word
  That soul beatified; and I was tasting
  My own; the bitter tempering with the sweet;

And the Lady who to God was leading me
  Said: 〃Change thy thought; consider that I am
  Near unto Him who every wrong disburdens。〃

Unto the loving accents of my comfort
  I turned me round; and then what love I saw
  Within those holy eyes I here relinquish;

Not only that my language I distrust;
  But that my mind cannot return so far
  Above itself; unless another guide it。

Thus much upon that point can I repeat;
  That; her again beholding; my affection
  From every other longing was released。

While the eternal pleasure; which direct
  Rayed upon Beatrice; from her fair face
  Contented me with its reflected aspect;

Conquering me with the radiance of a smile;
  She said to me; 〃Turn thee about and listen;
  Not in mine eyes alone is Paradise。〃

Even as sometimes here do we behold
  The affection in the look; if it be such
  That all the soul is wrapt away by it;

So; by the flaming of the effulgence holy
  To which I turned; I recognized therein
  The wish of speaking to me somewhat farther。

And it began: 〃In this fifth resting…place
  Upon the tree that liveth by its summit;
  And aye bears fruit; and never loses leaf;

Are blessed spirits that below; ere yet
  They came to Heaven; were of such great renown
  That every Muse therewith would affluent be。

Therefore look thou upon the cross's horns;
  He whom I now shall name will there enact
  What doth within a cloud its own swift fire。〃

I saw athwart the Cross a splendour drawn
  By naming Joshua; (even as he did it;)
  Nor noted I the word before the deed;

And at the name of the great Maccabee
  I saw another move itself revolving;
  And gladness was the whip unto that top。

Likewise for Charlemagne and for Orlando;
  Two of them my regard attentive followed
  As followeth the eye its falcon flying。

William thereafterward; and Renouard;
  And the Duke Godfrey; did attract my sight
  Along upon that Cross; and Robert Guiscard。

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;

So I became aware that my gyration
  With heaven together had increased its arc;
  That miracle beholding more adorned。

And such as is the change; in little lapse
  Of time; in a pale woman; when her face
  Is from the load of bashfulness unladen;

Such was it in mine eyes; when I had turned;
  Caused by the whiteness of the temperate star;
  The sixth; which to itself had gathered me。

Within that Jovial torch did I behold
  The sparkling of the love which was therein
  Delineate our language to mine eyes。

And even as birds uprisen from the shore;
  As in congratulation o'er their food;
  Make squadrons of themselves; now round; now long;

So from within those lights the holy creatures
  Sang flying to and fro; and in their figures
  Made of themselves now D; now I; now L。

First singing they to their own music moved;
  Then one becoming of these characters;
  A little while they rested and were silent。

O divine Pegasea; thou who genius
  Dost glorious make; and render it long…lived;
  And this through thee the cities and the kingdoms;

Illume me with thyself; that I may bring
  Their figures out as I have them conceived!
  Apparent be thy power in these brief verses!

Themselves then they displayed in five times seven
  Vowels and consonants; and I observed
  The parts as they seemed spoken unto me。

'Diligite justitiam;' these were
  First verb and noun of all that was depicted;
  'Qui judicatis terram' were the last。

Thereafter in the M of the fifth word
  Remained they so arranged; that Jupiter
  Seemed to be silver there with gold inlaid。

And other lights I saw descend where was
  The summit of the M; and pause there singing
  The good; I think; that draws them to itself。

Then; as in striking upon burning logs
  Upward there fly innumerable sparks;
  Whence fools are wont to look for auguries;

More than a thousand lights seemed thence to rise;
  And to ascend; some more; and others less;
  Even as the Sun that lights them had allotted;

And; each one being quiet in its place;
  The head and neck beheld I of an eagle
  Delineated by that inlaid fire。

He who there paints has none to be his guide;
  But Himself guides; and is from Him remembered
  That virtue which is form unto the nest。

The other beatitude; that contented seemed
  At first to bloom a lily on the M;
  By a slight motion followed out the imprint。

O gentle star! what and how many gems
  Did demonstrate to me; that 

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