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  New torments; and new wielders of the lash;
  Wherewith the foremost Bolgia was replete。

Down at the bottom were the sinners naked;
  This side the middle came they facing us;
  Beyond it; with us; but with greater steps;

Even as the Romans; for the mighty host;
  The year of Jubilee; upon the bridge;
  Have chosen a mode to pass the people over;

For all upon one side towards the Castle
  Their faces have; and go unto St。 Peter's;
  On the other side they go towards the Mountain。

This side and that; along the livid stone
  Beheld I horned demons with great scourges;
  Who cruelly were beating them behind。

Ah me! how they did make them lift their legs
  At the first blows! and sooth not any one
  The second waited for; nor for the third。

While I was going on; mine eyes by one
  Encountered were; and straight I said: 〃Already
  With sight of this one I am not unfed。〃

Therefore I stayed my feet to make him out;
  And with me the sweet Guide came to a stand;
  And to my going somewhat back assented;

And he; the scourged one; thought to hide himself;
  Lowering his face; but little it availed him;
  For said I: 〃Thou that castest down thine eyes;

If false are not the features which thou bearest;
  Thou art Venedico Caccianimico;
  But what doth bring thee to such pungent sauces?〃

And he to me: 〃Unwillingly I tell it;
  But forces me thine utterance distinct;
  Which makes me recollect the ancient world。

I was the one who the fair Ghisola
  Induced to grant the wishes of the Marquis;
  Howe'er the shameless story may be told。

Not the sole Bolognese am I who weeps here;
  Nay; rather is this place so full of them;
  That not so many tongues to…day are taught

'Twixt Reno and Savena to say 'sipa;'
  And if thereof thou wishest pledge or proof;
  Bring to thy mind our avaricious heart。〃

While speaking in this manner; with his scourge
  A demon smote him; and said: 〃Get thee gone
  Pander; there are no women here for coin。〃

I joined myself again unto mine Escort;
  Thereafterward with footsteps few we came
  To where a crag projected from the bank。

This very easily did we ascend;
  And turning to the right along its ridge;
  From those eternal circles we departed。

When we were there; where it is hollowed out
  Beneath; to give a passage to the scourged;
  The Guide said: 〃Wait; and see that on thee strike

The vision of those others evil…born;
  Of whom thou hast not yet beheld the faces;
  Because together with us they have gone。〃

From the old bridge we looked upon the train
  Which tow'rds us came upon the other border;
  And which the scourges in like manner smite。

And the good Master; without my inquiring;
  Said to me: 〃See that tall one who is coming;
  And for his pain seems not to shed a tear;

Still what a royal aspect he retains!
  That Jason is; who by his heart and cunning
  The Colchians of the Ram made destitute。

He by the isle of Lemnos passed along
  After the daring women pitiless
  Had unto death devoted all their males。

There with his tokens and with ornate words
  Did he deceive Hypsipyle; the maiden
  Who first; herself; had all the rest deceived。

There did he leave her pregnant and forlorn;
  Such sin unto such punishment condemns him;
  And also for Medea is vengeance done。

With him go those who in such wise deceive;
  And this sufficient be of the first valley
  To know; and those that in its jaws it holds。〃

We were already where the narrow path
  Crosses athwart the second dike; and forms
  Of that a buttress for another arch。

Thence we heard people; who are making moan
  In the next Bolgia; snorting with their muzzles;
  And with their palms beating upon themselves

The margins were incrusted with a mould
  By exhalation from below; that sticks there;
  And with the eyes and nostrils wages war。

The bottom is so deep; no place suffices
  To give us sight of it; without ascending
  The arch's back; where most the crag impends。

Thither we came; and thence down in the moat
  I saw a people smothered in a filth
  That out of human privies seemed to flow;

And whilst below there with mine eye I search;
  I saw one with his head so foul with ordure;
  It was not clear if he were clerk or layman。

He screamed to me: 〃Wherefore art thou so eager
  To look at me more than the other foul ones?〃
  And I to him: 〃Because; if I remember;

I have already seen thee with dry hair;
  And thou'rt Alessio Interminei of Lucca;
  Therefore I eye thee more than all the others。〃

And he thereon; belabouring his pumpkin:
  〃The flatteries have submerged me here below;
  Wherewith my tongue was never surfeited。〃

Then said to me the Guide: 〃See that thou thrust
  Thy visage somewhat farther in advance;
  That with thine eyes thou well the face attain

Of that uncleanly and dishevelled drab;
  Who there doth scratch herself with filthy nails;
  And crouches now; and now on foot is standing。

Thais the harlot is it; who replied
  Unto her paramour; when he said; 'Have I
  Great gratitude from thee?''Nay; marvellous;'

And herewith let our sight be satisfied。〃



Inferno: Canto XIX


O Simon Magus; O forlorn disciples;
  Ye who the things of God; which ought to be
  The brides of holiness; rapaciously

For silver and for gold do prostitute;
  Now it behoves for you the trumpet sound;
  Because in this third Bolgia ye abide。

We had already on the following tomb
  Ascended to that portion of the crag
  Which o'er the middle of the moat hangs plumb。

Wisdom supreme; O how great art thou showest
  In heaven; in earth; and in the evil world;
  And with what justice doth thy power distribute!

I saw upon the sides and on the bottom
  The livid stone with perforations filled;
  All of one size; and every one was round。

To me less ample seemed they not; nor greater
  Than those that in my beautiful Saint John
  Are fashioned for the place of the baptisers;

And one of which; not many years ago;
  I broke for some one; who was drowning in it;
  Be this a seal all men to undeceive。

Out of the mouth of each one there protruded
  The feet of a transgressor; and the legs
  Up to the calf; the rest within remained。

In all of them the soles were both on fire;
  Wherefore the joints so violently quivered;
  They would have snapped asunder withes and bands。

Even as the flame of unctuous things is wont
  To move upon the outer surface only;
  So likewise was it there from heel to point。

〃Master; who is that one who writhes himself;
  More than his other comrades quivering;〃
  I said; 〃and whom a redder flame is sucking?〃

And he to me: 〃If thou wilt have me bear thee
  Down there along that bank which lowest lies;
  From him thou'lt know his errors and himself。〃

And I: 〃What pleases thee; to me is pleasing;
  Thou art my Lord; and knowest that I depart not
  From thy desire; and knowest what is not spoken。〃

Straightway upon the fourth dike we arrived;
  We turned; and on the left…hand side descended
  Down to the bottom full of holes and narrow。

And the good Master yet from off his haunch
  Deposed me not; till to the hole he brought me
  Of him who so lamented with his shanks。

〃Whoe'er thou art; that standest upside down;
  O doleful soul; implanted like a stake;〃
  To say began I; 〃if thou canst; speak out。〃

I stood even as the friar who is confessing
  The false assassin; who; when he is fixed;
  Recalls him; so that death may be delayed。

And he cried out: 〃Dost thou stand there already;
  Dost thou stand there already; Boniface?
  By many years the record lied to me。

Art thou so early satiate with that wealth;
  For which thou didst not fear to take by fraud
  The beautiful Lady; and then work her woe?〃

Such I became; as people are who stand;
  Not comprehending what is answered them;
  As if bemocked; and know not how to answer。

Then said Virgilius: 〃Say to him straightway;
  'I am not he; I am not he thou thinkest。'〃
  And I replied as was imposed on me。

Whereat the spirit writhed with both his feet;
  Then; sighing; with a voice of lamentation
  Said to me: 〃Then what wantest

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